Seeing Double? These houses, which are home to the Red Hen and Provence are two of many built by Thomas Lloyd. Photo by Kirk Ross. By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Old mill houses are scattered throughout downtown Carrboro. And while probably few passing by notice, dozens of them are almost exactly the same, built by…
Recently: School project an atypical lesson in problem solving
By Valarie Schwartz As much as any other knowledge, high school students seek to know who they are and where they want their next steps in life to take them. Teachers like Rob Greenberg, who teaches Earth and environmental science at Chapel Hill High School, help them explore beyond typical parameters, and with the “Celebration…
School board to affirm undocumented students’ rights
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education tonight (Thursday) is expected to approve a recommendation to support the recent ruling that requires North Carolina Community Colleges to admit undocumented individuals who meet admission requirements. The North Carolina Community College System in November directed all community colleges to begin admitting undocumented individuals,…
Residents ask commissioners to drop Eubanks Road site
With supporters, some carrying signs, lining the back wall of the room, members of the Rogers-Eubanks roads community urged the Board of County Commissioners at Tuesday night’s commission meeting to remove Eubanks Road from consideration as the site of a proposed solid-waste transfer station. But the commissioners said that because of an administrative complaint filed…
News Brief: Feline surplus
The Orange County Animal Services Department has taken in 10 cats from a Hendersonville adoption facility that was recently shut down. A district court ordered the All Creatures Great and Small facility to close and make immediate improvements and to release 350 animals to other animal rescue and shelter organizations. Most of the cats taken…
News Brief: Rabid raccoon found
A raccoon found in Chapel Hill tested positive for rabies last week at the State Laboratory of Public Health. The raccoon was found dead in the yard of a home in the vicinity of Albert and Dairyland roads. The resident found the raccoon after discovering blood on one of her three dogs.
News Brief: New home repair program launched
Homeowners who live in the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods can receive no-interest, forgivable loans to repair their houses through the Town of Chapel Hill’s Comprehensive Housing Rehabilitation Program. EmPOWERment, Inc. will host an information session on the program on Wednesday, February 13th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Pine Knolls Community Center, 107…
News Brief: Rabies vaccination clinics
The Orange County Animal Services Department will offer four low-cost rabies vaccination clinics during February. The vaccination fee is $5 and must be paid in cash. To receive a three-year vaccination, bring your pet’s most recent vaccination certificate. Dogs must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers. Animals that might be nervous or…
News Brief: Artwalk this Friday
Galleries and businesses throughout Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Southern Village will open their doors for those in search of art. Event times and openings vary from place to place, but 6 to 8 p.m. is the standard time for most places. Among the shows featured this month is “Because We’re Still Here and Moving: Mapping…
Coaches’ Reports: 2/7/08
Carrboro High Swimming and Diving (via Carrboro High website) Our Swimmers & Divers competed in the 1A/2A state meet this past weekend. The competition was tough, with over 700 student-athletes representing 76 of the 89 1A/2A schools in North Carolina. Our Jaguar Swimmers & Divers stepped up to the competition and finished our first season…
Carrboro Varsity Lady Jaguars, Jan. 30
Liz Holman (10) of the Carrboro Lady Jaguars varsity ignores a horde of Lady Bulldogs and takes her shot during the Wednesday, Jan. 30 game against the Durham School of the Arts. Photo by Georg T Gordon.
Carrboro Varsity Jaguars, Jan. 30
Brad Dimac (10) of the Carrboro Jaguar varsity drives through the defense of the Durham School of the Arts during the Wednesday, Jan. 30 game in Carrboro. Photo by Georg T Gordon.
Blind photographer sees the big picture
By Eve GreeneCarrboro CommonsPhoto Editor Georg Gordon’s personal goal is to photograph every home basketball game this season at Carrboro High School. This may not seem like a remarkably ambitious goal — except that Gordon is legally blind. After multiple surgeries to correct developing macular holes, cataracts and the loss of pigment in his retinas,…
Annual Agricultural Summit Feb. 12
The 10th Annual Orange County Agricultural Summit will be held Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Orange Enterprises Building on Valley Forge Road in Hillsborough. The summit will provide agricultural producers in Orange County and surrounding counties with strategies for preserving their farms during a time of agricultural transition.
For the Record: 02/07/08
Schools take a stand In a year where election posturing is fueling an already overheated debate over immigration policy, most officials not in the running are inclined to fly low. So credit the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education for having the guts to step into the debate over whether undocumented individuals are eligible to receive…