Making something for Thanksgiving? The holiday markets are gearing up to help put local produce, meats and treats on your holiday table. The Carrboro Farmers’ Market and South Estes Farmers’ Market are holding special holiday sessions.
Community brief: Christmas tree benefit
Bynum Front Porch is selling fresh-cut Fraser fir Christmas trees and wreaths to benefit the Bynum Front Porch Scholarship Fund. The fund will help send two Chatham County high school seniors to college.
Community brief: Children’s Hospital fundraiser
The seventh annual North Carolina Children’s Hospital live fundraiser will be aired on radio and television today (Thursday) from 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. to reach out to more than a million people across the state.
Community brief: Mural restoration
Mural restorationLocal artist Michael Brown will restore the “Musical Youth†mural on West Franklin Street today (Thursday), Friday and Saturday as part of the Painted Walls Project. The Painted Walls Project is a joint effort of the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, the Chapel Hill Historical Society and the Town…
Music Calendar 11/20/08
Thursday Nov 20 The ArtsCenter: Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen, Shannon Whitworth. 8pm, $22-25 Blue Bayou: Matt Hill & the Buzzkills. 9:30pm Cat’s Cradle: Jedi Mind Tricks, Outerspace, Reef the Lost Cause. 9:30pm, $16-18 The Cave: The Cave: EARLY: Brett Rosenberg & Holden Richards LATE: Luego, Tripp Local 506: Centro-matic, One Baptist General, South San…
Community Calendar 11/20/08
Special Events Back County Crimes — Nov. 20-22, 8pm. Every small town has its secrets and the local doctor knows most of them. A community drama production nightly at Chatham Mills, 489 Hillsboro St. in Pittsboro. Tickets $8 available at Chatham Marketplace and at the door. Not recommended for children under 13. Dress warmly.
Merritt looks forward to the task ahead
Flora: A walk in the rain
Breakdown: Difficult decisions in a void
This story is the fifth in a series about mental health care in North Carolina. To read the previous stories in the series, go to www.carrborocitizen.com By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer The decision to institutionalize or forcibly medicate a loved one suffering from mental illness is clearly very difficult. Balancing the desire to protect that…
Sidewalks could be delayed
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved the town’s 2009-10 Capital Improvement Plan, but left open the possibility of delaying some sidewalk projects because of the uncertain economic climate.
Recently: A house to write home about
Music Calendar 11/13/08
Thursday Nov 13 Blue Bayou: Lucy Sumner & Her New Band. 9pm Cat’s Cradle: Badfish, Scotty Don’t, Simplified. 8:30pm, $15-18 The Cave: EARLY: Last Watch. LATE: Spider Bags, Rongo Rongo, !00 Yorktown Local 506: Brightblack Morning Light, Zomes. 9:30pm, $8-10 Reservoir: The Moaners, The Trampskirts. 10pm
Mel Rashkis remembered for his service
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A few years back, some students from Rashkis Elementary School compiled the oral histories of some of this community’s leading lights. One of those recordings became a little more precious last weekend. Mel Rashkis died Saturday at UNC Hospitals. He was 90.
Transfer station meeting
The Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold a public comment meeting on siting a solid-waste transfer station on Monday at 7 p.m. at the McDougle Middle School cafetorium.
Dog tethering ordinance to pass
The Orange County Board of Commissioners is set to approve an ordinance restricting dog tethering in Orange County on Tuesday, following a 4-1 vote on the issue last week. State law requires a second reading on ordinances that are not unanimously approved.