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Pollitt receives Long Leaf Pine award

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

by Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Gov. Beverly Perdue has awarded UNC Kenan Professor Emeritus and longtime civil-liberties and civil-rights advocate Dan Pollitt the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the state’s highest honors. Pollitt was nominated for the award by state Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., whose father, Floyd McKissick Sr., worked with Pollitt…

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Kids put on a hot show

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz The outdoor conditions fluctuated between steamy and stifling while parents and guests waited unaware through several delay-producing calamities before the children processed onto the stage erected on the brick patio. This was the 2009 Mundo Pequeño Early Childhood Bilingual School graduation ceremony, during which children from ages 2 to 5 performed. Even…

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Candidates for Chapel Hill mayor prepare for marathon

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill — When Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy opted not to seek another term, he set off a predictable wave of speculation about who would replace him. Since mayors run every two years, there are more opportunities for contested elections, but unlike elections for the eight-member town council, there…

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Police say car break-in reports on the rise

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum Staff Writer There have been a rash of car break-ins in Carrboro in the past couple of weeks, but it’s nothing too out of the ordinary for this time of year. Officer Walter Horton with the Carrboro Police Department said that with the summer coming to a close and students making a…

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Chatham County seeks input

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners seeks public input on a proposed new ordinance to extend existing lighting requirements to un-zoned sections of the county. The new ordinance would apply to all parts of the county outside the towns’ planning jurisdictions. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 17 as part of the regular board…

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Bolin Creek Trail maintenance

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

The Town of Chapel Hill’s Bolin Creek Trail between Dickerson Court and Bolinwood Drive will be closed for tree work. Work will take place on Wednesdays with the trail closed each Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The work will take about two months to complete. In order to protect the public, dead trees…

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New bus service to Rogers Road

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

Chapel Hill Transit’s HS bus route will be modified beginning on Aug. 24 to provide service to Rogers Road and Morris Grove Elementary School. The expanded route will provide continuous service from 6:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Homestead Village stops will move to Seawell School Road and High School Road. EZ Rider and Feeder…

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Aldermen to hold closed session

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting to discuss ongoing litigation in a closed session today at 7 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall, Room 100.

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Castillo murder trial begins

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

The trial of Alvaro Rafael Castillo, 22, of Hillsborough started this week. Castillo was arrested in Aug. 2006 after police said he opened fire at Orange High in Hillsborough. Castillo, 19 at the time, is charged with fatally shooting his father, Rafael Castillo, in their home in Hillsborough on Aug. 30, then driving to Orange…

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Picnic in the park

Posted on July 30, 2009August 4, 2009 by Staff

by Beth Mechum Staff Writer The Goat Patrol doesn’t need a lunch break. Its entire day is a lunch break. And the business works out such that it benefits all interested parties. The dog park at Hank Anderson Community Park now has a lot less poison ivy and the goats are to be thanked for…

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Gaining perspective on a life in athletics

Posted on July 30, 2009January 5, 2010 by Staff

By Beth Mechumhttp://www.marketwatch.com/?dist=ctmw Staff Writer Charlie Adams has the beach on his mind. He’s picturing toes in the sand, fun in the sun, a dive into a seafood basket. But before any of that can transpire, he knows he has a job to finish. Adams has been director of the North Carolina High School Athletic…

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Construction starts on town’s second fire station

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Crews will begin survey work this week at the Homestead Road site for the town’s new fire station in preparation for the start of construction. Carrboro Fire-Rescue Department Chief Travis Crabtree said the first order of business will be to define areas for tree-protection fencing. Protecting some of the larger…

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Warrant for arrest

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police have obtained warrants for Jaheem Lashard Watson. Watson is wanted for one count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury; one count of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling; and one count of going armed to the terror of the public. Investigators are still…

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National Night Out

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Staff

On Tuesday Aug. 4th, neighborhoods throughout Chapel Hill are being invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 26th Annual National Night Out (NNO) crime and drug prevention event. NNO will involve over 15,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases around the world.

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Mental health program receives accreditation

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Staff

The OPC Area Program recently announced that it has been accredited as a “Services Management Network” by the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an international, not-for-profit organization that accredits human services providers. CARF sent a review team to Carrboro service provider El Futuro (which was cited by CARF for “effectively [addressing] the needs…

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