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Community Brief: Police dog dies of cancer

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police Department on Monday announced that police dog KC died of cancer on Friday. According to the department, KC began experiencing difficulty breathing early Friday and was found to be in the late stages of cancer. He was seven years old and had been the partner of Officer Gabe Shin for the…

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Community Brief: Send a Kid to Camp benefit concert

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Down Yonder Farm will host their annual Send A Kid To Camp benefit on Saturday, March 22. Performers include blues singer and guitarist Harvey Dalton Arnold, performance artist Tiffany Okafor, country singer/songwriter Wil Mills and the Rhonda Robichaux band. Admission to the event is free and donations will go toward sending local kids to…

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Community Brief: Local art auction benefit

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Fearrington Barn will host an art auction to raise money for the Family Violence and Rape Crisis Center on Sunday, March 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. Local art will be auctioned and music, drinks and food will be available. Tickets are $20 and can be bought at Second Bloom, Chatham Arts, Blue Birds…

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Community Calendar: 03/06/08

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

Special Events Annual Orange County Egg Hunt for children ages 2-10. Sat, Mar 15, Homestead community Park, 100 Northern Park Dr, Chapel Hill. Children’s entertainment begins at 9:30am and the 20,000-egg hunt begins at 10:30am. Games and a meet-and-greet with the Easter Bunny will follow. Sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation…

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Land & Table Brief: Conservancy anniversary

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Triangle Land Conservancy, an environmental group responsible for keeping over 10,000 acres of local wilderness undeveloped, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The conservation group is also using the opportunity to initiate a new fund entitled “Our Water, Our Land,” which will be used to conserve wilderness in imminent danger. The group has raised over…

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Taking responsibility for integrity

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

By Neil Pedersen  “Cheat or repeat.”  That’s the response from one of my high school students when I, as an English teacher, was sharing my zero tolerance standard for cheating on the first day of school. For some reason, I still vividly remember this utterance 35 years later. Perhaps, it was because at my undergraduate…

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Unconventional wisdom

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

By Chris Fitzsimon In 1992, a prominent Democratic state senator was talking to a small group of people waiting for a political rally to start when the subject turned to an effort by progressives to repeal the state sales tax on food that had been imposed in the early 1960s by Gov. Terry Sanford to…

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Letter to the Editor: Horror and apathy

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

George Bush for torture. Yes, alas. And we stand by, in horror and in apathy. I speak for myself in this. I earlier organized a web revolt (Yes, I am revolted!) at the fact that we Americans condone torture – see tort.wikispaces.com. And I had planned on becoming a lot more active in promoting the…

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Letter to the Editor: Welcome to Carrboro

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

Congratulations to the owners of the Andrews-Riggsbee site, soon to be Roberson Square, on approval of their project. I can’t wait to see their cool-looking mixed-use building in place of the vacant lot that is there now! I’m disappointed they didn’t include a restaurant, any child-related structures, and that their garbage entrance will face their…

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For the Record: 03/06/08

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

On to Stage Three [Editor’s note: While recent rains have helped, we are entering the warm weather months with extremely low water supplies. We cannot will a change in the weather, but we can improve conservation. To that end, Stage Three restrictions were approved at the beginning of this month. Following are the new restrictions.]…

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School board field crowded

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Six candidates have filed for election to the Orange County Schools Board of Education. Incumbent Al Hartkopf is running for re-election, challenged by newcomers Eddie Eubanks, Steve Halkiotis, Tony McKnight, Jeff Michalski and Stan Morris. Three seats on the board are available. School board member Dennis Whitling resigned last month,…

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Flurry of filings changes primary races

Posted on March 6, 2008March 7, 2008 by Staff

Last Friday marked the last day of filing season for the May 6 primaries and school board election and a final-day flurry of filings resulted in a number of races turning from non-competitive to contested and perhaps the first time in county history where a husband and wife could find themselves running against each other.

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School Brief: Internship scholarship

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

Britney Rider, a student in the Academy of Information Technology, recently received a $2,000 scholarship to recognize her work in an internship experience. The National Academy Foundation selected Rider from more than 130 entries. To enter, students had to tell the story of their internship through essays, photos, videos, websites and PowerPoint presentations.

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School Brief: Superior jazz

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Culbreth Middle School Jazz Band received a superior rating at the Elon University Jazz Festival on February 22. The band performed three different jazz-style selections to earn the superior rating from the festival’s adjudicators.

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School Brief: Leader award

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

Stephanie Knott, assistant to the superintendent for community relations for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, was recently named Orange County’s Campaign Leader of the Year by Triangle United Way. Knott will receive the award on March 18 during the Triangle United Way’s Annual Awards Celebration.

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