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Film Festival ready for action

Posted on November 15, 2007November 15, 2007 by Staff

Photo courtesy of Carrboro Film Festival By Susan Dickson Staff Writer From the looks of Chapel Hill filmmaker Todd Tinkham’s latest project, you’d think he’s been in the movie-making business for decades. But Tinkham — whose short film will be shown in the second annual Carrboro Film Festival — has spent most of his life…

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Fitch turns 100

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Staff

  Four generations of the family have kept the locally owned, service-focused lumber and hardware store in Carrboro thriving. By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Doesn’t look 100, maybe more middle-aged, still sporting a kind of ‘70s look. But there’s a lot more to Fitch Lumber than the familiar mod logo on the front of the…

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Patterns emerge on race and environment

Posted on November 15, 2007December 10, 2011 by Staff

National studies and federal action cause changes in how environmental justice issues are determined and addressed By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Editor’s note: This story is the second in a series that will examine issues related to environmental justice and to the fight of the Rogers and Eubanks roads community to be relieved of what…

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Recently: Celebrating a reservoir amid a downpour

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Staff

  By Valarie Schwartz Kevin Brice could have complained. It was Friday, the third of three days of rain we had in October. He stood in a recently completed open-sided shelter containing four large picnic tables (made of recycled plastic). A cold breeze blew the rain around him overlooking Cane Creek Reservoir and he looked…

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Are we at ‘peak color’ yet?

Posted on November 15, 2007April 21, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore I believe we humans have lost the ability to step back and fully appreciate what we have around us. In the fall, folks look forward to the brilliant display of deciduous trees as the greens give way to an arsenal of other colors before the seasonal falling of leaves. And every year…

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Concert raises cash for conservation

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Staff

  Stillhouse Bottom is an ecological singularity. The only undisturbed natural area of its kind in Orange County, it hosts a wide variety of plant and animal life along with centuries-old trees. The North Carolina Botanical Garden is raising money to add 35 undeveloped acres of this special area to an already-preserved 17 acres. The…

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Land & Table Briefs: 11/15/07

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

Chili cookoff Infinity Biodynamic Farm will host a Chili Cookoff to raise money for the Cedar Grove Community Crossroads Project. The project aims to raise money to restore a historic Cedar Grove home as a community grocery co-op. The Cookoff takes place Saturday, Nov. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the barn and…

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School briefs: 11/15/07

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

Carrboro High School to stage first production Carrboro High School drama students will stage their first production, “Curious Savage,” tonight (Thursday), Friday and Saturday. The production, directed by Brooke Linefsky, is a comedy written by John Patrick. The performances will be held at 7:30 each night at the East Chapel Hill High School Auditorium. Tickets…

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News briefs: 11/15/07

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

Tax educator volunteers needed The Board of County Commissioners is seeking volunteers to serve on the Orange County Local Revenue Options Education Advisory Committee for the May 2008 tax referendum. In this year’s state budget, the Legislature gave counties the option of a 0.4 percent land transfer tax or a quarter-cent sales tax increase to…

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Homestead Road fire station moving forward

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen gave the go ahead for the next phase of planning for the new northern fire station on Homestead Road. After a presentation Tuesday night at Town Hall of a rough building design and site layout by Ken Newell, architect with Stewart, Cooper and Newell, the…

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Weaver Street business destroyed by fire

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

By Jack Carley Staff Writer Fire caused an estimated $350,000 in damage at F & F Automotive Inc. on Weaver Street last Thursday, November 8, according to the Carrboro Fire Department. Fire trucks arrived at the building around 7 p.m. to find that a car inside the building was ablaze and fire was spreading through…

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For the Record: 11/15/07

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

By Chris Fitzsimon Race and economics and inequality Two major reports released this week paint a disturbing picture of the economic disparities between African-Americans and whites and highlight the stark contrast in the progress of the two races in the last 40 years. A study from the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise at…

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Exile on Jones Street: 11/15/07

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

By Kirk Ross  Barring any calamities, pressing federal mandates, acts of God or other compelling reasons to reassemble, the Legislature is not due back in Raleigh en masse until noon on Tuesday, May 13. By then, the candidates for Council of State and the federal and state legislative slates ought to be sussed out. And,…

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Marty Ravellette was a teacher too

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

By Jock Lauterer  At Sutton’s, Marty Ravellette’s daily morning hangout, the late Carrboro landscaper and motivational speaker liked to read over stories journalism students had written about his life. “This kid got it,” he used to say of a piece he liked. Photo by Jock Lauterer I always wanted to write a story about Marty…

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Obituary – Marty Ravellette

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

Marty Ravellette of Carrboro passed away early Monday November 12, 2007 at UNC Hospital. He was 67. The son of the late Ernest D. Ravellette and Laurene Frohreich, Mr. Ravellette was preceded in death by his son Marcus Ravellette. Mr. Ravellette is survived by his wife, Maree Ravellette; a daughter, Nancy Jo Neilsen of Florida;…

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