by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The homeowners’ association for Abbey Court Apartments announced on Tuesday that they had relaxed the complex’s towing policy and asked residents who had been denied parking permits due to vehicle appearance to reapply. “We would ask that anyone who has been denied a parking permit due to a vehicle appearance…
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UNC studies Carrboro rail siding
by Kirk Ross Staff Writer After recently closing the deal for an 8 1/2-acre parcel off Merritt Mill Road on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro border, university officials OK’ed plans to start studying the site for a new rail siding. At its meeting last week, the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to enlist Raleigh…
News Brief: Saxapahaw String Band
The regional favorite Southern String Band will play the Saxaphaw Rivermill Market & Music Series this Saturday. The music-combination-farmers’ market is every Saturday from 5-8 p.m. until the end of August, with a special Oktoberfest celebration on Oct. 18. To come and enjoy the show, bring a blanket and chairs. Vendors sell prepared food and…
Speaker shares school achievement strategies
by Susan Dickson Staff Writer When Mychal Wynn was in second grade, he failed math, science, social studies, language and vocabulary. His teacher doubted that he would ever make it out of elementary school, despite his early goal of going to college. As a young black student in rural Alabama in the 1950s and ‘60s,…
$1.25 million grant to boost Ackland’s academic role
UNC News Services The Ackland Art Museum has received $1.25 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to deepen and expand the museum’s role in the education of university students. The museum will use the funds to engage UNC scholars and students in research, publication, interpretation and creation of exhibitions from the Ackland collection; give…
News Brief: UMall hits Facebook
University Mall in Chapel Hill has its own Facebook page now as part of an effort by its owners to find out what area residents want. Washington, D.C.-based Madison Marquette owns the 366,000-square-foot mall and shopping center and plans to redevelop it over the next few years. The mall was built in 1973 and was…
News Brief: Sculptor dies in fall
Sculptor and metalworker Ruffin Hobbs died after falling three stories in his home and studio, a converted grist mill near Saxapahaw in Alamance County. Police believe the fall was an accident. Hobbs’ body was found Monday morning by a neighbor. He was living alone while his wife was visiting family overseas. His work includes a…
News Brief: BoE reduces service learning hours
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education last week voted to reduce the service learning requirement under graduation requirements from 50 to 25 hours. District officials had recommended reducing the requirement so that students have more time to complete the North Carolina Graduation Requirement.
News Brief: Carrboro High energy efficiency
Carrboro High School recently earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver rating for sensible energy use, environmental protection and community stewardship. Carrboro High is the second K-12 school in North Carolina to earn LEED certification. The school has a number of sustainable features, including three 35,000-gallon cisterns to collect filtered rainwater, rooms…
News Brief: Rape suspect charged
An Estes Park Apartments resident was charged with rape and assault on a female after the Carrboro Police Department received reports of an incident at the apartment complex Sunday night. Jesus Salvador Molina Romero, 39, of 306 Estes Dr. Ext., apt. N2, was charged with second-degree rape, kidnapping, assault on a female and communicating a…
News Brief: Campus robbery
In response to a robbery on the pathway between Hill Hall and the Smith building on the UNC campus just after midnight Saturday, UNC warns students to be on high alert. A 24-year-old man walking with his sister was grabbed from behind and shoved to the ground before a UNC public safety officer on foot…
Town, owner at odds over Abbey Court towing
After dozens of cars are towed, residents claim discrimination by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The owner of the majority of Abbey Court Condominiums told Mayor Mark Chilton on Monday that he would not suspend the complex’s towing policy and that management would continue to tow residents’ vehicles that do not have parking permits. Chilton said…
Tomato Time at the Farmers’ Market
by Susan Dickson Staff Writer Tomato enthusiasts, get ready – the peak of tomato season has arrived, and it’s time to head on down to the Carrboro Farmers’ Market to sample some of the area’s best varieties. For the past eight years, the Carrboro Farmers’ Market has featured a tomato tasting during a Saturday market…
Shotgun-toting robbery suspect arrested
Chapel Hill Police have obtained a warrant for a suspect in a robbery Tuesday near the ATM at RBC Centura Bank on Willow Drive . The robbery occurred at 2:40 p.m. when the victim was returning to his car after withdrawing money from the machine. According to a police report, the suspect, Keith Robert Webster,…
Legislation clears the way for new airport
Landfill gas facility for Carolina North also part of bill by Kirk Ross Staff Writer The General Assembly has cleared the way for UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care to jointly create an airport authority, which will be charged with locating, building and operating a new airport to replace the field at Horace Williams. The…