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Land & Table Brief: Beekeeping ball

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

Chatham Mills will be buzzing with activity on Saturday. The Chatham County Beekeeper’s Association will celebrate National Pollinator Week with beekeeping demonstrations and lectures for kids and adults from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chatham County beekeepers will teach about the processes behind local honey. Kids can take part in a scavenger hunt and learn…

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Land & Table Brief: Pasture potluck

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

Share some real food at the “Potluck in a Pasture” on June 29. ChathamArts will sponsor a potluck supper at Ayrshire Farms in Hickory Mountain with locally grown food and presentations by local artists. Visitors should bring a potluck dish for eight including at least one locally grown ingredient along with the recipe. Artists featured…

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Hometown hollerin’ hero

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

by Jordan Timpy Staff Writer Tony Peacock has something new to holler about. Peacock, who lives just outside of Carrboro in Chatham County, placed third in the 40th annual National Hollerin’ Contest in Spivey’s Corner this past Saturday. Although the bronze is impressive, it is not the best finish for Peacock, who was the national…

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Hog heaven

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

Hillsborough Hog Day celebrated its 26th year this past Saturday the same way it has every year in the past, with tons of barbecue, entertainment and fun for all ages. But for the first time, this year’s festival was a “trash-free” one, with efforts to minimize waste and recycle or compost as much as possible….

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Water Watch: Wednesday, June 25

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Staff

LAKE LEVELS University Lake: 3’ 11.5” below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 4’ 1.25” below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant: .56” Cane Creek Reservoir: .57”

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Graduation

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Staff

by Jordan Timpy Staff Writer The Dean Dome was rocking Saturday – for Tigers and Wildcats rather than Tar Heels – as Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high held graduation ceremonies. Nearly 400 anxious-looking CHHS students dressed in caps and gowns lined the corridors of the Smith Center before their afternoon ceremony began. Sporadic…

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Touching is believing

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore Last week, I rushed to the Botanical Garden for a quick photograph of those Carolina Blue spiderworts. Walking quickly out, I made the mistake of glancing over the surface of those water lily tanks behind the Totten Center. The other aquatic plants usually go unnoticed, but this time my eye was captured…

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A cabby with compassion

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Staff

by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Taxi cabs parked neatly in rows in the parking lot on Lloyd Street in Carrboro began running a little over four months ago. But the phrase Ulugbek Kasimov, or Bek, has decided to print on them, “A Ride With Us Brings The Future To Others,” reflects an…

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Carrboro High changes principals

Posted on June 19, 2008June 26, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has announced that Carrboro High School Principal Jeff Thomas has been reassigned to the district’s central office and that Rodney Trice, the district’s director of curriculum and instruction, will serve as interim principal. District officials wrote in an email to The Citizen that Thomas had one…

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Northern Carrboro commercial spaces examined

Posted on June 19, 2008June 20, 2008 by Staff

by Kirk Ross Staff Writer After a review of progress in long-range planning for northern Carrboro, the town Board of Aldermen placed a strong emphasis on seeing commercial development in the region. During a discussion at Town Hall Tuesday night of five sites identified as having commercial potential, Alderman Joal Hall Broun said she was…

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Recently: Don’t let your guard down when it comes to drought

Posted on June 19, 2008June 19, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz University Lake is nearly full and though Cane Creek Reservoir is refilling, it is still not as full as it was at this time last year (on June 17, 2007 it was 92.7 percent full compared to 79.8 percent full Tuesday morning). We don’t know yet if the drought is really over,…

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Music Calendar: 6/19/08

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Staff

Thursday June 19 Blue Bayou Club: Andy Coats. 9pm The Cave: EARLY: Brandon & Rob. LATE: Who Are We featuring M.P. General Store Café: Tony Galiani Band. 8:30pm Local 506: Centro-matic, The M’s. 9:30pm Reservoir: Worn in Red, Hazerai, Dr. Powerful. 10pm Weaver Street Market: After Hours. 6pm

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Commissioners debate property tax increase

Posted on June 19, 2008June 19, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners made a preliminary decision on Tuesday to reduce the proposed ad valorem tax rate increase by 4 cents, to 99.8 cents per $100 of property valuation. County Manager Laura Blackmon had initially recommended an 8.8-cent increase on the tax rate. The increase would have…

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Chapel Hill rescinds healthcare vote after complaints

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Staff

by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer After a week of getting heat from an overwhelming number of disgruntled citizens, the Chapel Hill Town Council rescinded the controversial vote that would have allowed ex-council members to receive health care with taxpayers’ dollars. Mayor Kevin Foy opened last night’s council meeting by stating that the council would review…

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News Brief: Democratic primary run-off June 24

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Staff

A Democratic primary run-off election will be held on Tuesday, June 24 for Commissioner of Labor and District 2 County Commissioner. Mary Fant Donnan and John C. Brooks will vie for Commissioner of Labor and Steve Yuhasz and Leo L. Allision will face each other for county commissioner. Registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters who did…

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