UNC is hosting events to raise awareness of Climate Change as part of a nationwide effort called “Focus the Nation.†Today (Thursday), more than 75 professors at UNC are participating in a national teach-in that involves more than 1,000 colleges and will integrate global warming education into the day’s curriculum. The student union is hosting…
Agricultural summit
The 10th Annual Orange County Agricultural Summit will be held Feb. 12, 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 information regarding strategies for preserving their farms during a time of agricultural transition.
Eno river meet
The third Eno River Confluence will be held at the Hillsborough Exchange Club at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. The meeting, which will bring together parties interested in the preservation and protection of the Eno River and its watershed, will focus on the drought status, Eno capacity use issues and reports, future plans and more. County…
Chatham Dem talk
The Chatham County Democratic Women will sponsor an event entitled “Water and Growth in Chatham County†on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. in the multipurpose room of the Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro.
Community Calendar: 01/31/08
Special Events Hawbridge School open house – on February 9 from 2-4 p.m. Inviting all prospective students and families to attend. The school emphasizes environmental sciences and the arts. The open house will include a meeting with current teachers and students and a glimpse at student artwork. More information at www.hawbridge school.org or 336-376-1122
Community Brief: Platanos play
The Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will co-sponsor a performance of the off-Broadway play Platanos and Collard Greens on March 1.
Community Brief: Holidays shared
The Orange County Share Your Holiday and Toy Chest programs supported more than 2,500 children and families this past Christmas. Through the Share Your Holiday program, the Orange County Department of Social Services paired 313 community sponsors with children or families and provided gifts to 514 children and elderly or disabled adults in the county.
Local woman joins Peace Corps
Laura McIver Boggess, 25, of Carrboro, N.C. has been accepted into the Peace Corps. Boggess departed for Guatemala on Jan. 9 to begin pre-service training as an environmental education Peace Corps Volunteer. After graduation in April, Boggess will work with rural schools to integrate conservation and environmental awareness into the curriculum.
For the Record: 01/31/08
A few things to keep in mind As has been reported, a formal complaint has been filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging a pattern of environmental racism on the part of local governments in the matter of the Rogers-Eubanks neighborhood. Such a complaint is serious business and should be thoroughly and properly addressed….
Ask the restaurants
In your “Town’s taco trucks in jeopardy†article on Jan. 24 article, Mayor Mark Chilton and Board of Aldermen member Jacquie Gist [said they] don’t understand why a complaint was filed against trucks selling prepared food from parking lots. Gist writes, “I am worried by the real possibility that hard working entrepreneurs who are adding…
Landfill open letter
Editor’s note: following is an open letter to the board of county commissioners. Congratulations for reversing your earlier decision to unilaterally select the Eubanks Road area as the site for the new waste transfer station. That change of heart was a step in the right direction. You are now embarking on a critical phase in…
Crime and civility in Central America
Robert Dickson Our family’s Honduran holiday vacation was feeling like anything but a holiday. Our bags had first been reported as late, then later, then stolen from the truck on which they had been sent from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba. “Hijacked†was the term used. And I had contracted the Honduran version of…
Culbreth Middle Boys’ Basketball
(via Mike Harris) We got ‘em! Culbreth 60 – McDougle 51. McDougle had not lost a game all year and did not lose a game all year last year as 7th graders. This was their last regular season game. They were playing at home with a chance to complete an undefeated two years. Culbreth, behind…
Coming matches to test Tar Heels
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist The current North Carolina basketball team has played its way into a situation resembling that of a chicken drumstick in those old Shake ‘N’ Bake advertisements: all covered with delicious coating and ready to be cooked up by the opposition for good eatin’. Cuz if the Tar Heels don’t win…
Town’s taco trucks in jeopardy
Update to story 1/26/08: Mayor Chilton posts a clarification, outline of the zoning issues and possible solutions offered by town planners on Orange Politics. Link. After receiving an anonymous complaint, Carrboro officials notified three property owners that so-called “taco trucks†parked on their properties are not in compliance with local zoning rules and will need…