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News Brief: Family house opens

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Staff

SECU Family House, a 40-bedroom hospital hospitality house for adult critical care patients and caregivers at UNC Hospitals, will open its doors to its first patients and families on March 31. SECU Family House will provide housing to thousands of pre- and post-surgical patients from the transplant, oncology, burn, eating disorders and trauma units, making…

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News Brief: Candidate speaks

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Staff

Senator Kay Hagan, Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, will speak on Wednesday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room of the Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro. The event, which is sponsored by the Chatham County Democratic Women, will be open to the public and free of charge. There will be…

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News Brief: TTA Easter hours

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Staff

Triangle Transit will not operate bus and shuttle routes on Friday, March 21st in observance of the Good Friday holiday. Triangle Transit offices will also be closed. Triangle Transit will resume regular Saturday service on Saturday, March 22nd.

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News Brief: Ellie fest 2008

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Staff

“Ellie Fest 2008” is a celebration of state Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird’s contributions to the state of North Carolina and a rally for her re-election campaign. It will be held on Sunday, April 6 from 2 to 5 pm at the Carrboro Town Commons. Music will be provided by Tim Stambaugh, Jimmy Magoo and Saludos Compay….

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Chapel Hill seeks to improve safety along Fordham Boulevard

Posted on March 20, 2008March 20, 2008 by Staff

Safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists at the intersection of Fordham Boulevard and Manning Drive and at the intersection of Old Mason Farm Road and Fordham Boulevard should be finished by August. Kumar Neppalli, engineering services manager for the Town of Chapel Hill, reported on the progress of the project to the Chapel Hill Town…

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Second suspect arrested in Carson case

Posted on March 13, 2008March 17, 2008 by Staff

Via Chapel Hill Police: Early this morning at approximately 4:15 am, the Durham Police Department located Lawrence Alvin Lovett Jr. (17) at a residence in Durham. Lovett surrendered to police without incident and is currently being held at the Durham Police Department. The arrest warrants for First Degree Murder were transferred over to the North…

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Campus Mourns

Posted on March 13, 2008March 13, 2008 by Staff

Update: Second suspect arrested early Thursday morning. By Kirk Ross & Emily Burns Staff Writers In the recorded history of this community, few stories have been sadder. With barely a week having passed since the murder of Student Body President Eve Marie Carson, emotions are still raw; and as campus gears up after its spring…

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Development stutters in Chatham County

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

By Robert N. Eby Chatham County Line Reflecting the slowdown in the national economy, development in Chatham County, both residential and commercial, is stuttering. While some projects are still moving ahead, many have slowed down and a few have been abandoned. New residential building permits for Chatham County, including Pittsboro but not Cary, which had…

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Downturn felt sharply by local homebuilders

Posted on March 13, 2008March 13, 2008 by Staff

[Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing Citizen series on how debt and mortgage problems and the slowdown in the economy are affecting local markets.] By Kirk Ross Staff Writer As the subprime mortgage crisis morphed into a debt crisis and led to a slowdown in housing markets across the country, many here were…

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Grieving parents find comfort in Compassionate Friends

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

By Emily Burns Staff Writer Four and a half years have passed since Olivia Royal Petty, then 25, was killed in an automobile accident, but her mother Daphne Hill said that it sometimes feels like it has been just four and a half weeks. For parents who have lost a child, Hill said, the grieving…

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News Brief: Special education night

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will host an Exceptional Children District Parent Night, “Navigating the Special Education Process,” on March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence on the Smith Middle School campus. To register or for more information, visit www.chccs.k12.nc.us or call Karen Patillo at 967-8211, ext. 234.

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News Brief: Local economy

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Economic Development Commission will host its annual “State of the Local Economy” event at the Carolina Club in Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 9 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. The guest speaker is Charles Hayes, president and CEO of the Research Triangle Partnership. Tickets are $30, a…

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News Brief: UNC director honored

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

John Sanders, former director of the Institute of Government at UNC, was honored Feb. 21 by the North Carolina Bar Association as the 2008 recipient of the John McNeill Smith Jr. Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section Award. The award honors a person who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the ideals embodied in the constitutions of…

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News Brief: District fights dorm

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

UNC’s Wesley Foundation was criticized when it unveiled plans to build a 70,000-square-foot five-story Methodist dorm where its current building stands now on Pittsboro Street. Residents of the Cameron-McCauley historic district opposed the move to a bigger building. The current building is only 17,000 square feet now. Alternative plans were presented Monday and suggested either…

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News Brief: OWASA considers delaying surcharges

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Because water supplies have reached 57 percent due to recent rainfall, the OWASA board of directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday) to discuss delaying the rate surcharges associated with the stage three water shortage declared on Feb. 28. If not delayed, the surcharges for water use would go into effect on March 17….

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