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Plant, meet computer

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Staff

UNC will launch a new botany program that hopes to mingle nature with technology. The curriculum is called BOT 2.0 and will combine botany and environmental conservation with social computing and information management. Part of the course itself is delivered through Web 2.0 blogs, wikis, Facebook and MySpace, while the other part is delivered through…

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Watershed cleanup

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Staff

A partnership of Chatham County organizations will receive about $200,000 from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the federal Environmental Protection Agency to restore and protect the Rocky River and Tick Creek watersheds. The Watershed Education for Communities and Officials Program at N.C. State University will work with Chatham residents to improve…

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Pasture potluck draws mellow crowd

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Staff

by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer A modest crowd gathered last Sunday evening for ChathamArts’ Potluck in a Pasture at Bill Dow’s Ayrshire Farm in Pittsboro, the oldest certified organic farm in North Carolina, to share savory dishes of homegrown ingredients and to support local art. Guests enjoyed a farm tour; a buffet spouting with such…

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Flora: A native vine for hummingbirds and goldfinches

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Staff

by Ken Moore Staff Writer Right now I celebrate the native trumpet vine, Campsis radicans. Some folks call it trumpet creeper or cow-itch vine. There are likely other names associated with this common weedy vine with bright-orange, tubular flowers that are guaranteed to attract hummingbirds. Keep an eye out for the occasional peach- or yellow-colored…

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Beehive hairdo art winners chosen

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Staff

by Jordan Timpy Staff Writer The white walls inside the Beehive Hair Salon are now decorated with brightly painted canvases, detailed embroidery and other interesting works of art submitted to the Beehive Art Challenge. The contest spanned the month of June, giving participants time to create their own unique artistic representation of the classic beehive…

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Eno fest celebrates river health

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer This year’s Festival of the Eno “critter” says a lot about the river this three-day event celebrates. The 2008 logo – the mayfly – is more than just an insect design for a t-shirt. The mayfly can be found in the Eno River, which is a good sign of the…

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White flowers of early summer

Posted on June 26, 2008June 26, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore They began flowering weeks ago and they are still making a show along roadsides and wherever folks allow them on their lawns and in their gardens. I give native daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus, freedom to grow wherever it suits itself in my wild landscape. Masses of tiny white daisy flowers on multi-branching…

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Recently: No beef with this beef

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz Even with 90 pages left to read, this column acknowledges the affect of Michael Pollen’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma on yet another previously unconscious grocery shopper. That I started shopping in health food stores in the early 1980s and have supported farmers’ markets in money and words and have been a longtime Weaver…

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Pedersen says surveys, complaints led to decision to replace Carrboro principal

Posted on June 26, 2008June 26, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen said on Wednesday his recent decision to replace Jeff Thomas as principal of Carrboro High School was based on unsolicited feedback from staff and parents, as well as the results of surveys that indicated both students and teachers were unhappy with their experiences…

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County passes budget

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a $183 million budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year, including a 4.8-cent property tax rate increase. The increase sets this year’s tax rate at 99.8 cents per $100 of property valuation, representing a 5 percent hike over the…

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Butler hearing continued

Posted on June 26, 2008June 28, 2008 by Staff

by Kirk Ross Staff Writer At a public hearing Tuesday night at Town Hall, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen delved into the details of a proposed five-story condominium and commercial complex on Brewer Lane adjacent to the Libba Cotton Bike Path. “The Butler,” which is planned for the site now occupied by Butler’s Garage at…

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Suspicious package investigated

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

The Durham County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad destroyed a suspicious package left in the middle of East Rosemary Street near Henderson Street Tuesday evening. According to the Chapel Hill Police Department, a witness saw a white male between the ages of 20 and 25 place a small package in the middle of the street and…

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Rustic or regular?

Posted on June 26, 2008June 26, 2008 by Staff

Stop by the new Weaver Street Market on Friday at 5:30 p.m. and you could be witness to the first known store opening to include a baguette cutting in the history of Hillsborough. In celebration of the opening of the new market — the cooperative’s third — dignitaries, including Mayor Tom Stevens, will gather around…

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Music Calendar: 06/26/08

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

Thursday, June 26 Cat’s Cradle: mewithoutYou, Maps & Atlases, Telescreen. 8pm Blue Horn Lounge: Blue Diablo’s Pete Waggonner. 9pm Local 506: Russian Circles, Daughters. 9:30pm The Cave: EARLY: Lauderdale. LATE: Brett Harris w/ Joanna Lynne. General Store Café: Bo Lankenau & Friends. 8:30pm Weaver Street Market: The Tim Smith Band. 6pm Blue Bayou Club: Lisa…

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OWASA committee recommends reduced rate increase

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

The OWASA board’s Budget and Financial Planning Committee last week agreed to recommend a combined water and sewer rate increase of 17 percent, instead of the previously proposed 24 percent increase. In addition, the committee recommended that OWASA carefully monitor water and sewer revenues and defer some budgeted expenses until it is clear that demand…

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