First in a series of downtown residential/commercial projects By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Final agreement on the last set of conditions on the proposed Alberta project was delayed Tuesday night after a lengthy discussion by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. After closing a public hearing at Town Hall on the four-story 46,340-square-foot project, board members…
Harrington expansion to continue
After opening branches in Chapel Hill and Raleigh, bank plans for more Ben Lucas, branch manager, left, and Larry Loeser, president, stand inside the new Harrington Bank location. Photo by Kirk Ross By Kirk Ross Staff Writer It sounds like the opening of an old joke, but even though Ben Lucas laughs when he tells…
Fiorentino named EcoBroker
Mariana Fiorentino Carrboro real estate broker Mariana Fiorentino recently received the EcoBroker Certified designation after completing a training program regarding the energy and environmental issues affecting real estate. Fiorentino, owner of Terra Nova Global Properties, completed the EcoBroker program in July. The program provides participants with information regarding energy-efficient and healthy features of homes and…
Business Briefs: 9/06/07
Learn what’s on the horizon Speakers from Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough will talk about upcoming development projects and other items on the county’s horizon at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce’s first Orange County Development Breakfast, Monday, September 10 from 8:00 to 10: 00 a.m. at UNC’s Friday Center. Cost to attend…
County Commission defers tax decision
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Having allowed the deadline for putting a tax referendum on the November ballot to pass, the Board of County Commissioners must now determine whether to put a land transfer tax, a sales tax increase or both on the ballot next May. The state Board of Elections required counties to decide…
News briefs: 8/09/07
Market House dedication The dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Orange County Public Market House will be held September 13 at 10 a.m. The Public Market House will be the future home of the Hillsborough Farmers’ Market. The ceremony will be held at the construction site of the market house at 144 E. Margaret…
Community Briefs: 9/06/07
Southern Folklife Collection to host two events and announces release of a new CD Orville Hicks, a traditional storyteller from Watauga County, will entertain on Friday, Sept. 7 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room in Wilson Library. Hicks will tell Jack Tales that have been handed down in his community…
Recently: ‘It’s all about balance’
 Deborah Pearson-Moyers holds Pinto Bean (L) with Nancy Proia, and Flynn (R) with Mary Todd Peters, while guiding the women through warm-up stretches as part of her Women’s Intuitive Riding Group. Photo Courtesy of Valarie Schwartz By Valarie Schwartz …while attending a ceremony at Emerson Waldorf School, Deborah Pearson-Moyers sat down and brightly asked,…
Dishing it local at the market
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer As if you needed further proof, witness firsthand this Saturday. But of course you already knew. You knew that an absolutely essential ingredient in the very finest dishes from all our favorite chefs is that locally grown goodness – such as is found nowhere in greater abundance than at the…
Land & Table Briefs: 9/06/07
Free lawn-care workshops OWASA and the Orange County cooperative extension service will hold a series of sustainable lawn-care workshops. The workshops are free, but regislatration is limited. The dates of the workshops are Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 10-11:30 a.m. and from 7-8:30 p.m. and Wednesday Sept. 12 from 2-3:30 p.m. The workshops will be in…
A tale of two plants
 Closeup of Bidens flower head showing central tiny disc flowers surrounded by ray flowers hosting a crab spider with captured prey. Photo by Ken Moore By Ken Moore One plant To me, Labor Day means the flowering of Bidens aristosa and Bidens polylepis. Don’t worry about which is which. Their golden-yellow, daisy-like flowers are…
District seeks name for Elementary No. 10
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The last time the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School district named a new school, the district’s naming committee heard from hundreds of parents and community members. School officials don’t, however, expect nearly as much input and controversy while naming the new elementary school. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education is set…
School briefs: 9/06/07
Small fire set in bathroom at CHHS A small fire was set in a restroom toilet paper dispenser at Chapel Hill High School last Thursday. All students were evacuated and no one was injured. School officials are investigating the incident to identify the individual or individuals responsible for setting the fire. According to school officials,…
For the Record: 9/06/07
Settle in — this is going to be a long struggle. Orange County is going to spend the next ten years trying to end homelessness. While it’s an admirable goal, it’s an optimistic one, and means not just talking about the issue, but action. There is cause to be optimistic, though, not only because those…
Exile on Jones Street: 9/06/07
By Kirk Ross The General Assembly is contemplating a return engagement in Raleigh next week with the intent of taking up Gov. Mike Easley’s veto of an incentives bill for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Easley’s objection, which reportedly came as a shocking twist to legislators after a two-year negotiation over the package, was…
