By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Minority student achievement and budget issues were recurring topics of discussion among Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education candidates at a forum Tuesday night. The forum was co-sponsored by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro PTA Council and the League of Women Voters. Incumbents Jamezetta Bedford, Mike Kelley and Annetta Streater are running for…
Club wants you to get cookin’
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Move over Emeril and Rachael Ray, the Carrboro Civic Club is the new inspiration for local chefs, courtesy of its newly released cookbook. The book is available from any Civic Club member or at Tyler’s Taproom, the OCSC and Curves at Carrboro Plaza. It features hundreds of recipes road tested…
Speed table for Oak Avenue wins approval
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After a campaign by residents of Oak Avenue to try to get a handle on out-of-control traffic and speeding on this quiet, narrow mill village street, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed unanimously to build a speed table and step up traffic enforcement. Residents of Oak Avenue gathered at Town…
Love letter to Frost Asters
By Ken Moore Referring to my annual enthusiastic descriptions of most common flowering weeds, gardening friend Sally recently stated that she was waiting for Ken Moore’s “love letter†to the Frost Aster. Aptly named, Frost Aster, Aster pilosus (Symphyotrichum pilosum), does flower during the frosty days of mid-October.
Recently: Daycare hunting for a new home
By Valarie Schwartz Sometimes life requires us to move. After almost three decades, Family Preschool has learned that after this school year it will have to move from the sweet haven it has enjoyed at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill. The 40 families of the non-sectarian, parent-run cooperative were told this spring that…
Early voting information
Carrboro Town Hall, 301 W. Main St., Carrboro Oct. 18 – Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 – Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Board wrestles with affordable housing rules
Alderman Alex Zaffron and Mayor Mark Chilton will take a look at the town’s affordable housing strategy with the hopes of finding some solutions to an ongoing conundrum about how to deal with a slew of downtown condominium projects. As part of a preliminary review of affordable housing plans for the Robertson Square development, the…
News Brief: Charges dropped
First-degree rape charges against five Orange County teens were dismissed on Monday. Charges were filed in May against Colton Sanders, Sean Crawford-Brown, Mark Holland, Mario Neville and Brian Minton. The charges were related to incident that allegedly occurred in September 2006 in the Southern Village area. According to the county district attorney’s office, investigators found…
News Brief: Election forum for mayoral candidates
Six Orange County Democratic Party precincts will host a forum for Chapel Hill Town Council and mayoral candidates on October 27 at 3 p.m. Four seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council are available. Incumbents Sally Greene, Cam Hill, Bill Strom and Jim Ward seek re-election. Matt Czajkowski, Will Raymond and Penny Rich are running…
News Brief: Eleven selected as rights educators
The Orange County Office of Human Rights and Relations recently selected 11 individuals to serve as Community Civil Rights Educators. They are: Antonia Barbosa, Zina Barnett, John Chapman, Rashida Fearrington, Jesse Gibson, Ashley Harrington, Linda Hill, Berneta Lee, Timothy Miles, Carolina Pence and Alejandra Rivera. The educators will undergo civil rights and human relations training…
News Brief: Volunteers needed for revenue advisory committee
The Board of County Commissioners is seeking volunteers to serve on the Orange County Local Revenue Options Education Advisory Committee in preparation 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 help compensate…
Scooters Inc. is a smooth ride
 By Elyse Archer Carrboro Commons Writer Does spending $5 a week on gas sound like pure fantasy? For Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents, it’s now a reality, thanks to Carrboro’s new Scooters Inc. The scooter store opened at 211 E. Main St. on Aug. 10. Dave Jansen, the store’s owner, is also the owner…
Business Brief: Real estate shift
The North Carolina Real Estate Commission voted last week to convene a task force to determine whether homebuyers in North Carolina are being made sufficiently aware when the real estate agent showing them a home is being offered a bonus by the seller. As the regulations now stand, agents must tell buyers of such financial…
Business Brief: Time seminar
The next seminar in the Chamber of Commerce’s Seminar Series presented by Progress Energy will be held at 3:30pm on Thursday, October 25 in the Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors Conference Room at the Chamber. Ben Quinn of ActionCOACH business coaching will present tangible strategies that will teach how to maximize the return on…
Business Brief: After hours
The 6th Annual Orange County Business Expo will take place on Monday, November 5th from 1:00 to 7:30pm at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. The Expo, sponsored by The Herald-Sun and the Chapel Hill Herald, showcases the businesses of greater Orange County and is open to the public. The event is presented by the Chapel…