The Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved changes to the town land use planning rules to allow for greater flexibility in sight distance requirements. The change was approved unanimously by the board at its meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall. Ernest Dodson, an engineer for Phil Post Associates, explained to the board that the town’s rules…
News Brief: Book sale
The Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library will hold a book sale on Dec. 1 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Dec. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. Hardbacks cost $1.50, paperbacks $1 and pocket paperbacks 75 cents. The sale will be at Carrboro Branch Library in McDougle School, 900 Old Fayetteville Road. For…
News Brief: Transit forum
The Carrboro Transportation Advisory Board and the Chapel Hill Transportation Board will host the 2007 Transit Forum today (Thursday). Participants will be able to ask questions about the transit system or make suggestions about services and amenities. A question and answer session will be held from 5-6 p.m., followed by a formal presentation and question…
Pen pals
 Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Coleman Elizabeth Coleman’s fourth-grade class at Estes Hills Elementary School was visited last week by their pen pal, Sgt. Justin Young, who returned from Iraq in October. Students wrote Young and other soldiers letters as part of their language arts curriculum and learned about Iraq during social studies. In addition,…
Land & Table Brief: Green building
GreenPros will offer a Green Building Construction Strategies Course over two sessions on December 4 and 6 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. To register, call 542-6495 ext. 223. Cost is $70 and includes both sessions. Attendees can learn such techniques as advanced framing, moisture management and decorative concrete floor work. This series is sponsored by…
Land & Table Brief: Drought workshop
Orange County is holding a second informational workshop entitled “Dealing with the Drought†about ways to cope with the drought for well water users in rural areas. This workshop will be held November 29 at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of New Sharon United Methodist Church, 1601 New Sharon Church Road, in northeastern Orange…
Farmer’s Market now open all year
By Jack Carley Staff Writer The Farmers’ Market will come to a close right before Christmas this year, as usual. But the subsequent winter months may now seem less bleak: The “locally grown, nationally known†Carrboro Farmers’ Market will open year-round beginning January 5, the first Saturday of 2008. From January until March, the market…
Exile on Jones Street: 11/29/07
By Kirk Ross Seeing Red George W. Bush may have carried the Southeast by a wide margin in 2004, but the only category he’s outdoing others in these days is in the percentage of southeasterners who say his job performance sucks. A recent Elon Poll puts it more nicely, of course, but Bush, whose job…
For the record: 11/29/07
Odoriferous harbinger? The Town of Carrboro estimates that roughly 10,000 gallons of sewage leaked into the stormwater system from an iron pipe that runs from Wendy’s to the sanitary sewer that runs down Greensboro Street. To the company’s credit, the pipe was quickly repaired and by last week another 20,000 gallons were collected by the…
Obituary – Francis Marie Meredith Chambers
Frances Marie Meredith Chambers, 67, of Chapel Hill passed away at UNC-Hospital on Wednesday, November 21st after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her father David C. Meredith and parents Mary and Ennis McBroom. She was a housewife and homemaker who was married to her husband Theodore for 48 years. She also…
Obituary – Rosa Helen Gates
Rosa Helen Gates, age eighty-two, died November 22nd after a short illness. Helen “MeMa†was born June 2nd, 1925 in Carrboro, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband Willie A. Gates Sr. and her son, Herald Kent Gates. She is survived by her childen, sons Ronnie Gates and wife Shirley, Billy Gates and…
Elementary school construction faces obstacles
 By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Construction of the new Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary school could be delayed because a neighboring developer has not yet granted a necessary easement. The school is under construction on the corner of Dromoland and Eubanks roads. Orange County officials and M/I Homes, the developer of the neighboring property, have not…
School brief: School system to hold third annual Financial Aid Night
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will hold Financial Aid Night for students and their parents tonight (Thursday) at 7:00 in Chapel Hill High School’s Hanes Theater. The program will provide information on how to apply for financial aid for postsecondary institutions, including four-year colleges, community colleges and technical schools. Representatives from a university financial aid office,…
School brief: CHHS orchestra to hold third annual auction
The Chapel Hill High School Orchestra Philharmonic Foundation will hold its third annual tea and silent auction on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center. The Chapel Hill High Orchestra will perform classical and holiday music in addition to featured solos and ensembles. Tea and desserts will be available throughout the afternoon during…
School brief: Upcoming high school concerts
Chapel Hill-Carrboro high school music groups will perform winter concerts over the next several weeks. • The Chapel Hill High School orchestra will perform a concert on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Hanes Auditorium at Chapel Hill High. The concert will feature the world premiere of “A Singular Continuity†by Michael Kosorok, who earned…