What’s it take to make a world-class giant cookie? Yeah, you guessed it; a lot of dough — 500 pounds in fact. Two Weaver Street Market events – one Saturday in Chapel Hill at Southern Village and another Sunday in Carrboro promise to top cookie records for both towns. Orchestrating the creation of the 10-foot…
Category: Community
Triangle Yoga to help form ‘mala around the earth’
 Photo Courtesy of Triangle Yoga In celebration of United Nations International Peace Day, September 21, Triangle Yoga will be participating in the Global Mala Project. A “mala†is a set of 108 prayer beads used in meditation, primarily in India and Tibet. The Global Mala Project (www.globalmala.org ) intends to form a human “mala…
Community Calendar: 9/13/07
Farmers’ Markets Carrboro Farmers’ Market – Sat 7am-12pm through Dec 22; Wed 3:30-6:30pm through Oct 17. Carrboro Town Commons. 932-1641,carrborofarmersmarket.com. Hillsborough Farmers’ Market – Wed 3-6pm; Sat 7:30am-noon. Apr-Nov. 732-8315.
Maybe not so grand, but they’re sticking with the town flag
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer It isn’t all that old. Except in a few places, it’s not so high flying. And if you ask local artists, it isn’t all that grand. But on Tuesday, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to keep the town flag as it is. The fact that the town has…
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,…
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…
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,…
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
Showing their spirit
At the Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night, Randee Haven-O’Donnell, Joal Hall Broun and Jacqueline Gist joined their fellow aldermen and town staff in wearing Carrboro High School jerseys and t-shirts — showing they can indeed all agree on something. Photo by Kirk Ross
Community Briefs: 8/30/07
Land Trust receives donation Pickett Land & Building Company recently donated $10,000 to the Orange Community Housing and Land Trust. The Land Trust will use the funds for long-term maintenance of Land Trust properties, which are sold to low-income buyers at affordable rates. Pickett Land & Building focuses on building traditional North Carolina homes with…
Community Calendar: 8/30/07
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 Southern Village Farmers’ Market – Last week! Thu, Aug 30, 4-7pm, at Market Street on the Village Green. Hillsborough Farmers’ Market – Wed 3-6pm; Sat 7:30am-noon. Apr-Nov. 732-8315. Fearrington Village Farmers’ Market – Tue…
The Mill: 8/30/07
WCOM radio host Tom Arnel says he’s set up a series of “musical debates†with candidates for Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Arnel’s 5-6 p.m. Saturday slot called “The Placeholder Show†will features the candidates spinning discs and, perhaps in some cases, just plain spinning. That’s 103.5 on your FM dial. Here’s the lineup:…
Scurrying for cover
Photo by Isaac Sandlin Tuesday’s rain was the first serious amount of widespread precipitation in almost a month and it sent many in Carrboro scurrying for cover.
Book Cellar brings chapter to a close
Tim Grant in front of The Book Cellar at Carr Mill. Photo by Kirk Ross By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Tim Grant hasn’t been behind the counter of The Book Cellar for all of its 22 years of operation, but he knows that as he prepares to close the store, it’s the end of an…