Mary Lide Parker Staff Writer Pam Hemminger has submitted her resignation as chair of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, effective Dec. 1, to fill a seat on the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
Sports brief: CHS boosters
The Carrboro High School Athletic Booster Club is looking for sponsors for the 2008-09 sports programs.
Sports brief: Disc golf tournament
The Carrboro Parks Project will hold a disc golf tournament at UNC on Nov. 2 to raise money for a disc golf course at Anderson Park.
High school varsity scores 10/9/08
Football Carrboro Lost to Hobbton, 14-7, Friday night. The Jaguars stand 8-4 overall, 7-4 in conference. They play Granville Central away at 7:30 Friday. Chapel Hill The Tigers shut down East Chapel Hill High in a home game Friday, defeating the Wildcats 37-0. The Tiger defense recovered two fumbles, blocked two punts and had eight…
Seagrove Pottery opens
Seagrove Pottery, a gallery of the works of Seagrove, NC potters, recently opened a location at 206 E. Main St. in Carrboro. Seagrove, located south of Asheboro, has been an important center of pottery for more than 200 years and is the largest community of potters in the United States. The gallery also has locations…
Chamber survey
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce is conducting a survey of businesses to gauge changing expectations of the chamber as the economic climate changes.
Recovery Room opens
The Recovery Room, a new restaurant, café and bar, opens this week in the former Hector’s space on Henderson Street in Chapel Hill. The Recovery Room will serve local coffee in the morning, lunch in the afternoon, dinner in the evening and late-night food after 10 p.m., when it becomes a bar until 2 a.m….
Rare Earth Beads opens
The Rare Earth Bead Shop recently opened on West Main Street. The store offers a selection of gemstone beads, as well as silver findings, pearls, Swarovski crystal, Czech crystal, jewelry and tools. In addition, the store offers free classes to the public and provides services such as stringing, crimping and wire wrapping. Previously located only…
The Merch arrives in downtown Carrboro
Arts Briefs 10/9/08
This weekend in Carrboro will be extra-artsy. The 2nd Friday ArtWalk will show you visual art, Shakori Hills will play music for you, and The West End Poets Weekend will showcase our literary talent.
Breakdown: Mental Health in NC
For the past several years, North Carolina’s mental health system has been unraveling. Contributing Editor Taylor Sisk has been tracking the changes and the impact of a loss of services on individuals in the system. 1. Lost in a lost system 2. A once-effective system spins out of control 3. Reform creates a bewildering system…
Flora: A really obscure wildflower
Chancellor’s school tour starts at CHHS
Board passes 300 E. Main
Susan Dickson Staff Writer Despite a few reservations, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the 300 East Main Street project, one of the largest commercial developments in Carrboro history.
A school by any other name not the same — better
Valarie Schwartz The last time I’d seen Holden Thorp, he was accompanying children on the keyboard at his church the week before reporting for duty as the new chancellor. So when the invitation to the naming of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health was extended, I accepted, wanting to see him wearing his…