The Orange County Democratic Party is sponsoring a forum for Carrboro candidates on Thursday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Lake Hogan Farms Clubhouse in Chapel Hill. The forum is available to all candidates. Kirk Ross, editor of the Carrboro Citizen will moderate. Jack Sanders, chair of the OCDP, will serve as master of ceremonies….
Community Brief: Immigration forum
The League of Women Voters of Orange-Durham-Chatham presents A Forum on Immigration: The Economic Impact of the Hispanic Population in North Carolina. The event is Wednesday, October 10 from 10 to 11 a.m. and free and open to the public. It will be held at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise in the…
Community Calendar: 10/4/07
Special Events Annual Fish Fry Event – St. Paul A.M.E. Church will hold its annual Fish Fry on Oct 6, 11am-4pm, at 101 N Merritt Mill Rd, Chapel Hill. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased by calling 967-3961. Octoberfest – Health booths, carnival games, music and more. Sat, Oct 6, 11am-4pm. Join United Voices…
Nightclub shooting wounds six
UPDATE: The owners of Visions Night Club on Thursday closed the club permanently. Six people were treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds after a shooting at Visions Night Club at 136 E. Rosemary St. in Chapel Hill around 1 a.m. Monday. According to the Chapel Hill Police Department, the suspect is an unidentified black male who…
News brief: Voting machine test demonstration
The Orange County Board of Elections will demonstrate the testing of voting machines on October 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The board tests voting machines to ensure that the machines are accurately tabulating the voter’s choices. The demonstration is open to the public and will be held at the Board of Elections office…
News brief: Chatham Transfer Tax
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously this week to restrict 85 percent of revenues from a proposed land transfer tax for schools. The restriction is effective until at least the end of 2010, when a majority of the board will be up for reelection. Voters will consider approval of the local-option transfer tax…
News brief: Aldermen want tougher water rules
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen applauded the move to tighten water restriction, but said the recently announced stage one water restrictions don’t go far enough. Under the restrictions, residents are still allowed to use up to 1,000 gallons a day. At their meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, several board members said that doesn’t go…
Questions for aspiring governors
 By Chris Fitzsimon The North Carolina Association of Educators made its endorsement of Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue for governor official this weekend, just before Perdue’s Monday official campaign kickoff in New Bern. That prompted a swift reaction from Jay Reiff, the campaign manager for State Treasurer Richard Moore, Perdue’s opponent in the Democrat primary. Reiff…
Letters to the Editor: 10/4/07
Thanks to Red Cross On Friday evening, the Red Cross had a booth at Last Friday in Hillsborough. They smiled and offered disaster readiness information as they chatted with folks enjoying the cool fall weather and free entertainment. About 30 hours later, I watched as some of the same faces were assisting victims of the…
For the Record: 10/4/07
A true hero Florence Soltys was the kind of person that gave you some hope for this world. You’d walk away after a conversation with her with the feeling that some of what we all fear as we grow older might someday get fixed. She was one of those people you knew got up every…
Renewable energy: the power of the sun
 By Jack Carley Staff Writer Environmentally conscious Carrboro took one more step toward sustainability when Carrboro Solar Works installed a photovoltaic solar array at the Pacifica Cohousing development. The array, resting atop the development’s shared Common House, generates about 5,000 watts of electricity monthly while batteries store power in the event of a blackout.
Land & Table Brief: Gardeners needed
The Orange County Partnership for Young Children is recruiting families to help nurture community gardens in town. The first garden is located at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The second will start at Carrboro Elementary in spring of 2008. Applications are available on the website, www.orangesmartstart.org. The Carrboro Growing Healthy Kids project aims to help…
Land & Table Brief: Solar tour
The Chatham and Orange County Solar and Green Homes Tour is Saturday, October 6. The tour features nine sites, including Pacifica, a sustainable neighborhood. Technologies include energy efficiency, passive and active solar, co-housing, high-efficiency HVAC and water heating systems, Energy Star and System Vision certifications and more. The kickoff event for this tour will be…
Land & Table Brief: River watch
The Haw River Watch Project will host a stream ecology and monitoring event on the Haw River at the Haw River State Park in Browns Summit on Sunday. River Watch Project coordinator Cynthia Crossen will teach participants how to measure a stream’s water quality by identifying the number and type of water bugs and doing…
Land & Table: Calendar
18th Annual Haw River Learning Celebration — A volunteer-run nature science event for area 4th graders. Through Oct. 12 at 3 sites on the Haw River. We need people to come for a day, camp for a week (camping crew has the most fun!), provide a meal for the crew and more. No experience necessary….