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Pittsboro joins Google race

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Staff

The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners voted last week to support the town’s application to Google’s Fiber for Communities experimental program …

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Pittsboro courthouse destroyed in fire

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

The Chatham County Courthouse, built in 1881 and since Pittsboro’s most distinguished landmark, caught fire around 4:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon, and by 6 p.m. was a smoldering skeleton of its former self. The cause of the fire is at yet unknown, but the exterior of the building had been undergoing renovations, surrounded with scaffolding, and…

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Spring heralds a rush to the fields

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

Dawson’s Maple Spring Gardens in Cedar Grove is among the places where farmers who supply an abundance of produce at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market have adapted to the sometimes-unpredictable Carolina winters.

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Local doctors aid Haiti quake relief

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Staff

For weeks now, Americans have been bombarded by images of disaster and relief efforts following the earthquake in Haiti. Two Chapel Hill doctors have experienced these images firsthand.

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Citizen gathers awards

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

The Carrboro Citizen won three awards in the 2009 North Carolina Press Association’s News, Editorial and Photojournalism contest. The association presented the awards at an assembly on March 18 in the Dean Smith Center.

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Board continues lighting discussion

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

CARRBORO — The Carrboro Board of Aldermen wants to see more tweaks to a new set of regulations aimed at dimming light pollution throughout town.

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Council puts library bond sale on hold

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel Hill Town Council will wait until at least mid-April and possibly late May before making a decision on issuing $16 million in bonds for the proposed expansion of the Chapel Hill Public Library.

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Survey highlights challenges

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

CHAPEL HILL — A survey of town residents shows a high level of satisfaction with most town services, but at the same time underlines concerns about high taxes and perceptions of downtown.

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Police chief resigns

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Staff

Hillsborough Police Chief Clarence Birkhead, who recently filed to run in the Democratic primary for Orange County sheriff, announced this week that he will step down on April 2.

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IFC receives $25,000 grant

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Staff

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service has received a $25,000 grant from Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina for programs related to the Food Pantry and Community Kitchen Program.

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Study questions use, cost of deportation program

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Staff

A program in which local law-enforcement agencies refer immigrants who are in the country illegally to federal enforcers is resulting mostly in deportation of people arrested for minor offenses.

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Earth Hour

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Staff

The Town of Carrboro is encouraging residents to observe Earth Hour, starting at 8:30 p.m. this Saturday.

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IFC hosting discussion on shelter

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service is hosting three community discussion sessions on the proposed new Community House on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and other IFC projects.

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Two dead in townhouse fire

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

A March 19 residential fire at 1816 Legion Road killed two people and left investigators sifting for clues.

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Chapel Hill raccoon rabid

Posted on March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Staff

In the first confirmed Orange County rabies case of 2010, Orange County Animal Services received a positive rabies result for a raccoon.

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