Dr. Edgar Mauricio Castellanos has joined Carrboro Community Health Center. Castellanos, a dentist, will begin accepting dental appointments immediately. For more information or to make an appointment, call 933-9087.
Community Brief: Pumping Iron film
The Orange County Arts Commission and Carrboro Recreation and Parks will present the film Pumping Iron, a documentary of the life of Arnold Schwartzenegger, on Saturday at the Carrboro Century Center as the 2008 American Summer Movie. The film depicts how young Schwartzenegger focused his mind, built up his body and became a politician, and…
Community Brief: Fiddle program
UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will sponsor a program on the influence of African musical traditions on fiddle and banjo music in the southeastern United States at the Stone Center today (Thursday) from 4 to 6 p.m. Cece Conway, a…
Community Brief: Compassion award
Piedmont Health Services received the Compassionate Friends Award on Tuesday at their Lloyd Street offices in Carrboro. Deborah England, an employee of Piedmont Health Services, nominated her employer because of the support she received after the death of her son. Piedmont Health Services was recognized for going above and beyond customary workplace policies and practices…
Community Brief: Cybrary book election
The Carrboro Cybrary is asking patrons to vote for their favorite books in preparation for the general election in November. Readers are invited to vote for their favorite fiction, non-fiction and political books of the 21st century, as well as their favorite books of all time. The Cybrary will choose two of the winners to…
Letter from the Editor: The state we’re in
I was in the Triad the other day visiting with some fellow media types including blogger Jon Lowder, who related an incident he’d happened upon while returning from a recent visit to Pittsboro. Lowder encountered a traffic stop on N.C. 87 just inside the Alamance County line. After watching the sheriff deputies and highway patrol…
Letter: Bravo Chapel Hill
The town of Chapel Hill has shown remarkable foresight in their decision to authorize a pilot public-financing program for their town elections. Instead of waiting for election costs to get out of hand and for special-interest money to corrode the process (as they have in some towns in the area), Chapel Hill is creating public…
Letter: Thanks from Pa’lante
At Pa’lante’s celebration of Latino high school graduates last week, a young man encouraged his younger peers: “Even if you think you’ll never get English, keep trying because you will get it eventually. And keep studying until you graduate, because it’s not that hard after all. And standing here ready to graduate feels really good.â€
Letter: Story was vague
District officials emailed The Citizen that Carrboro High School Principal Jeff Thomas, who, with a one-year-remaining contract, was reassigned to the district office with responsibilities yet to be determined. Come again? The general quality of The Citizen is better than this news story indicates. What happened to the what, where, when, why and how of…
The numbers behind the pandering
By Chris Fitzsimon It’s not like House and Senate leaders scrambling to resolve differences between the two chambers’ budgets needed a reminder that they are operating in a highly charged political year, but they received one anyway this weekend with the first gubernatorial debate between Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory before…
The Boone-Carrboro look
By Philip Duchastel I would like to congratulate Brian Voyce for comparing the financial governance of Boone and Carrboro in his recent “Tale of Two Cities†article [Carrboro Citizen, June 19]. We need more of this sort of comparison as we try to improve our town finances in order to keep the Carrboro spirit alive…
My friend Chuck Tillotson died yesterday
By Gary Phillips I dreamed of him as a bird last night, migrating in the dark toward some vast coastal outline. Other fliers joined as we flew. Up ahead somewhere I could hear raucous welcome cries and what sounded like a thousand gossiping voices. Chuck made for it. He shook me off somewhere over the…
A signature piece
By Catherine Devine For starters, I told Tim Peck, I love the way this place is laid out. But the junky cabinets and pink formica have to go, and the circa 1920 floor is caving in. I want the island to be a work of art. Tim smiled. “It’s a small job.†Tim pulled out…
Time is now for water plan
By Randy Voller The situation with wastewater is complicated and should rise abovebumper stickers. It is expensive to treat waste water and will require regional cooperation. Typical estimates for a modern plant are $8 to $20 a gallon. It was wise to engage the Western Wake partners, as county commissioners Patrick Barnes, George Lucier and…
Land & Table Brief: Growing farmers tomato display
In April, Carrboro Farmers’ Market vendors donated tomato seeds to kids with the promise that, if the plants grew, clippings would be put on display, state-fair style. Well, the time has come to show off your green thumbs! Bring your clippings back on Saturday and put them on display for all the discerning produce shoppers…