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Special Report: 300 East Main

Posted on August 25, 2008August 25, 2008 by Staff

This week, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen open a public hearing on 300 East Main Street, a major redevelopment project at the gateway to Carrboro. Follow these links to read more about the project: • Main St. plan alters cultural landmarks • East Main project heads for review • Agenda for the August 26 public…

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Town, state honor Ellen Perry

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer CARRBORO — You’ve probably seen Ellen Perry around downtown Carrboro. She goes almost everywhere in her wheelchair; the flags attached waving just above her head make her easy to spot. She’s also hard to forget. Perry has done a lot to improve the quality of life of town residents with…

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Main St. plan alters cultural landmarks

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

As project proceeds The ArtsCenter, Cat’s Cradle look to the future by Kirk Ross Staff Writer Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series on the 300 East Main Street project. The stories can be found on The Citizen website at www.carrborocitizen.com/main CARRBORO — It might be called 300 East Main, but the…

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News Briefs: AC Thefts

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating a number of thefts of air conditioning units that have occurred over the past two weeks.

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News Brief: Democrats hold open house

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Democratic Party is holding a New Headquarters Open House on Sept. 2 from 5 to 7:30 pm. They are expanding into larger offices for the 2008 general election. The new office is at 121 South Estes Drive, Suite 102A, Chapel Hill, in the same complex as the current location. Visitors will meet…

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News Brief: University political talks

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

Memorial Hall on the UNC Campus will host a discussion of the 2008 Presidential Campaign. by David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. Brooks and Dionne have been named the 2008 Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professors in the College of…

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News Brief: Campaign for Change office opens

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

Campaign for Change opened its Chapel Hill office last Friday. The office will be the headquarters for the Democrats’ campaigning on behalf of Senator Barack Obama in Orange and Chatham Counties. Campaign for Change is a project of the North Carolina Democratic Party working on behalf of the Obama campaign. Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy…

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Tuttle wins national mountain bike title

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

by Mary Lide Parker Staff Writer CARRBORO — For Johanne Tuttle, it’s never too late to try something new and be really good at it too. Last month, after only a year and a half of mountain biking, the Carrboro resident won three titles at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Championships held in Mount Snow,…

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County to hold zoning hearing

Posted on August 21, 2008August 21, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courthouse on East Margaret Lane in Hillsborough.

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Man charged in break-ins

Posted on August 21, 2008August 21, 2008 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police Department has charged Johnny Wilber Lee Gray in connection with a string of vehicle and two residential break-ins on Tuesday.

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Study: spanking linked to abuse

Posted on August 21, 2008August 21, 2008 by Staff

UNC News Services Spanking has been, and still is, a common method of child discipline used by American parents. But mothers who report that they or their partner spanked their child in the past year are nearly three times more likely to state that they also used harsher forms of punishment than those who say…

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Commissioners table sales tax referendum

Posted on August 21, 2008August 21, 2008 by Staff

By Rich Fowler There will not be a referendum to raise the county’s sales tax on the November ballot. The Orange County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday night to table the referendum for this election cycle. If the measure had been approved by voters, the county could have raised the sales tax rate by one-quarter…

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CHHS football player dies

Posted on August 14, 2008August 15, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Atlas Fraley, a star football player and a rising senior at Chapel Hill High School, died Tuesday in his home. According to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials, the cause of death has not yet been determined, but several news reports have said his death was caused by an asthma attack.

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East Main project heads for review

Posted on August 14, 2008August 15, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Wednesday morning, while a light drizzle fell outside what’s to become the new leasing office for Main Street Partners, Laura Van Sant spent a few moments inside on her cell phone conducting a key first step for the new enterprise: getting the power turned on. The office, located at 206…

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Schools pass state test

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer All of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools met expected or high growth levels, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s ABCs growth results released last week. ABCs growth measures how much students improve from one year to the next by looking at individual students’ test results.

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