The Middle School Career Fair will be held Nov. 13 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at University Mall on Estes Drive. More than 70 careers will be represented. The event is sponsored by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, the Foundation for a Sustainable Community, University Mall and Staples.
School brief: CAFE certificates
Twelve students from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools received Project C.A.F.E. (Calling All Future Educators) certificates at the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina conference in Winston-Salem earlier this month.
School brief: Principal award
Smith Middle School Principal Valerie Reinhardt has been selected as the 2009 Wachovia Principal of the Year for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in a program sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Center for School Leadership Development Principals’ Executive Program and the Wachovia Corporation. Reinhardt will compete with other local award recipients…
Carolina Notes 10/31/08
Sports brief: Tiger field hockey
The Chapel Hill Tigers field hockey team honored their four senior players last night and came off with another win beating RJ Reynolds 4-1. The evening began with a special ceremony honoring Tiger Seniors Kira Borman, Abby McNeil, Hunter Newton and Barbara Parks.
Sports brief: Disc golf tournament
The Carrboro Parks Project will be hosting a fundraiser disc golf tournament at the UNC-Chapel Hill Disc Golf Course on Sunday, Nov. 2nd from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. All proceeds will be put towards the installation of an 18-hole disc golf course at Anderson Park. The tournament will include professional and amateur divisions and…
Responsible business
Fans of Stonyfield Farm yogurt or social entrepreneurism will want to attend a presentation and book signing by Stonyfield’s CE-Yo Gary Hirshberg, author of Stirring it Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. The free event will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11 in Gerrard Hall on the UNC campus.
Phydeaux bash
Phydeaux, purveyor of products for your furry friends, will celebrate its grand opening at 400 S. Elliott Rd. in Chapel Hill from 12 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2.
Businesses make special plans for Halloween
Flora: Mighty fine native vine
Waste transfer site list narrowed to three
By Catherine Rierson Staff Writer Nearing the end of a year-long search for a solid-waste transfer station, the Orange County Board of Commissioners decided on a list of three potential sites for the station at a work session Tuesday night. All three sites are located on a western corridor of Hwy. 54.
Thousands vote early in Orange
Construction noise a concern
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer When many Carrboro residents think about the developments planned for downtown, the questions that tend to come to mind address what it will look like, what businesses it will bring, how much parking will be available and how traffic will be affected.
Recently: Mamas wanting everybody for Obama
By Valarie Schwartz In less than a month, a local grassroots effort has brought Chapel Hill among 18 other towns across the country that will hold Moms for Obama rallies at the same time on the Saturday before Election Day.
Music Calendar 10/23/08
Thursday Oct 23 The ArtsCenter: Janis Ian. 8:30pm, $27-29 Blue Horn Lounge: Jamo & Susie Hicks. 9pm Cat’s Cradle: Alejandro Escovedo, The Satin Peaches. 8pm, $18-20 The Cave: EARLY: Wedlock, Hendecatope. LATE: Gravel Truck, Tim Lee 3. Local 506: Born Ruffians, Plants & Animals, The Huguenots. 9pm, $10 Milltown: Luke Berchowitz & Dan McGree with…