The General Store Café in Pittsboro will have live music Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights throughout the month of January. The shows include a range of style but particularly emphasize jazz, blues and bluegrass from local musicians. Thursday shows are from 8-10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday shows are from 8:30-10:30 p.m. The schedule for…
School reviews first semester
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer As Carrboro High School’s first semester draws to a close, administrators, teachers and students are taking a closer look at the school’s successes and at areas targeted for improvement. Carrboro High students finished their semester exams before winter break and the first semester ends January 18. According to Principal Jeff…
School Brief: City schools reopen
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will reopen their doors after the winter holiday on Monday, January 7.
School Brief: East Chapel Hill High tour
East Chapel Hill High School will conduct its annual tour and information session for private school students and their parents on January 11 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The school holds a tour for private school students because a large number of students in the area who attend private schools until eighth grade enter East…
School Brief: Financial aid night planned
Orange County Schools will hold a Financial Aid Night on January 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Orange High School auditorium. Parents of students who are planning to apply for financial aid are encouraged to attend. Representatives from the College Foundation of North Carolina, Elon University, N.C. State University and the Durham Technical Community College…
For the Record: 01/03/08
Editor’s note: Last Tuesday was New Year’s Day, but for many it is also known as Freedom Day, marking the anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation on Jauary 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a…
Reading allowed!
Steve Peha & Margot Carmichael Lester What gets tested, gets taught. That’s a guiding principle of education reform. And it appears to be working. But is it working the way we want it to in reading? In a New York Times article (“Mission: Making a Love of Reading Happen,†October 14, 2007), a parent wrote…
New news
Chris Fitzsimon There were a few stories that didn’t make it into the year-end stories, news that you might have missed during the holiday break. One of them involves North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who is also up for re-election in November. Dole is among a group of senators who recently signed a letter to…
As hate crimes rise, NC must act
Ian Palmquist Earlier this fall, I met an incredible woman. Elke Kennedy approached me at an event. She was friendly, but I could see a sadness in her eyes. Elke’s son Sean Kennedy was murdered on May 17 in Greenville, South Carolina. He was targeted because he was gay.Â
Community Calendar: 01/03/08
Kids Preschool Story Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Saturday at 10:30am. Miz Moon will start off a new year of Toddler Times with an Anansi story and The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett at the Carrboro Branch Library on Thursday, Jan 3. All preschoolers are invited to this free program. For more info,…
Community Brief: Volunteers needed for new ESL classes
The Orange County Literacy Council will hold an English as a Second Language training Tuesday, January 8, 2008 from 9:00 a.m to noon at the Seymour Center at 2551 Homestead Rd. in Chapel Hill. Attendees will learn how to help non-native English speakers improve their conversational, reading and writing skills in order to become better…
Community Brief: Wish granted
The Make-A-Wish foundation of Eastern North Carolina is granting the wish of 18-year-old Katherine Somerville to see a Tar Heel basketball game in person. Katherine, a triplet born at UNC Hospitals, uses a wheelchair and has cerebral palsy. She lives with her family in Michigan and is a huge Carolina basketball fan. She went to…
Community Brief: Blood drives
The American Red Cross will be holding several Blood Drives in the month of January at the following locations and times: Sunday, January 6 at Berrys Grove Baptist Church in Timberlake from 1-5 p.m. Call 336-364-8158. Wednesday, January 9 at Piedmont Electric in Hillsborough from 1-5:30 p.m. Call 732-2123.
In 2007, drought, elections and the makings of a building boom
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The sands are about run out on 2007, a pivotal year in the town’s history mainly due to the coming to fruition of a downtown strategy set in motion years before. At least five major downtown projects have surfaced since the town decided to double residential space downtown and increase…
Recently: One meal at a time over 29 years
By Valarie Schwartz The Meals on Wheels office at Binkley Baptist Church will seem a little less bright next year. Jeanie Arnel, who for the last 29 years has been director of the locally supported nonprofit, serves in that position for the last time on Dec. 31. It only took a spark for Arnel to…