Update: Second suspect arrested early Thursday morning. By Kirk Ross & Emily Burns Staff Writers In the recorded history of this community, few stories have been sadder. With barely a week having passed since the murder of Student Body President Eve Marie Carson, emotions are still raw; and as campus gears up after its spring…
Making the emergence of spring
By Ken Moore You have to take care to avoid stepping on the Hepaticas when you approach the bench to sit and enjoy the sights and sounds along New Hope Creek at the old mill site. It’s springtime on Triangle Land Conservancy’s Johnston Mill Nature Preserve; Hepaticas and other spring wildflowers are emerging. Johnston Mill…
Development stutters in Chatham County
By Robert N. Eby Chatham County Line Reflecting the slowdown in the national economy, development in Chatham County, both residential and commercial, is stuttering. While some projects are still moving ahead, many have slowed down and a few have been abandoned. New residential building permits for Chatham County, including Pittsboro but not Cary, which had…
Downturn felt sharply by local homebuilders
[Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing Citizen series on how debt and mortgage problems and the slowdown in the economy are affecting local markets.] By Kirk Ross Staff Writer As the subprime mortgage crisis morphed into a debt crisis and led to a slowdown in housing markets across the country, many here were…
Recently: Up and going out and abroad
By Valarie Schwartz At first it seemed to her Dogwood Acres neighbors that Marianne Principe was an assistance dog trainer, as they were seen walking each morning. Usually the first with a greeting to others walking along, she clearly had her sight, though the beautiful Golden Retriever, with its harness and “Do Not Pet†sign,…
Music Calendar: 03/13/08
Thursday March 13 Blue Horn Lounge: Paleface. 10pm The Cave: Early: Davis Stillson. Late: Town Mountain, $5 General Store Café: Club Boheme. 8pm Local 506: Pulsoptional, Phon, Craig Hilton. 9pm. $6
Grieving parents find comfort in Compassionate Friends
By Emily Burns Staff Writer Four and a half years have passed since Olivia Royal Petty, then 25, was killed in an automobile accident, but her mother Daphne Hill said that it sometimes feels like it has been just four and a half weeks. For parents who have lost a child, Hill said, the grieving…
Obituary – Hazel Felker Kiser
Hazel Felker Kiser, 83, died Friday at Duke Hospice in Hillsborough. She was born in China Grove, N.C. on September 14, 1924 and moved to Kannapolis as a child. She graduated from Canon High School in 1942. In 1952, she moved to Chapel Hill with her husband. She was formerly employed by Village Family Medicine…
News Brief: Special education night
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will host an Exceptional Children District Parent Night, “Navigating the Special Education Process,†on March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence on the Smith Middle School campus. To register or for more information, visit www.chccs.k12.nc.us or call Karen Patillo at 967-8211, ext. 234.
News Brief: Local economy
The Orange County Economic Development Commission will host its annual “State of the Local Economy†event at the Carolina Club in Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 9 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. The guest speaker is Charles Hayes, president and CEO of the Research Triangle Partnership. Tickets are $30, a…
News Brief: UNC director honored
John Sanders, former director of the Institute of Government at UNC, was honored Feb. 21 by the North Carolina Bar Association as the 2008 recipient of the John McNeill Smith Jr. Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section Award. The award honors a person who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the ideals embodied in the constitutions of…
News Brief: District fights dorm
UNC’s Wesley Foundation was criticized when it unveiled plans to build a 70,000-square-foot five-story Methodist dorm where its current building stands now on Pittsboro Street. Residents of the Cameron-McCauley historic district opposed the move to a bigger building. The current building is only 17,000 square feet now. Alternative plans were presented Monday and suggested either…
News Brief: OWASA considers delaying surcharges
Because water supplies have reached 57 percent due to recent rainfall, the OWASA board of directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday) to discuss delaying the rate surcharges associated with the stage three water shortage declared on Feb. 28. If not delayed, the surcharges for water use would go into effect on March 17….
News Brief: Easter trash collection
The Town of Carrboro will be closed on Friday, March 21. There will be no garbage collection that day; Friday’s garbage will be collected one day earlier. There will be no change in the curbside recycling schedule.
Arts Calendar: 03/13/08
Carrboro El Sur Comes South — Pedro Lash with Los Artistas & local sonideros; Center Gallery. Kardelen (Snow Drop) — Works by Pelin Yazar Canez, Orhan Alpaslan, Asuman Dogan, Atanur Dogan and Nihal Kececi to celebrate International Women’s Month;. The ArtsCenter. 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org Kardelen: Turkish-American Artists Celebrate International Women’s Month —…