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Transfer tax foes spend big

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

by Kirk Ross Staff Writer Determined to keep their perfect score in defeating counties’ efforts to adopt a real estate transfer tax, the North Carolina real estate and construction interests, led by the North Carolina Association of Realtors and the North Carolina Homebuilders, have pumped more than $205,000 in cash and in-kind contributions into defeating…

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Campaigns in full swing as voters head to the polls

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

by Kirk Ross Staff Writer An historic spring primary winds up this week with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and their supporters criss-crossing the state in search of votes and North Carolinians brave enough to have their televisions on, subjected to a near-endless barrage of state and national campaign ads. Local and some statewide…

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Candidates speak out on mental health reform

Posted on May 1, 2008May 5, 2008 by Staff

by Taylor SiskStaff Writer“How, if elected, do you propose to deal with the provisioning of mental health care services in North Carolina?”It’s a question that has been posed with some regularity to this year’s candidates for governor – and urgently so: Our mental health care system is in crisis. Among those candidates, Democrats Richard Moore…

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Recently: Carrying on after the bottom falls out

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz There are two ponds in my neighborhood. The one nearest my house has a fallen tree lying across a portion of it upon which on sunny days a host of turtles can be found collecting vitamin D. They line the log from both ends, dozens of them, each looking toward the middle…

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Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer Carrboro Police have arrested and charged three individuals in connection with a recent string of armed robberies in Carrboro and Chapel Hill that appear to have targeted Latino victims. According to the Carrboro Police Department, Lavarus Deleon Atwater, 16, of Cedar Lake Road in Chatham County; George Lavon Gattis Jr.,…

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Chapel Hill council gives Glen Lennox residents opportunity to pursue conservation district

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

by Rich Fowler Staff Writer At its meeting Monday night at Town Hall, the Chapel Hill Town Council agreed to give Glen Lennox area residents a chance to prove that they want their area turned into a Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD). Organizers now have to get signatures from 51 percent of the landowners in an…

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News Brief: Counterculture poets

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

Wilson Library’s newest exhibit examines the beginning and growth of American counterculture poetry in post-World War II twentieth century in The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture Poetry, 1950-1975 in the Rare Book Collection of UNC’s Wilson Library.

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News Brief: Dog law

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

The Board of County Commissioners is expected to consider an amendment that would limit the tethering (or chaining) of dogs in Orange County. The amendment will recommend limiting the time a dog could be tethered, creating minimum sizes for outdoor pens and regulating the types of tether that can be used.

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News Brief: UNC Commencement

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

Commencement for May 2008 graduates will be held in Kenan Stadium on Sunday, May 11 from 9:30 to about 11:30 a.m. A reception for graduates and their families will follow in Polk Place. This year’s commencement speaker is opera singer Jessye Norman. In the event of rain with thunder, lightning and high winds, the ceremony…

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News Brief: Courtyard dispute

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

Sandwhich and 3Cups reopened on Tuesday, two days after Courtyard owner Spencer Young changed the locks on the doors and posted a letter claiming the businesses had failed to pay $85,000 in rent. The West Franklin Street businesses have had an ongoing dispute with Young regarding parking, claiming that he has failed to provide parking…

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Community Calendar: 05/01/08

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

Special Events Really Really Free Market — First Saturdays from 2:30-5:30pm. Town Commons. Come, swap, take! Fourth Friday Studio Stroll — downtown Pittsboro artists open studio doors from 6-8pm, May 23. Demonstration at Side Street Gallery 6:30pm pittsboroshops.com Classic Car Show — Saturday, May 17. 10am-2pm at the Walnut Grove UMC. Classic American and European…

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May Blood Drive Schedule

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

Friday, May 2 1:30-6pm Pathways Elementary School, Hillsborough. 732-9136 x.0 Sunday, May 4 1-5pm Berry’s Grove Baptist Church, Timberlake. (336) 364-8158

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Noticia en breve: Programa bilingüe para niños: reunión hoy

Posted on May 1, 2008May 1, 2008 by Staff

Niños entrando al kínder y al primer grado en agosto pueden aprovechar del nuevo programa bilingüe (inglés y español) en la escuela de Frank Porter Graham Elementary. El programa es parecido al programa bilingüe inglés-español de Carrboro Elementary. Los estudiantes recibirán materias en inglés y en español. La mitad de los estudiantes serán de familias…

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Noticia en breve: Fin de semana llena de actividades

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

Este fin de semana aproveche de los varios eventos que tendrán lugar en nuestra comunidad. El viernes en la tarde hay el evento para apoyar al político Barack Obama en Carrboro Town Commons. El sábado es el trigésimo aniversario del mercado al aire libre de Carrboro, y el mismo día hay la feria escolar de…

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Challengers try for court of appeals, judicial seats

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

by Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Two challengers and the incumbent are running for the North Carolina Court of Appeals seat presently held by Jim Wynn. Wynn, a Cary resident, was first elected to the Court of Appeals in 1990. He served as an associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1998. Jewel Ann…

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