, The Carrboro Citizen reported that Carrboro and Chapel Hill town leaders were upset over Orange County’s plan to move ahead with reparations to the Rogers-Eubanks Community for almost 40 years of dumping in their majority African-American community.
Category: Opinion
BIG CITY – Like a hurricane
by KIRK ROSS
The governor went up to Washington, D.C., a week or so ago to join the president and the head of FEMA for the announcement of the official start of hurricane season.
In Support of Smart Start and More at Four
A resolution approved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
Letter: To my constituents
The budget has passed the Senate, and thanks to your vigorous advocacy and the Democrats’ pushback we were able to get $428 million restored for education…
Treading on the constitution
Props to Judge Howard Manning for throwing a wrench into the Republicans’ hacking machine that is poised to indiscriminately mangle reform of education for less fortunate kids in the state.
BIG CITY – Please remain calm
by KIRK ROSS
Welcome to the post-Memorial Day part of the program: You may relax, wear white shoes and openly frolic.
Letter: Blood donations needed
This year, start the summer by giving the gift of life to someone in need in our area.
Letter: Different values
Republican budget writers clearly have different values than the majority of North Carolina citizens when it comes to the education of our children.
BIG CITY – History repeats in Northside
by KIRK ROSS
Very early on, it was evident that this effort was not going to be easy.
Soon to be a major motion picture
by Catherine DeVine
Summer of ’97: I’d recently moved into Carrboro with too much stuff.
Letter: Cuts to health fund would hurt youth
As a young person in North Carolina who is passionate about eradicating the use of tobacco, I am very concerned about the budget cuts that would abolish the TRU Movement.
Letter: Don’t cut environmental education
Geographically speaking, North Carolina is one of the most diverse and beautiful states in the union.
Letter: May is Children’s Mental Health Month
Unbelievable, but true: 9 to 14 percent of children from birth to 5 years of age experience depression, anxiety or some other social and emotional problem that negatively effects their functioning and development.
Keep your children well
Given the outrage some have expressed at the contest being held as part of the Adolescents Get Immunized campaign, this is a good time to remind everyone of the public health benefits of childhood immunization.
BIG CITY
Imagineering downtown; Revenue suggestion; Radishes