PAGE-CHCCS, a parent advocacy group for academically gifted students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, will meet January 24 at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library.
Carrboro Lady Jaguars
Omni Lester (15) of the varsity Carrboro Lady Jaguars lets fly a shot at the basket during a game against the North Carolina School of Science and Math on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in Carrboro. The Lady Jags won, 43-39. The Varsity Boys team also won against Science and Math Tuesday, 74-56.
Coaches’ Reports: 01/17/08
Culbreth Middle Boys’ Basketball (via Mike Harris, Tuesday 1/15) Culbreth’s Boys Varsity Basketball team improved their overall record to 5-3 with a nail-biting win over a much improved Gravelly Hills team. Culbreth exploded out of the gate, pushing the ball up the court with their preferred fastbreaking offense and opened a 10-2 lead. Gravelly fought…
“I had a dream last night that North Carolina was playing in the national championship game, and…”
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist Will this UNC basketball team go down in history as one of the Tar Heels’ best-ever? The Tar Heels, whose 93-62 skunking of ACC rival NC State on Saturday was their seventeenth win without a defeat, are certainly positioning themselves to be “in the conversation.â€
County Commissioners January 16 Agenda
The Board of County Commissioners meets for a work session on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough. Here’s the agenda: 1. Transfer Station Site Search Process a) Overview of Siting Process Methodology b) Technical Ranking Example c) Schedule
County Commissioners January 15 Agenda
The Board of County Commissioners meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom on East Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. Here’s the agenda: 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 2. Public Comments 3. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations a. Affordable Housing Performance Report
Citizens take note! Historic debate at Century Center
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer They’re promising an old-fashioned political debate in the spirit of the famed Lincoln-Douglas matches. But for Al McSurley, John Heuer and other members of the local Coalition for the Constitution, which is sponsoring the event scheduled for next Tuesday at the Century Center, the stakes are somewhat higher than who…
Triem tagged
The empty Triem building on South Greensboro Street has seen a growing popularity among graffitti painters. On this week’s Opinion page, one local resident says it’s time to paint over the marks to discourage the practice.
Calvander at the crossroads
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A new school is several frenzied months of construction away from opening day, as are new homes in developments recently approved nearby, but the intersection of Homestead Road and Old N.C. 86 at Calvander is already a busy place. Steady development has made it much more of a crossroads than…
Who will tell the people?
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer This story is the seventh 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…
In praise of the mighty sycamore
By Ken Moore Botanical Garden director Peter White loves trees. Chatting with him over a coffee at Open Eye, I mentioned featuring the Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in The Citizen’s “Flora†column. He enthusiastically responded with numerous stories. Its beauty is somewhat obscured by the foliage during the growing season, but in the winter no tree…
Recently: Women writers wooed by Chapel Hill
By Valarie Schwartz Two women came to Chapel Hill to write books. . . . Betty Smith, a petite brunette Brooklyn native, arrived in 1936 with two adolescent daughters. She had already risen from the brutal poverty of a childhood that included having to quit school after seventh grade to support her mother, brother and…
Police say suspect connected to other break-ins
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Carrboro Police say a suspect apprehended early Sunday morning after breaking into the Carrboro Laundromat and the Tienda, TaquerÃa y CarnizerÃa Toledo’s on Jones Ferry Road is connected to a string of holiday break-ins. The suspect, Fernice Anderson Lowry, 30, whose address is listed as the streets of Carrboro, was…
PlayMakers to present Pulitzer winners
UNC News Services The PlayMakers Repertory Company will bring audiences the excitement of the rotating repertory experience from Jan. 26 through March 2, with two mainstage productions running on an alternating schedule. Both plays – Doubt, A Parable and Topdog/Underdog – are recent Broadway hits that won Pulitzer Prizes. All performances by PlayMakers, the professional…
News Brief: Retired police detective honored
Retired Chapel Hill Police Detective J.D. Parks on Tuesday was inducted into the N.C. Law Enforcement Torch Run Hall of Fame. Parks was honored for his 14-year involvement with the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run, for which he sold t-shirts and hats, organized raffles and hosted other events. In addition, Parks was instrumental in…