By Chris Fitzsimon The special session of the General Assembly is over, state lawmakers are back home, and the executives and stockholders of Goodyear and Bridgestone Firestone are no doubt celebrating, toasting their lobbyists and looking forward to their millions in cash grants from the state treasury of North Carolina. Say what you want about…
The Mill: 8/20/07
Odd thing, fly-overs. Seems to be a trend at Kenan now. Off and on for the past few years, we’ve had the F-15s roaring through town during the State-Carolina game. Last week, it was Apache helicopters swooping in just before kickoff for the Virginia game. In this town, such displays always engender debate. While the…
Arts Calendar: 9/20/07
Carrboro Paintings & Sculpture by Luna Lee Ray & Joanne Andrews – Through Sept 30. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org Background Music for Birds – Mixed media paintings by Renee Seaman Treml. Through Sept 30. NC Crafts Gallery, 212 W Main St, Carrboro. Mon-Sat 10am-6 pm, Sun 1-4pm. 942-4048, www.nccraftsgallery.com Turned…
Music Calendar: 9/20/07 – 9/27/07
Thursday Sep 20 Blue Horn Lounge: Taz Halloween w/ Robert Griffin & Stu Cole. 9pm The Cave: Early: Days Difference. Late: Future Kings of Nowhere w/ The Wigg Report. General Store Café: Jazz with The Tony Galiani Band. 8pm Local 506: Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears, Arizona, Morning State. 9pm. $8
Community Calendar: 9/20/07
Farmers’ Markets Carrboro Farmers’ Market – Sat 7am-12pm through Dec 22; Wed 3:30-6:30pm through Oct 17. Carrboro Town Commons. 932-1641, www.carrborofarmersmarket.com. Hillsborough Farmers’ Market – Wed 3-6pm; Sat 7:30am-noon. Apr-Nov. 732-8315. Fearrington Village Farmers’ Market – Tue 4pm through Nov 20. 8 miles south of Chapel Hill on US 15-501, Fearrington Village, Chapel Hill. 542-4000,…
Obituary – Joan Elizabeth Byrne
Joan Elizabeth Byrne, 68, of Chapel Hill passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at UNC-Hospital in Chapel Hill. Byrne was born on December 12, 1928, in Queens, NY to Charles and Elizabeth Mullet Lang. Byrne and her husband William lived in the Governors’ Club in Chapel Hill for the past 12 years and met…
Obituary: Morris W. Rosenberg
Morris W. Rosenberg, 87, veteran foreign correspondent and Bureau Chief for the Associated Press, died of prostate cancer at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 15, 2007. Rosenberg graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism in 1940, and was elected to the NC Journalism…
School Board September 20 Agenda
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education meets Thursday at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. Here’s the agenda: 1. Call to Order 7:00 p.m. 2. Comments 7:05 p.m. 3. Consent Agenda 7:29 p.m. a. Recommendation for Approval of the Theft and Vandalism Report b. Recommendation for Approval of the Construction Progress Report c. Recommendation for…
County Commissioners September 19 Agenda
The Board of County Commissioners meets Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road. Here’s the agenda: 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 2. Public Comments 3. Proclamations/Resolutions/Special Presentations  a.        Smith Level Road Task Force Report and Recommendations The Board will consider receiving a presentation from the Smith…
Rising Seniors
New center a buzz of activity since opening Joan Hiskey, center, participates in a strength and mobility class for seniors at the newly opened senior center on Homestead Road. Photo by Isaac Sandlin By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Over the past few months, county seniors have been quietly settling into their new senior center, which…
Three are in, but is Kinnaird really out?
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Carrboro Alderman John Herrera announced Wednesday that he’s joining Orange County commissioners Moses Carey and Mike Nelson in the race to succeed Sen. Ellie Kinnaird. But Kinnaird, who has made it no secret that she is interested in seeing a woman replace her, said Wednesday afternoon that she is not…
Alderman charged with assault
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A confrontation with a cross-country race volunteer at Hank Anderson Park Wednesday evening resulted in misdemeanor charges of assault with a deadly weapon against Carrboro Board of Alderman Dan Coleman. Coleman allegedly bumped his car into the legs of Amanda Kotecki, who was holding traffic back at a crosswalk while…
Aldermen approve The Alberta
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen gave final approval to The Alberta project, a 46,360-square-foot residential and commercial project slated for the corner of Roberson Street and Sweet Bay Place. At its meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, the board voted unanimously to give the four-story project a go-ahead after the…
Recently: Critters suffer too
By Valarie Schwartz The drought has started making me droop. By the time you read this, maybe we will have had rain. Rain might save some withering plants, push the dirt around on our cars and settle the dust on the roads, but it comes too late for many things, and will be no more…
Get creative with planting this fall
A variety of plants — from flowering annuals and perennials to kitchen herbs, tomatoes, peppers and even a few stalks of corn — are easily grown on a sunny deck or patio. Photo by Ken Moore By Ken Moore Fall is for planting, a time when one can get a spade into the soil and…