By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Orange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors are scheduled to hold a special meeting today (Thursday) to consider tighter water restrictions. On the heels of a call from Governor Mike Easley for North Carolinians to step up their conservation efforts, OWASA officials are requesting that the board approve…
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Candidates discuss schools
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Minority student achievement and budget issues were recurring topics of discussion among Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education candidates at a forum Tuesday night. The forum was co-sponsored by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro PTA Council and the League of Women Voters. Incumbents Jamezetta Bedford, Mike Kelley and Annetta Streater are running for…
Club wants you to get cookin’
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Move over Emeril and Rachael Ray, the Carrboro Civic Club is the new inspiration for local chefs, courtesy of its newly released cookbook. The book is available from any Civic Club member or at Tyler’s Taproom, the OCSC and Curves at Carrboro Plaza. It features hundreds of recipes road tested…
Speed table for Oak Avenue wins approval
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After a campaign by residents of Oak Avenue to try to get a handle on out-of-control traffic and speeding on this quiet, narrow mill village street, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed unanimously to build a speed table and step up traffic enforcement. Residents of Oak Avenue gathered at Town…
Early voting information
Carrboro Town Hall, 301 W. Main St., Carrboro Oct. 18 – Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 – Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Board wrestles with affordable housing rules
Alderman Alex Zaffron and Mayor Mark Chilton will take a look at the town’s affordable housing strategy with the hopes of finding some solutions to an ongoing conundrum about how to deal with a slew of downtown condominium projects. As part of a preliminary review of affordable housing plans for the Robertson Square development, the…
News Brief: Charges dropped
First-degree rape charges against five Orange County teens were dismissed on Monday. Charges were filed in May against Colton Sanders, Sean Crawford-Brown, Mark Holland, Mario Neville and Brian Minton. The charges were related to incident that allegedly occurred in September 2006 in the Southern Village area. According to the county district attorney’s office, investigators found…
News Brief: Election forum for mayoral candidates
Six Orange County Democratic Party precincts will host a forum for Chapel Hill Town Council and mayoral candidates on October 27 at 3 p.m. Four seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council are available. Incumbents Sally Greene, Cam Hill, Bill Strom and Jim Ward seek re-election. Matt Czajkowski, Will Raymond and Penny Rich are running…
News Brief: Eleven selected as rights educators
The Orange County Office of Human Rights and Relations recently selected 11 individuals to serve as Community Civil Rights Educators. They are: Antonia Barbosa, Zina Barnett, John Chapman, Rashida Fearrington, Jesse Gibson, Ashley Harrington, Linda Hill, Berneta Lee, Timothy Miles, Carolina Pence and Alejandra Rivera. The educators will undergo civil rights and human relations training…
News Brief: Volunteers needed for revenue advisory committee
The Board of County Commissioners is seeking volunteers to serve on the Orange County Local Revenue Options Education Advisory Committee in preparation 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 help compensate…
Suarez Remembered
 By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Before the fire that claimed her life, Gloria Ines Suarez had dedicated much of her life to educating others. Suarez, 55, died in the fire that destroyed a 14-unit apartment building in Colonial Village at Highland Hills off BPW Club Road in Carrboro last week. Suarez worked as a…
Market rules eyed
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday considered management guidelines for the farmers’ market that will be held at the county’s new Public Market House in Hillsborough. The guidelines, presented by Fletcher Barber, director of the Orange County office of N.C. Cooperative Extension, specify that the market will have a…
News brief: Mental health documentary premiere
The Nothing to Hide Mental Health Coalition will host the premiere showing of a new documentary, Brushes With Life: Art, Artists and Mental Illness, on Tuesday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at the Century Center in Carrboro. It’s the story of an art gallery that solely exhibits the work of those with schizophrenia and other…
News brief: County tax committee
The Board of County Commissioners indicated on Tuesday that they will create an advisory committee to educate the public regarding local tax option referendums that will be put on the May 2008 ballot. 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…
News brief: Breaking and entering
The Carrboro Police Department has charged Aaron Michael Fricke, 20, with several counts of breaking and entering and larceny. The incidents occurred between the end of July and the end of September, mostly to residences in northern Carrboro. Several property owners had recorded serial numbers for many of the stolen items, which assisted the investigation….