Here are some stories I read where you’d like some letters to the editor on some stories: You pick up Valarie Schwartz. She writes one of the most enjoyable pieces she has written in the 10 years that I remember her writing. You inform me that my daughters’ new principal, Nathan Hester, speaks French… expect…
Professional reform: A path to better policy in education
Steve Peha & Margot Charmichael Lester For all the controversy surrounding education these days, most people agree that our schools continue to need significant improvement. This isn’t to say we haven’t been working on the problem. But after years of reform, we’re still unclear about whether our current approach is producing the results we require….
The Mill: 9/07/07
You don’t get a lot of feel-good stories from a drought, but here’s one: A friend of ours keeps a good many ducks, geese and chickens and, as you might expect, collects a good many eggs. Most of the year, the ducks and geese spend time on a lovely pond near her house doing what…
Music Calendar: 9/6/07 – 9/13/07
Thursday Sep 6 Blue Horn Lounge: VELCRO SHOES. 9pm The Cave: Early: Dan Montgomery. Late: The Jack & Jim Show. $10 General Store Café: Bernie Petteway Trio. 8pm Local 506: Jason Isbell & The 400 Hundred Unit, Sons of Roswell. 10pm $5 (advance only) Friday Sep 7 ArtsCenter: Coastal Cohorts: Simpson, Dixon and Wann. 8:30pm….
Arts Calendar: 9/06/07
Carrboro Chapel Hill/Carrboro 2nd Friday Art Walk – Visit local galleries to enjoy live music, food & art-related activities. See website for galleries, maps & brochures. 2nd Fridays, 6-9pm. Free. 2ndfridayartwalk.com Paintings & Sculpture by Luna Lee Ray & Joanne Andrews – Through Sept 30. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org Background…
Community Calendar: 9/06/07
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 – James Eber “Jim†Lash
James Eber “Jim†Lash died peacefully at Carolina Meadows on August 31st. He was 92. Jim was born on November 22, 1914, in Rialto, California. After graduating from UCLA, he pursued an early interest in better housing for underprivileged populations by becoming a city planner. He served as the first Director of the San Francisco…
Obituary – George M. Norwood Jr.
George M. Norwood Jr., 86, of Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, died peacefully at home on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. A former hospital and university administrator, he was born in Goldsboro on July 15, 1921, to the late George and Helen Norwood. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Zabelle Corwin Norwood. In 1978…
Obituary – Charles William “Will†Steiner, II
Charles William “Will†Steiner, II, age 43, died at his home on September 1, 2007. Steiner was proprietor of several Outback restaurants over the years, and will be remembered by those who worked for him as a caretaker whose kindness, integrity and generosity were unfailing. His outreach into the community took the form of charity…
John McCormick arrested
Missing Chapel Hill attorney John McCormick was arrested Friday in Phoenix. Via WRAL: John Gregory McCormick, 59, was arrested by Phoenix police officers at about midnight, authorities said. He was being held without bond in Arizona, pending extradition to North Carolina. McCormick turned over his driver’s license to a Phoenix officer who asked three men…
School bells ring
 There were plenty of officials and dignitaries on hand, but school board chair Jamezetta Bedford got the honors at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Carrboro High School last Thursday. Photo by Jock Lauterer By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Despite enrollment being somewhat higher than projected, the first day of school across the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City…
Recently: 8/30/07
By Valarie Schwartz Like the poplar leaves starting to pile as the drought yellows and drops them to the ground, people are starting to pile around town. First the university students arrived, piling their stuff into their living spaces and their young selves out onto streets. About 35 students learned that first weekend that drinking…
Board looks at housing, downtown development
 By Kirk Ross Staff Writer In their first meeting back after the summer break, members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen picked up where they left off, reviewing another large downtown project and considering the best means of adding the town’s stock of affordable housing. Tuesday night at Town Hall, the board, all sporting recently…
Harrington opens new branch
 Ben Lucas, branch manager, left, and Larry Loeser, president, in front of Harrington Bank’s new office at 1203 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The branch officially opened for business last Monday. Look for a story on Harrington Bank’s expansion efforts in the Business Extra section of next week’s Citizen. Photo by Kirk Ross
The way the ball bounces
Despite a thorough 89-0 drubbing at the hands of defending 2A champions Burlington Cummings, the first-ever football game at Carrboro High School was the social event of the season. Above, Jaguar defense end Dequan Bradley (80) chases a loose ball after batting down a Cummings pass, as fellow Jaguar Brandon Hunter (74) looks on.