The Chapel Hill-Carrboro High School Job Fair will be held April 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at East Chapel Hill High School. The fair is organized by the Foundation for a Sustainable Community and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the three Chapel Hill-Carrboro high schools and is intended to…
Refugee families plant food, new roots
By Morgan Siem Carrboro Commons Writer The stillness that characterizes most elementary schools on Saturday mornings is missing at Frank Porter Graham Elementary. Julie Spomer makes sure of that. Saturday has become her favorite day of the week since the inception of the gardening club with the Karen refugees, she said.
Sports Brief: Softball standings
Carrboro’s co-recreational softball league is back and has played its first round of games. The standings so far: Armadillo Grill 1-0 Chapel Hill Realty 1-0 Farrell’s Self-Storage 1-0 Milltown 1-0 Bread & Butter 0-1 Fearrington 0-1 The Lawn Wranglers 0-1 The Tooth House 0-1
Sports Brief: Jaguar soccer wins
Carrboro High School women’s soccer won two matches this week. On Friday they defeated Chatham Central High School 7-0. Scoring for the Lady Jaguars were Melody Cranfill, Molly Acuff with two, Peyton Kennedy, Marshall Babcock, Katie Gilmore, and Rosie Scanga, with assists by Rosie Scanga, Sarah Luca, Allison Rosen and Olivia Blanford. Carrboro took 29…
School Brief: Talent program
Twenty seventh graders from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools qualified for grand recognition in the Duke Talent Identification Program this year. To qualify for grand recognition, students must exceed a score of 660 math or 650 verbal or exceed a total score of 1270 on the SAT.
School Brief: Hawbridge open house
Hawbridge School, a charter high school in Saxapahaw, will hold an open house and concert on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. The four-year public high school offers enriched curricula in environmental studies and the arts for students in grades 9 through 12. Students from any school district in North Carolina may apply to attend…
School Brief: Middle college open house
The Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College will hold two open house events over the next week. The Middle College program allows 11th- and 12th-grade students to earn honors-level high school credit while taking college courses. Students considering enrollment and their parents are encouraged to attend the events.
South Estes farmers’ market takes root
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Farmers of Orange, one of the groups that petitioned the county to run the farmers’ market at the county’s new Public Market House, has launched a new farmers’ market in the parking lot of University Mall. The new market, called the South Estes Farmers’ Market, is sponsored by A…
Land & Table Brief: Stargazing
The Morehead Planetarium will host a Skywatching Session April 12 from 8:30-10:30 p.m. at the Ebenezer Church Recreation Area at Jordan Lake. Attendees can view Saturn, Mars and a crescent moon. Free and open to all. On April 21, the planetarium hosts “Our Vanishing Night,†a demonstration of how pollution affects the night sky. From…
Land & Table Brief: Wednesday market returns
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market Wednesday market is back and opened for the first time yesterday. The Wednesday market is open from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday. The Saturday market is 7 a.m. until noon.
Land & Table Brief: Farm tour
The 13th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour will take place April 19-20 from 1-6 p.m. The tour includes 35 piedmont farms and costs $30 per car at the farms or $25 in advance. Advance tickets are available at Weaver Street Markets in Carrboro and Southern Village and the General Store Cafe in Pittsboro, as well as…
Land & Table Brief: Garden tour
The Chapel Hill Garden Club will hold its Spring Garden Tour Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, April 13, from noon to 4 p.m. The tour is self-guided and includes 10 private gardens. Refreshments, exhibits, a raffle, live music, demonstrations and plant sales will be held at the North Carolina…
Water Watch: Wednesday, April 9
LAKE LEVELS University Lake: Full! Cane Creek Reservoir: 7‘ 10.75“ below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant: 2.68“ Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.44“
Registration deadlines/ election update
A reminder that regular registration is coming to a close, the early voting period is about to begin and there’s a complicated election ahead. Oh, and our Democratic presidential primary counts this year. We’ll have a look at these and the races in this week’s Citizen. Registration deadlines and other info and links after the…
Wild cherry drama
By Ken Moore Last Saturday, I saw a roadside spectacle as beautiful as any deliberately designed garden landscape. Nature’s inter-planting of yellow sassafras and pink redbud resulted in what may be best described as “roadside impressionism.†Fortunately, the recent cold spells have extended the flowering of these early bloomers. Now, amidst all this beauty, I…