Skip to content
The Archive of The Carrboro Citizen
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Community
  • Schools
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Obituaries
  • Sports
  • Mill
  • Flora
  • Print Archive
  • About
Menu

Category: News

UNC, Duke, State cooperate on energy

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

UNC News Services UNC, NC State University, Duke University and RTI International have joined to form the Research Triangle Energy Consortium (RTEC), combining their research strengths to focus on “solving the technical, environmental, economic, societal and public policy problems related to the use of energy,” according to the operating agreement. “We can do things together…

Read more

Study shows African-Americans add $44.7 billion to state economy

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

UNC News Services North Carolina’s growing African-American population contributes more than $44.7 billion to the state’s economy through its purchases and taxes – $22,272 per black resident – while costing the state budget $4.5 billion – or $2,498 per black resident – for health care, education and corrections, according to a new report by researchers…

Read more

News briefs: 11/15/07

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

Tax educator volunteers needed The Board of County Commissioners is seeking volunteers to serve on the Orange County Local Revenue Options Education Advisory Committee for the May 2008 tax referendum. In this year’s state budget, the Legislature gave counties the option of a 0.4 percent land transfer tax or a quarter-cent sales tax increase to…

Read more

Homestead Road fire station moving forward

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen gave the go ahead for the next phase of planning for the new northern fire station on Homestead Road. After a presentation Tuesday night at Town Hall of a rough building design and site layout by Ken Newell, architect with Stewart, Cooper and Newell, the…

Read more

Weaver Street business destroyed by fire

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Staff

By Jack Carley Staff Writer Fire caused an estimated $350,000 in damage at F & F Automotive Inc. on Weaver Street last Thursday, November 8, according to the Carrboro Fire Department. Fire trucks arrived at the building around 7 p.m. to find that a car inside the building was ablaze and fire was spreading through…

Read more

No recount

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Staff

News from the Orange County BOE that there will not be a recount. Cam Hill had asked for one and the board met today to consider it.

Read more

Burroughs, incumbents win school board race

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

Jamezetta Bedford tosses another campaign sign in the trunk. She has served on the school board since 2003 and will retain her seat. By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Newcomer Mia Burroughs and three incumbents were elected to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education on Tuesday. Board Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Mike Kelley and Annetta Streater kept…

Read more

Lavelle wins a seat; Broun, Coleman, Chilton returned to board

Posted on November 8, 2007November 8, 2007 by Staff

Lydia Lavelle (left) shares a laugh with her partner, Alicia Stemper. Lavelle was elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, receiving the most votes of any candidate By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Lydia Lavelle, a first-time officeholder and resident of the newly annexed northern portion of Carrboro, gathered the most votes in the election for…

Read more

‘Free men’ reunion recalls civil rights protests

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

  Photo courtesy of Jim Wallace UNC News Services  Participants in and witnesses to desegregation protests that rocked Chapel Hill in the 1960s will speak in a free public program at 5:45 p.m. Nov. 8 in UNC’s Wilson Library. They will recall their experiences and celebrate republication of John Ehle’s The Free Men, a landmark…

Read more

Commissioners reopen waste site search

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

By Taylor Sisk and Susan Dickson Staff Writers The Orange County Board of Commissioners has decided to reopen the search for a solid-waste transfer station after having voted unanimously last March to build the station on the site of a county landfill on Eubanks Road. Residents of the community – led by the Rogers-Eubanks Coalition…

Read more

News Brief: Conservation concert

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

The North Carolina Botanical Garden is hosting a benefit concert for the Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve on November 17, 2007 from 6-9 p.m.. The Stillhouse Bottom Band will perform. RSVP by November 13 at 962-0522. A $20 donation is suggested. Limited on-site child care is available for an Owls of Stillhouse Bottom program hosted by…

Read more

News Brief: Latino dialogue

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

Community Dialog Across Borders will be held November 9 and 10. Moderated by UNC professor Maria Deguzmán, with Pulitzer prize-winning special guests Hector Tobar and Jose Galvez, the presentation will combine literary and visual art to generate dialog about Latino immigration. On Friday it will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. at Central Carolina Community College…

Read more

News Brief: Holiday donors needed

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

The Orange County Department of Social Services is currently recruiting sponsors and donors for its annual holiday programs. The programs, sponsored by the Orange County Department of Social Services in partnership with Toys for Tots and Balloons and Tunes, provide new toys and clothing for low-income, at-risk Orange County children during the holidays. In the…

Read more

News Brief: Rabid bat found

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

A bat found in Hillsborough tested positive for rabies last week at the State Laboratory of Public Health. The bat was found in a home near Walker Road and NC Highway 57. The resident had four cats and two dogs, all of which were currently vaccinated against rabies. Because potential exposure could not be ruled…

Read more

Chatham, state reject land transfer tax

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Staff

Voters across the state rejected the proposed land transfer tax, shooting down the referendum in 16 counties. Chatham County voted 8,265 against and 3,715 for. Total voter turnout in Chatham County was about 32 percent. This year the state gave counties a choice between a 0.4 percent land transfer tax or a sales tax increase…

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • …
  • 187
  • Next

Web Archive

© 2025 The Archive of The Carrboro Citizen | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme