This week we respond to questions about Viagra and Weight Watchers.
Gardeners question police presence
When Carrboro was first introduced to a group calling themselves the Carrboro Commune in February, they were occupying the vacant building at 201 N. Greensboro St. to protest a two-story CVS development proposed for that location.
Student-housing project criticized
CHAPEL HILL – Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council expressed strong concerns about a student housing development proposed for Homestead Road on Monday, citing issues similar to those raised with another development proposed for the same site two years ago.
County talks light rail cost-sharing
To keep moving forward with plans for a light rail system and expanded bus service between Orange County and Durham County, the Orange County Board of Commissioners first have to figure out how they want costs to be shared between the two counties.
Budget woes hit technology
At a public hearing last Thursday on the 2012-13 budget, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education heard from school technology specialists expressing concern that the money allocated for technology upgrades would not be enough to meet increasing demands.
Whooping cough in schools
Six recent cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, have been reported at Carrboro and Mary Scroggs elementary schools.
Phil Blank, March 22, 2012
Illustration by Phil Blank
New Orange County dialing rules
Beginning March 31, in order to make local calls in and around Orange County, callers must dial the seven-digit phone number and the three-digit area code.
Police seek info in shooting
The Chapel Hill Police Department is seeking information about a shooting, which occurred on March 18 at the Timberlyne Apartments near building E, located at 200 Westminster Drive.
University Lake and Cane Creek Reservoir open
University Lake and the Cane Creek Reservoir will be reopening for recreational use, including boating, fishing, sunbathing and picnicking, on Saturday.
Police ReCYCLE bikes
It took Carrboro police two years to accumulate 59 bikes, and less than 20 minutes to get rid of them.
FLORA: Died and gone to heaven
It was the first weekend in April last year that I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when chancing upon carpets of the tiny little red-eyed, purple-petaled bluets carpeting the sacred ground of the Sparrow Cemetery out on Mt. Carmel Church Road.
Jim Chris, 1940-2012
Just an image of three happy guys and a breakfast grill, with the big man in the middle with one arm draped affectionately around the shoulder of a younger man.
Heels bear more adversity
North Carolina is headed back to St. Louis, site of the Tar Heels’ 2005 national championship.
Students on Amendment One
Student leaders from Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham met at Carolina Friends School on Sunday to discuss Amendment One.