The Women’s Center will hold its first-ever book sale on Saturday, September 22. The sale will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. indoors at the Women’s Center, 210 Henderson Street, Chapel Hill. The sale was organized after the center received an anonymous donation of several hundred books. The sale includes rare and popular books…
News brief: Police seeking information
Police are calling for information about a shooting that occurred nearly a year ago. Around 1:40 a.m. the morning of November 1, 2006, the victims were walking on Merritt Mill Road when they were approached by two black men and a black woman. One of the individuals had a handgun. They hit the victims, searched…
News brief: Park project progresses
Work on water lines for the Southern Community Park will close at least one lane of Dogwood Acres Drive next week and limit sidewalk access along U.S. 15-501, Chapel Hill parks officials announced. The waterline installation, which will also require one southbound lane of the highway to close for part of the day when the…
News brief: Election forums
The Sierra Club will sponsor a public forum for Chapel Hill Town Council and mayor candidates on Tuesday. The forum will focus on environmental issues and will be held at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 7 p.m. The League of Women Voters will sponsor an election forum Wednesday,…
Tar Heels looking for an Oompa Loompa stretch
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist Watching this evolving young UNC football team week by week reminds me slightly of a scene from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, where Mike Teavee decides he is going to transport himself over the television airwaves to the (slight) protestations of Mr. Wonka. Each time Carolina’s red-shirt freshman quarterback T….
Coaches’ Reports: 8/20/07
Carrboro High Men’s Soccer (Via Romain Morales) A strong Cardinal Gibbons team proved too much for the young Jaguars, as CG defeated CHS 5-0 Monday night. CHS held even possession for the first 25 minutes until giving up a soft goal. The aggressive CG team continued the pressure, but the CHS defensive backs (Ben Berozlheimer,…
Brief: Ready to BioBlitz?
From 6 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29 to 6 a.m. the following day, local families will join scientists and natural historians for a BioBlitz – an inventory of animal and plant life – at Mason Farm Biological Reserve, part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC. The BioBlitz – a joint project of the…
Brief: Farm tour
The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s second annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour will be held September 22 and 23. The tour will visit 17 farms in the Triangle area from 1 to 5 p.m. both days. The farm tour kickoff will be held tonight (Thursday) at 6 at Whole Foods Market on Wade Avenue in Raleigh….
Brief: Giant cookie nets dough
The record-breaking cookie events sponsored by Weaver Street Market and Immaculate Baking Company last weekend earned $2544 for the ArtsCenter — another possible record for a single bake sale item in support of the arts. Paul Borron won the drawing for Clyde Jones artwork donated for the event.
Brief: Garden sculptures
The North Carolina Botanical Garden opened its 20th annual sculpture show Friday night amid a much-needed rain. The invitational show runs through Nov. 16 and will feature work by approximately 30 North Carolina artists. The sculptures come in a variety of media — from stone to stainless steel, concrete to clay, chain-sawed wood to recycled…
New plans for Lincoln?
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer More than 40 years ago, Lincoln High School closed its doors to students. But the memories of the tight-knit community that the school once housed have not been forgotten. Students have not attended Lincoln High since 1966, when schools were integrated and the all-black high school closed. But the building…
School briefs: 8/20/07
District collects community input with meeting, survey 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…
Exile on Jones Street: 9/20/07
Kirk Ross Shameful shambles As those of you following theses kinds of things know, irony is dead, replaced by stark realities and painfully obvious absurdities. So, no, it was not ironic to see front-page headlines the other day laying out so clearly the state of the state 2007. Topping the page, naturally, was the shiny…
What they’re saying about Cat
Editor’s note: Jock Lauterer’s recent column about George “Cat Baby†Cannada garnered quite a response. The article was passed around via email to locals and ex-pats alike. Following are some of the responses from here and points elsewhere.  Jim Greenlee Appreciated so much the Cat-Baby article! As a member of Carrboro Baptist Church in those…
Letters to the Editor: 8/20/07
True Blue Nice rant, Frank. You are a true Heel. Carl Rowe New Bern