Carrboro Because We’re Still Here (and Moving): Mapping a World of Black History in Our Own Backyard — photography exhibit & interactive installation, Center Gallery. Acrylic paintings by DiGiulio, East Gallery. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org. Mixed media by Chief — a tribute to the artists’ new daughter. The Beehive Salon, 102…
Community Brief: Not just a women’s issue
The Orange County Commission for Women will observe National Women’s History Month with “Domestic Violence is Not Just a Women’s Issue†on March 8 from 12 to 3 p.m.
Community Brief: Heart your local shelter
The Orange County Animal Shelter will hold special Valentine’s Day events on February 14 and 16 to showcase adoptable animals and allow the public more opportunities to visit with pets.
Community Brief: Pauli Murray Awards ceremony Feb. 24
The Orange County Human Relations Commission and the Office of Human Rights and Relations will host the 2007 Pauli Murray Human Relations Awards on February 24 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Community Calendar: 02/07/08
Special Events Lunchbox Concert Series— Thursdays, Feb 14-Mar 6. Bring lunch to the Century Center and hear live music from noon to 1pm. Free coffee provided by Open Eye Café. 100 N Greensboro St. Call 918-7385 or visit townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm for more info. Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? Nonviolence in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict— Joe Groves, co-director…
This Month’s MILL
The February issue of The Citizen’s MILL, our arts, music and literature, publication is out this week. Featured stories include: • Finding Pauli Murray; • Written in Stone — reflections on black history • Hidden Voices’ Because We’re Still Here — a local black history project; • Bayard Rustin illustration and narrative by Phil Blank;…
Cabela’s rival cautions against economic incentives
Update: Cabela’s recently announced it was slowing its plans to open more stores to only four this year. Retailer says it has no plans for store at Buckhorn Road development By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Though not certain that Cabela’s is indeed the anchor tenant for the recently announced Buckhorn Village retail and mix-use center,…
Man killed in Carrboro Plaza shooting
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer A Chapel Hill man has been charged with murdering his son-in-law in the Carrboro Plaza parking lot Monday evening. Garland Mcray King Jr., of 900 Sesame Rd., was apprehended by police shortly after 6 p.m. Monday. King, 65, was found in possession of a handgun. The victim, 59-year-old James Kenneth…
Recently: Shooting along the stream(ing creek)
By Valarie Schwartz Having grown up with a creek behind my house, it thrilled me to learn when I moved to Chapel Hill in 1994 that Bolin Creek flowed only a few yards beyond my new home. During the five years I lived there, few days passed without spending time with my dog, exploring and…
A short tale of love, lost and found
By Emily Burns Staff Writer Most children taunt each other with the phrase “finders, keepers; losers, weepers†when they find a toy that belongs to another child buried in the sandbox. But as they grow up, not all of them realize that finders shouldn’t always be keepers. James Latta, a security officer at Carr Mill…
“Dead of winter†summer reflections
By Ken Moore It’s the dead of winter, and two summer-flowering vines have captured my interest. A Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, caught my eye two weeks ago when it screamed across my deck for attention from beneath its cap of snow! Several clusters of scarlet tubular flowers continue to flower in spite of the subsequent…
Cause of water main break a mystery
Orange Water and Sewer Authority officials are sill not sure what caused a major water main break on a chilly morning last week that led to the loss of about 500,000 gallons or roughly 7 percent of the utility’s daily water consumption. Officials said the break in an 8 inch diameter water main near the…
Edwards calls an end to presidential run
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards ended his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, telling supporters at a rally in New Orleans to continue to fight for a more just and equitable society. Edwards ended his campaign where it began in the city’s still devastated Ninth Ward. “Do not…
Written in stone
A few markers were chiseled blocks of granite with names and dates. They were much newer, closer to the road, and seeing them you at least had a name to connect with the depression in the undergrowth. But further into the place, deeper into woods that had grown up since those markers were placed, there…
Board looks at parking, commercial growth at retreat
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After spending the first day of their annual retreat discussing the type of town they’d like to see Carrboro become (or remain), their personal values and how they apply that to their work, members of the board of aldermen waded into the thorny issues of parking and economic development in…