by Susan Dickson Staff Writer Governor-elect Beverly Perdue has appointed former Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey as the chairman of the Employment Security Commission for the State of North Carolina. Perdue announced the appointment over the weekend. The Employment Security Commission (ESC) provides employment services, unemployment insurance and labor market information to the state’s workers,…
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News Brief: Temporary Chatham water changes
Chatham County will temporarily stop adding ammonia to its water-treatment disinfection process from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15, affecting water supplied to the northeast and southeast parts of the county. The water will still be safe for everyday use, including drinking and cooking, but some special customers are advised to take precautions. Customers with kidney…
News Brief: Revaluations arriving this week
The 2009 official property revaluation notices should begin arriving this week. The letters, mailed by the Orange County Tax Assessor’s Office, are not tax bills, but notices of each property’s new value. Orange County performs a revaluation of property every four years to keep taxable property values more equitable and aligned with market values. Since…
News Brief: Reward upped in Torain case
Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest relating to the hit-and-run crash that caused the death of Rodney Torain in November. The crash occurred during the early-morning hours of Nov. 16. According to police, a small silver or gold four-door vehicle, possibly occupied by several Hispanic individuals, is believed…
Year in Review: 2008 by the month
A look at 2008 with more than 100 top stories from the pages of The Citizen. Read the list after the jump.
A year of major events, great elation and stunning sorrow
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The happenings that drive the news cycle are typically either something big that changes the lives of a few people or something incremental that affects many. Major news — something big that happens to many — is rarer. The year 2008, however, is an exception. Going into it, we all…
Hometown New Year’s resolutions
Margot C. Lester Staff Writer New Year’s resolutions have been traced all the way back to ancient Rome, where citizens offered resolutions to honor the god Janus, for whom January is named. (By the by, Janus was the god of the gates, doorways, beginnings and endings). Here in the States, we probably have Ben Franklin…
Year in Review: A hard year for school
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer It has certainly been a year of transition in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, with the opening of new schools and facilities and the appointment of new administrators. But while many would like to look back on 2008 and remember the new successes of the sports teams and the first…
Red Cross blood drives
The Orange County American Red Cross will hold a number of blood drives over the next weeks. Locations include: Berry’s Grove Baptist Church, 9828 Berry Road, Timberlake, Jan. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m.; Piedmont Electric, 2500 N.C. 86, Hillsborough, Jan. 8 from noon to 5 p.m.; University Mall, 201 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill,…
Aquatic center opens
The Homestead Aquatic Center will open on Saturday. Area swimmers are invited to enjoy the new facility, run by the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department. The center is located in the northwest corner of the 40-acre Homestead Park at 300 Northern Park Drive off Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. The center has…
Police, fire officials offer holiday safety tips
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer While the holiday season is, for many, a time to come together with friends and family to celebrate, it also brings an increased risk of home break-ins and residential fires. Both the Carrboro Fire-Rescue and Police departments have reported a fairly quiet season thus far; and to keep it that…
News brief: Halliday apprehended in burglary
Chapel Hill Police apprehended Carlton Anthony Halliday over the weekend after he was positively identified as the suspect in an armed robbery at Colonial Village at Highland Hills Apartments.
News brief: Robbery suspects charged
Chapel Hill Police have charged three suspects in connection with an armed robbery in the 300 block of West Rosemary Street on Dec. 18.
News brief: Pot, hash siezed in arrest
The Chapel Hill Police Narcotics Unit, with the assistance of the department’s Special Emergency Response Team, seized 11.5 pounds of marijuana and 10.5 ounces of hashish from the residence of Ivan Flemming Moore on Friday.
News brief: Holiday recycling
There will be no recycling pick-up on Christmas day. Those who recycle Thursdays should put out their bins by 7 a.m. Saturday for them to be picked up.