Lucinda Munger has been named the new library services director for Orange County. Munger will be responsible for coordinating and directing the activities of the main Orange County Library in Hillsborough as well as the three branch libraries.
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Green jobs may be one answer to rebuilding the economy
By Margot C. Lester Staff Writer While it may seem like all the news about employment is bad – and a lot of it is – there’s one sector that’s poised for growth: green-collar jobs. From global behemoths like Wal-Mart to small enterprises like Pittsboro’s Piedmont Biofuels, businesses are going green and they need employees…
Preparing Tomorrow’s Green-Collar Workers
As part of Orange County’s quest to grow and nurture its local economy, area economic-development officials are investigating ways to create green-collar jobs and the talent to fill them. “There is a conversation going on right now with the two school systems about how to prepare students for this type of work,†explains James Harris,…
Group to challenge decision on transfer station sites
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Orange County — Following a decision by the Orange County Board of Commissioners to narrow the search for a solid-waste transfer station site to two sites on N.C. 54 West near Orange Grove Road, a group of businesses and residents of the Bingham Township has started raising money for a…
Underwear uncovered in Carrboro
By Margot C. Lester Staff Writer You read it on message boards or overhear it being discussed at Weaver Street or the Open Eye. It’s a virulent meme that spread faster than the Andromeda Strain. In fact, Carrboro Board of Aldermen candidate Katrina Ryan mentioned it in this very paper: “The same residents in Carrboro…
Thorp offers assurances on airport
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp sent a letter last week to Orange County Board of Commissioners chair Valerie Foushee in response to concerns raised by the county over a possible new airport to replace Horace Williams. Barry Jacobs, Foushee’s predecessor as chair, sent a letter on behalf of the board to Thorp last month. In…
News brief: Death penalty hearing moved
A death penalty hearing scheduled for this week in the Joshua Bailey murder has been postponed until Feburary.
News brief: Information sought in Torain case
UNC Crime Stoppers is seeking information relating to the identity of persons involved in a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident that occurred on Old Greensboro Highway near Neville Road in Orange County during the early hours of Nov. 16, resulting in the death of 17-year-old Chapel Hill High School student and football player Rodney Torain.
News brief: Two charged in Yarmolenko case
Two men have been charged in the murder UNC-Charlotte student and Chapel Hill High graduate Irina Yarmolenko. Her body was found last May near the Catawba River.
News brief: School board meets tonight
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meets tonight (Thursday) at 7 at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Items on the agenda include: • new and revised courses for 2009-10; • reading and science 2007-08 test results; and • strategic plan outcome goals. For the complete agenda, visit…
News brief: Rally for Moncure workers
A rally to support the striking Moncure Plywood workers will be held on Saturday at noon at the Chatham County Courthouse in Pittsboro. Moncure Plywood International Association of Machinists Local 369 have been on strike since July 2008, charging that their employer has refused to bargain in good faith and demanded a 60-hour mandatory work…
Two charged in Yarmolenko murder
Two men have been charged in the murder this May of UNC-Charlotte student and Chapel Hill High graduate Irina Yarmolenko. The Charlotte Observer reports that the two — Mark Bradley Carver and Neal Leon Cassada Jr. — were charged early this morning. Obituary: Irina Yarmolenko
Pedestrian killed at South Columbia Street bridge
The Chapel Hill PD just released this statement: Police Respond to Traffic Crash with Fatality On Thursday, December 11th, the Chapel Hill Police responded to a traffic crash on N.C. 54 west of the South Columbia Street Bridge. Seven pedestrians were reportedly crossing the roadway at approximately 10:30 PM. Four of the pedestrians had made…
Furniture Follies to close at the end of this month
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Despite a change to the town fire code, Furniture Follies will not be able to open its doors at its new location on N.C. 54 and will leave the location in January. Owner Ridge Cook appealed to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in October to change the sprinkler requirements so…
News brief: Library bonds on hold
The Chapel Hill Town Council Monday night agreed to finish planning for the Chapel Hill Public Library expansion project, but put construction on hold. The council heard a report recommending they wait to sell bonds for the project until financial markets improve. Town Manger Roger Stancil said finishing the design and permitting process will not…