by Jack Carley Staff Writer The Town of Carrboro held a meeting July 23 to hear public comments on the initial stages of a new bike plan for the town. Consultants from Greenways, Inc. presented a preliminary plan for improving the town’s bicycle facilities and about 50 people dropped by to see the plans and…
News Brief: Saxapahaw String Band
The regional favorite Southern String Band will play the Saxaphaw Rivermill Market & Music Series this Saturday. The music-combination-farmers’ market is every Saturday from 5-8 p.m. until the end of August, with a special Oktoberfest celebration on Oct. 18. To come and enjoy the show, bring a blanket and chairs. Vendors sell prepared food and…
Land & Table Brief: Farming workshops
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems in Goldsboro will host a workshop on August 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. entitled Organic Certification to teach farmers how to get a farm certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program. On August 25, a workshop entitled Developing Community Based Food Systems will be…
Land & Table Brief: Free Fridays
OWASA will waive the fee for boat users on University Lake on Fridays until August 15. There is still a fee for renting an electric trolling motor. For a waiver, bring in a recent bill to prove you are an OWASA customer. If you have OWASA service but not a bill, bring identification that can…
Land & Table Brief: NCBG events
The N.C. Botanical Garden will host several events for the public in August. On Aug. 2, it will hold a workshop, “Local Flora: Summer,†from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An instructor will give classroom lectures and lead explorations to teach about a variety of local habitats and the summer’s woody and herbaceous plants.
Land & Table Brief: Potluck correction
The next date for the ChathamArts Potluck in a Pasture was incorrectly reported in last week’s paper. The next Potluck in a Pasture will be held September 14 at Castle Rock Gardens from 5-7 p.m. Details to follow, for information call 219-9840.
Speaker shares school achievement strategies
by Susan Dickson Staff Writer When Mychal Wynn was in second grade, he failed math, science, social studies, language and vocabulary. His teacher doubted that he would ever make it out of elementary school, despite his early goal of going to college. As a young black student in rural Alabama in the 1950s and ‘60s,…
$1.25 million grant to boost Ackland’s academic role
UNC News Services The Ackland Art Museum has received $1.25 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to deepen and expand the museum’s role in the education of university students. The museum will use the funds to engage UNC scholars and students in research, publication, interpretation and creation of exhibitions from the Ackland collection; give…
News Brief: UMall hits Facebook
University Mall in Chapel Hill has its own Facebook page now as part of an effort by its owners to find out what area residents want. Washington, D.C.-based Madison Marquette owns the 366,000-square-foot mall and shopping center and plans to redevelop it over the next few years. The mall was built in 1973 and was…
News Brief: Sculptor dies in fall
Sculptor and metalworker Ruffin Hobbs died after falling three stories in his home and studio, a converted grist mill near Saxapahaw in Alamance County. Police believe the fall was an accident. Hobbs’ body was found Monday morning by a neighbor. He was living alone while his wife was visiting family overseas. His work includes a…
News Brief: BoE reduces service learning hours
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education last week voted to reduce the service learning requirement under graduation requirements from 50 to 25 hours. District officials had recommended reducing the requirement so that students have more time to complete the North Carolina Graduation Requirement.
News Brief: Carrboro High energy efficiency
Carrboro High School recently earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver rating for sensible energy use, environmental protection and community stewardship. Carrboro High is the second K-12 school in North Carolina to earn LEED certification. The school has a number of sustainable features, including three 35,000-gallon cisterns to collect filtered rainwater, rooms…
News Brief: Rape suspect charged
An Estes Park Apartments resident was charged with rape and assault on a female after the Carrboro Police Department received reports of an incident at the apartment complex Sunday night. Jesus Salvador Molina Romero, 39, of 306 Estes Dr. Ext., apt. N2, was charged with second-degree rape, kidnapping, assault on a female and communicating a…
News Brief: Campus robbery
In response to a robbery on the pathway between Hill Hall and the Smith building on the UNC campus just after midnight Saturday, UNC warns students to be on high alert. A 24-year-old man walking with his sister was grabbed from behind and shoved to the ground before a UNC public safety officer on foot…
Trivia From Hell
By Mark Dorosin This week’s category: Mother Russia 1. Who led the provisional government and held power from the fall of the tsar in February 1917 until the October revolution later that year? 2. Stalin once commented that, “One death is a tragedy.†What did he call a million deaths? 3. What classic Russian film…
