Early voting begins Thursday, April 17, for the May 6 election. Unregistered but eligible voters can register at early voting sites with identification showing their name and current address. Doing this means that you can only vote at the early-voting site. Registered voters can change registration information but not party affiliation. Vote early in Carrboro…
Election Brief: Pittsboro special election
Hugh Harrington was elected to the Pittsboro Town Board of Commissioners in March in a special election for the Board’s last open seat. Harrington finished six votes ahead of Michele Berger in the November elections to win the Board’s third open seat. However, 17 voters received incorrect ballots, and the State Board of Elections in…
Election Brief: Transfer tax education
The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday received an update regarding the voter education effort for the May 6 referendum on the land transfer tax. Voters on May 6 will decide whether property sellers will pay a 0.4 percent land transfer tax. If the measure passes, the county could begin collecting funds during the 2008-09…
Election Brief: Registration deadline
The registration deadline for those who want to vote in the May 6 election falls on April 11. To vote, you must be: a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina and this county for 30 days before the election; at least 18 years old on or before the next election; not registered and not…
Election Brief: Voting demonstration
The Orange County Board of Elections will hold a demonstration of the voting process and the procedures in place at 1 p.m. on April 26. The Board hopes to ensure that all voters of Orange County have complete confidence in the voting system.
School Brief: Faust in marionette
The Emerson Waldorf School String-Pullers will present a marionette show, Doctor Faust, on Saturday at 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. in front of the post office on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. The high school marionette troupe has been building marionettes, costumes and sets, learning lines and staging a performance to prepare for the show. Faust…
School Brief: New Waldorf director
Emerson Waldorf School recently selected Joanne Andruscavage as its new director of administration. Andruscavage serves as director of administration at the Austin Waldorf School in Texas, and will begin her work at Emerson Waldorf School on July 1. She has also served as principal of St. Theresa’s School in Austin and of St. Ambrose School…
School Brief: Peace trip
The Chapel Hill High School Ambassadors for Peace Club traveled to Chicago last week. Students who went on the trip include Sarah Kerwin, Pasangi Perera, Philip Daniels, Ahna Weeks, Allison Press, Kaela Cogswell, Rachel Harrison, Kali Xu, Giberto Sibrian, Brittany Thompson, Jolisa Mercer, James Senter, Elysia Su, Kayley Abell-Hart, Wendy Avendano, Ariel White, Nicholas Speaker…
School Brief: Orchestra picks
Ten students from Phillips Middle School were selected to the Eastern Regional Junior All-State Orchestra on March 1. Selected students include violinists Alice Huang, Cissy Yu, Tsai-Wei Cheng, Eric Chiou, Angie Edwards, Sandya Mahadevan and Sirui Wang; cellist Lewis Peel; and bassist Kyle Jordan. William Heine was named an alternate on bass.
School Brief: National Technical Honor Society
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools high school students will be inducted into the National Technical Honor Society on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Slant Room of East Chapel Hill High School. Students who will be inducted have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, as well as citizenship and leadership within career and technical education.
School Brief: Fashion show
East Chapel Hill High School students will host an Avenue of Stars Fashion show on Friday at 7 p.m. in the East Chapel Hill High auditorium. The students are in Beth Bell’s Apparel Development II and Fashion Merchandising course. The show will feature prom dresses designed and created by apparel development students, outfits from the…
School Brief: Graduating clean
The 15th annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Project Graduation needs volunteers and donations. Project Graduation, an all-night, alcohol-and-drug-free party for graduates, will be held graduation night, June 14, at the UNC Student Union. The event is free of charge to participants to reward seniors for a job well done and to encourage maximum participation.
School Brief: Performer info
The Chapel Hill High School Performing Arts Programs and PALS Information Night will be held April 30 at 7 p.m. in the Chapel Hill High Chorus Room, C Building. Parents are invited to learn about Chapel Hill High’s performing arts programs as well as the performing arts volunteer organization, Performing Arts Lovers (PALs). PALs welcomes…
School Brief: Treasure winner
Phillips Middle School student Sidney Karesh recently won the junior story division of the Treasured Objects Contest sponsored by Weekly Reader. Sidney’s story, “Here Lies My Struggle,†was published in the April/May edition of the magazine. She wrote about a journal that was given to her by her sixth-grade English teacher.
School Brief: Rock and Read
Students at Ephesus Elementary School recently met their goal of reading 5,000 hours of books this year during their Rock and Read-a-thon. Local rock band Hot Rooster played a short concert for the students on Friday to reward the students for reaching their goal.