Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from ICMA, a local government leadership and management organization.
News Brief: Healthy Carolinians gets grant
Healthy Carolinians of Orange County and the Orange County Health Department have been awarded a $30,000 grant by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston-Salem. According to Healthy Carolinians of Orange County coordinator Bobbie Jo Munson, the funds will be used to enhance the organization’s partnership and to carry out activities to address the…
News Brief: Volunteer of the year nominations
The Board of Aldermen annually recognizes the special contributions of one individual or group to the community and will present this award by the end of March. Winners will be recognized at the annual Advisory Boards Recognition Dinner.
News Brief: Family Life Project gets $12.8 million
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and UNC’s School of Education received a $12.8-million grant to continue the Family Life Project, a study of the effects of rural life on child development. Researchers for the Family Life Project have monitored 1,292 children from three Eastern North Carolina counties and three Central Pennsylvania counties — regions…
Rooster spurs neighborhood complaints
A Pine Street rooster is too noisy to live in town, a nearby neighbor told the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. At Tuesday’s meeting at Town Hall, Susan Simone, who lives on North Greensboro Street petitioned the board of aldermen, asking for an amendment to town ordinances. “I’m presenting this because I’ve been having a two-month…
Garbage is a communal responsibility
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer This story is the eigth in a series that examines issues related to environmental justice and to the fight of the Rogers and Eubanks roads community to be relieved of what they allege to be an undue burden. To read the stories in this series and for other resources, go…
Hillsborough farmer’s market plan delayed
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday postponed a decision regarding who would administer the farmers’ market at the county’s new Public Market House, set to open in Hillsborough in March. Commissioners expressed aversion at being forced to choose between two groups, and prior to public comment Chair Barry Jacobs…
Rousing debate draws large audience
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Century Center, about as filled as it ever gets, was the scene Tuesday night for an actual debate about the impeachment of the vice president and president of the United States. From the outset, journalist Michael Tomasky (call him progressive or liberal) knew he faced a potentially unfriendly audience….
Board reviews Astroturf plan at Smith fields
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer In their first meeting back after a winter break, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen reviewed plans by the county to replace worn turf at the two Smith Middle School soccer fields with Astroturf. The project is expected to cost between $1.6 and $1.75 million. The new surface would allow the…
Assistant County Manager earns credentials
Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from ICMA, a local government leadership and management organization. To receive the designation, members must have significant experience as a senior management executive in local government, have earned a degree and demonstrated a commitment to high standards of integrity and to lifelong learning and…
Healthy Carolinians gets grant
Healthy Carolinians of Orange County and the Orange County Health Department have been awarded a $30,000 grant by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston-Salem. According to Healthy Carolinians of Orange County coordinator Bobbie Jo Munson, the funds will be used to enhance the organization’s partnership and to carry out activities to address the…
Martin Luther King Day events in town and on campus
SUNDAY JAN 20 The 23rd Annual University-Community Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. at the William & Ida B. Friday Center for Continuing Education. The Rev. Chancy R. Edwards, pastor emeritus at First Baptist Church in Fayetteville and senior advisor to the governor of North Carolina, is the keynote…
Southern Village, Meadowmont, Gateway developers plan massive Buckhorn area development
by Kirk Ross Staff Writer After a flurry of news articles last weekend left things unclear on who all the players were in a massive retail and mixed use complex proposed near Mebane, the principles in the project issued a detailed statement Wednesday outlining their vision for a proposed 1.1 million square foot development. In…
Commissioners vote to test landfill gas with UNC
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to enter into a 90-day agreement with UNC to explore the feasibility of a landfill gas-recovery project. Commissioners and county officials have said they would like to launch a possible gas-recovery project at the landfill as a way of reducing greenhouse…
Disturbing news about disparities
Chris Fitzsimon It is no secret that there are vast disparities between the races on a wide variety of health indicators. The latest Report Card on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities from the Office of Minority Health makes it clear that those disparities aren’t going away any time soon.