Archer Graphics 1 – Storm Front: Carolina Blues 2 – Killer Filler: Surfy, instrumental 3 – Lithium Dove: alt-Rock 4 – Ronnie Parks & Tim Forbes: Original Carolina Rock 5 – Off The Road Band: Americana 6 – The Lids: 50’s – 70’s Rock
Musical Memory: Stories of past festivals
Firehouse rock The morning of Fete ’99 dawned seriously misty. Our foul-weather plan consisted of crossed fingers and a few extra tarps. The fete committee, chaired that year by Berkeley Grimball, met early and decided to forge ahead. Berkeley was pacing at home when Carrboro Fire Chief Rodney Murray’s voice came in on the walkie-talkie….
A short history of the festival
Gerry Williams Festival Coordinator The Music Festival began in 1998, when then-Carrboro resident Elizabeth Boisson and the Carrboro Arts Committee suggested to the mayor and board of aldermen that we join the handful of American communites that celebrate the summer solstice through participation in the International Fete de la Musique. After deciding to go ahead…
District projections include three new schools
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools could see two new elementary schools and a new middle school in the next 10 years, according to the district’s updated 2008-18 capital investment plan, which was approved by the school board last week. The plan outlines the district’s anticipated capital needs through 2018, including new…
School brief: Carrboro High Open House
The Carrboro High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association will hold an open house on September 27 at 6:30 p.m. Parents will meet in the gym, then visit their children’s classes and teachers in order to learn about individual course expectations and requirements. The meeting in the gym will last about half an hour, while each class visit…
School brief: Strategic plan meeting
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will hold a meeting on September 27 to collect input for the district’s new strategic plan. In addition, school officials have created an online survey for community members to respond to three questions: What is the one area in which the district needs to improve in order to be considered a…
School brief: School improvement meetings
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will meet with School Improvement Teams over the next month to review School Improvement Plans. All meetings will be held in the Lincoln Center Boardroom. The Hospital School, Glenwood Elementary, Scroggs Elementary, Frank Porter Graham Elementary and Estes Hills Elementary will deliver their presentations at the first session, which…
School brief: Elementary school naming meeting
The committee created by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education to solicit potential names for the new elementary school will hold its first meeting October 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Center. The district’s 10th elementary school is under construction at the corner of Eubanks Road and Dromoland Road and will open in the…
Tax to be on the ballot in May
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners presented land transfer and sales tax options to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County boards of education at a joint work session on Tuesday. The board earlier this month voted to put a tax referendum on the ballot next May. Commissioners decided not to put…
News brief: Election forum
The League of Women Voters will sponsor an election forum for Chapel Hill mayor and town council candidates Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall.
News brief: Award honors attorney Kirk Osborne
On Sept. 19, the Fair Trial Initiative presented Greenville attorney Ernest “Buddy†Conner with its first J. Kirk Osborn Award, recognizing excellence in public service, mentoring and outstanding advocacy on behalf of indigent men and women. Osborn was the chair-elect of the Fair Trial Initiative’s board of directors at the time of his death in…
News brief: Board approves development on N.C. 54
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a conditional use permit for two commercial buildings at 608 Highway 54 West. The request from Bud Matthews Service, Inc. would allow an upfit of an existing 3,200-square-foot building and the construction of an additional 3,000-square-foot prefab metal structure.
News brief: Lights out for curfew law
At the request of the town’s attorney and police chief, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen last week repealed its curfew law. Attorney Michael Brough asked that the rule be dropped after determining that the ordinance was flawed. Police Chief Carolyn Hutchison asked Brough to take a look at the law after reading about challenges to…
News brief: Rabid fox found in Orange County
A fox found in Orange County tested positive for rabies on Monday at the State Laboratory of Public Health. The fox was found dead in a Chapel Hill resident’s yard near Old N.C. 86 and New Hope Church Road last week. The resident could not rule out the possibility of contact between the fox and…
News brief: League to look at health care issues
On September 29, the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham counties will be sponsoring a public forum titled “Health Care for Everyone: How Do We Get There?†Learn about political obstacles to health reform, options in health care reform, legislative activities, how to advocate for reform and more. Featured speakers will be…