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Sports try-outs at CHS

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Staff

Carrboro High School fall try-outs are quickly approaching. To try out, athletes must be enrolled in Carrboro High School, have a current physical exam and consent form on file in the athletic office and complete an emergency medical card. The dates are: football, Aug. 1, 8 a.m.; cross-country, Aug.3, 7 a.m.; women’s golf, Aug. 3,…

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Hillsborough seeks volunteers

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Staff

To prepare for the Nash Street sidewalk project, the Town of Hillsborough is generating a list of volunteers available to help local property owners remove items like small brick or stone driveway pillars, flowers or other landscaping from rights-of-way. This may be a good volunteer project for a scout troop, church, organization or business.

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Chatham invites input

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Staff

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners invites residents interested in providing input on a draft joint land-use plan with the Town of Cary to attend a community meeting on Monday, Aug. 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the multipurpose room at North Chatham Elementary School. For more information, call 542-8258.

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Local tiger passes away

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Staff

Carnivore Preservation Trust (CPT) announced that Romeo the tiger passed away last Monday. Romeo’s health had been declining for a couple of months as a result of a progressive neurological disease, making it increasingly difficult for him to control his hind legs. For his comfort, he was removed from the tour route two weeks ago.

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Festifall deadline extended

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Staff

The postmark deadline for applications for participation in Festifall, Chapel Hill’s celebration of local art and artisans, has been extended to July 31. Booth fees are $85 for Orange County residents and $100 for non-county residents. Entertainers apply with no fee. Festifall will be held Sunday, Oct. 4 from 1 to 6 p.m. on West…

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Family triathlon

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Staff

The Swim for Smiles Foundation will be holding its first family triathlon July 26 at 8 a.m. at Southern Village. In addition to individual participants, there will be adult-kid relay teams, all of whom will be swimming, biking and running to raise money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital.

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Midsummer play

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Staff

A cast of 40 young actors, ages 10 to 18, will perform William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play in which four young lovers explore an enchanted forest. For the third year, UNC’s PlayMakers Repertory Company joins The ArtsCenter in Carrboro to present a stage production as the culmination of their Summer Youth Conservatory…

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Community Calendar

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Staff

Friday, July 24 Author Reading — Valarie Schwartz will discuss Remembering Chapel Hill: The Twentieth Century as We Lived It, at William Travis Jewelry, 133 W. Franklin St. at 5pm. Saturday, July 25 Tomato Day — The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will celebrate its annual Tomato Day with tastings, recipes, sample dishes and more. 280-3326 or…

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Community Calendar

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Staff

Thursday, July 16 Author Talk — Author Marisha Pessl and Ackland Educator Leslie Balkany will discuss Special Topics in Calamity Physics. This discussion is a part of the Art and Literature in the Galleries series and will focus on connections between Pessl’s book and the Aldwyth exhibition on display. 3:30-5pm, free for high school and…

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Deer-proof your gardens

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Staff

There will be a demonstration of how to build a deer-proof garden structure this Saturday at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market. The structure is collapsible and can be turned into a greenhouse during the winter.

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Storyteller

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Staff

Storyteller Ron Jones will be at the Carrboro Branch Library at McDougle Middle School Sunday, July 19 at 3 p.m. The event is free and will include interactive story-creating, singing and dancing with the audience. For more information, call the Carrboro Branch Library at 969-3006.

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Dance

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Staff

The Payal Dance Academy is coming to the Carrboro Century Center as part of the 2009 Summerdipity series Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. Payal Dance Academy will perform classical Indian dance style (both contemporary and traditional). Admission is $3. For more information, contact Carrboro Recreation at 918-7364.

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Community Calendar

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Staff

Friday, July 10 ArtWalk — Openings and meet the artist events at dozens of locations in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. See Spotlight Page 7. More information at 2ndFridayArtWalk.com Carolina Sports Book Talk — Ed Southern, author of Sports in the Carolinas: From Death Valley to Tobacco Road, reads at McIntyre’s in Fearrington Village. 2pm

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Dirt needed

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro High School baseball program is in need of fill dirt to level out an area for a batting cage. Preferably, it could be dropped off by dump truck as a community service. For more information, contact Mark Marcoplos at 968-0056 or marcoplos@bellsouth.net

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Another positive rabies test

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Staff

On Tuesday, Orange County Animal Services received a positive rabies result from the North Carolina Rabies Laboratory for a raccoon. This is the tenth confirmed rabies case in Orange County for 2009. On July 2, a resident in the vicinity of Hatch Road and Brookfield Drive west of Chapel Hill saw a dead raccoon in…

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