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Elections Brief: Voting machine demo

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

The Chatham County Board of Elections will host a Voting Equipment Forum Feb. 27 at the Agricultural Auditorium in Pittsboro from 6 to 9 p.m. Any interested person is invited to attend. This forum provides an opportunity to view the voting equipment that is in use in Chatham County and to voice your opinions or…

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Elections Brief: Pittsboro voting to start

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

Absentee ballots will be available starting Monday in the new election between Pittsboro town commissioner candidates Hugh Harrington and Michele Berger. Harrington’s six-vote victory last fall was challenged by Berger, and after it was revealed that at least 17 residents received the wrong ballots the county and state boards of election called for a new…

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Elections Brief: Carey leads Kinnaird in fundraising

Posted on February 14, 2008February 14, 2008 by Staff

Fundraising numbers reported by state Senate candidates Moses Carey and Ellie Kinnaird show Carey took in $31,180 in the last seven months of 2007 and reported $28,204 cash on hand. Kinnaird, the incumbent, raised $6,065 and reported $19,293 in cash on hand at the end of the reporting cycle. Kinnaird had considered retiring this year…

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Elections Brief: Clinton, Obama ask Edwards’ support

Posted on February 14, 2008February 14, 2008 by Staff

Word filtered out this week that last Thursday Sen. Hillary Clinton paid an unannounced visit to John Edwards’ Orange County home for a talk about the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Edwards, who dropped out of the running in early February, won four delegates in New Hampshire, 14 in Iowa and eight in South…

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Elections Brief: Halkiotis running for school board

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

Steven Halkiotis, a retired assistant superintendent with Orange County Schools who served five terms on the Orange County Board of Commissioners, has filed to run for Orange County Schools Board of Education. Halkiotis, who opted not to run for re-election as commissioner in 2006, recently retired from Orange County Schools, where he was the district’s…

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Filing starts Monday for May 6 primary

Posted on February 7, 2008February 11, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk RossStaff Writer Although the contenders on the national portion of the ticket are already campaigning, the 2008 state primary season officially starts Monday with the opening of the three-week filing period. Candidates can file at the Orange County Board of Elections office in Hillsborough from noon on Monday, Feb. 11 till noon February…

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Commissioner race gets rolling

Posted on February 7, 2008February 9, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board Chair Pam Hemminger and Orange County Planning Board member Bernadette Pelissier say they plan to file soon for the May Democratic primary for Orange County commissioner. They’ll join incumbent commissioner Valerie Foushee who has indicated previously she’ll seek another term. Filing season starts Monday at noon…

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Board wants to alter rules to allow for taco trucks

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Don’t call it a reprieve, more like a pause in the action, but for operators of Carrboro’s taco trucks there was good news Tuesday night from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. At the close of the board of aldermen meeting at Town Hall, Mayor Mark Chilton asked the town’s planning…

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Effort to celebrate Carrboro’s architectural heritage moves forward

Posted on February 7, 2008February 7, 2008 by Staff

Seeing Double? These houses, which are home to the Red Hen and Provence are two of many built by Thomas Lloyd. Photo by Kirk Ross. By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Old mill houses are scattered throughout downtown Carrboro. And while probably few passing by notice, dozens of them are almost exactly the same, built by…

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School board to affirm undocumented students’ rights

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education tonight (Thursday) is expected to approve a recommendation to support the recent ruling that requires North Carolina Community Colleges to admit undocumented individuals who meet admission requirements. The North Carolina Community College System in November directed all community colleges to begin admitting undocumented individuals,…

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Residents ask commissioners to drop Eubanks Road site

Posted on February 7, 2008February 11, 2008 by Staff

With supporters, some carrying signs, lining the back wall of the room, members of the Rogers-Eubanks roads community urged the Board of County Commissioners at Tuesday night’s commission meeting to remove Eubanks Road from consideration as the site of a proposed solid-waste transfer station. But the commissioners said that because of an administrative complaint filed…

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News Brief: Feline surplus

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Animal Services Department has taken in 10 cats from a Hendersonville adoption facility that was recently shut down. A district court ordered the All Creatures Great and Small facility to close and make immediate improvements and to release 350 animals to other animal rescue and shelter organizations. Most of the cats taken…

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News Brief: Rabid raccoon found

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

A raccoon found in Chapel Hill tested positive for rabies last week at the State Laboratory of Public Health. The raccoon was found dead in the yard of a home in the vicinity of Albert and Dairyland roads. The resident found the raccoon after discovering blood on one of her three dogs.

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News Brief: New home repair program launched

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

Homeowners who live in the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods can receive no-interest, forgivable loans to repair their houses through the Town of Chapel Hill’s Comprehensive Housing Rehabilitation Program. EmPOWERment, Inc. will host an information session on the program on Wednesday, February 13th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Pine Knolls Community Center, 107…

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News Brief: Rabies vaccination clinics

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Animal Services Department will offer four low-cost rabies vaccination clinics during February. The vaccination fee is $5 and must be paid in cash. To receive a three-year vaccination, bring your pet’s most recent vaccination certificate. Dogs must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers. Animals that might be nervous or…

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