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Slater details Weaver Street Market’s Hillsborough moves


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By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

Ever since Weaver Street Market announced plans to open a store in Hillsborough and move administrative offices and food preparation out of Carrboro, concerns have been raised about the impact on the Carrboro economy and the workers whose jobs are heading to the county seat.

In a recent interview, Ruffin Slater, general manager of Weaver Street Market, said the decision to move offices and food preparation out of Carrboro and into new facilities in Hillsborough was neither easy nor quick.

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Easy Rider

Easy Rider
State Senator Ellie Kinnaird guides her bike toward the ribbon as part of last Friday’s opening ceremonies for the Roberson Place bike path. The new path runs from Wesley and Eugene Street to Purple Leaf Place.

photo courtesy of Mariana Fiorentino

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Share your views on Carolina North

Got some thoughts you’d like to share on the shape of Carolina North? Here’s your opportunity.

This Monday, June 4, at 7 p.m., the grassroots citizens group Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth will be hosting a community forum at the Chapel Hill Town Hall.

This will be an opportunity for citizens to learn of the most recent developments in the planning for UNC’s proposed research campus to be sited on the Horace Williams tract and to discuss its potential impacts.

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Researcher wins Lance Armstrong foundation grant

UNC News Services

Treatment for head and neck cancer is particularly aggressive, affecting speech, swallowing, breathing and communication. A grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation to UNC will fund research on the experiences of head and neck cancer survivors, so that health professionals can effectively manage the impact of treatment

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High-quality child care for low-income kids offsets the risk of later depression

UNC News Services

Young adults from low-income families who were in full-time early educational child care from infancy to age 5 reported fewer symptoms of depression than their peers who were not in this type of care, according to a new report. The early educational intervention also appears to have protected the children to some extent against the negative effects of their home environments.

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News briefs: 5/31/07

Teens charged with rape
Five local teenagers were arraigned on Tuesday after being charged with first-degree rape over an incident that allegedly took place in September near Southern Village.

Those charged are Sean Lee Crawford-Brown, 17, of 140 BPW Club Road; Mark Anthony Holland, 17, of 2201 Homestead Road; Brian Gregory Minton, 16, of 118 Marin Drive; Mario Chanquez Neville, 17, of 512 Craig St.; and Colton Sanders, 17, of 27 South Circle Drive.

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County, school leaders debate budget

By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

The Orange County Board of Commissioners will likely hear pleas for more funding for the schools at public hearings tonight (Thursday) and Monday on the county manager’s proposed 2007-08 budget.

Last week, County Manager Laura Blackmon presented her recommended budget, which would increase the property tax rate by 3.7 cents, bringing the countywide tax rate to 94 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. For a $200,000 home, the tax would increase $74. The special district tax for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district would remain at 18.85 cents.

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Exile on Jones Street

Halfway there — well sorta.
The release of the House budget followed in quick succession by the crossover deadline (even though it was extended) marks a traditional midpoint in the legislative session. But this year, it’s more of a scene setter for the debates and battles ahead.

For after meeting for more than a month together, House and Senate budget writers parted company about a month ago and began meeting separately.

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Fundraiser planned

By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

The Swim for Smiles Foundation will host the area’s first-ever youth-only triathlon on Saturday to raise money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital.

Swim for Smiles is a Chapel Hill-based nonprofit organization that raises money for children’s hospitals through youth swim-related sporting events. Gary Kayye, founder of the organization, said they hope to raise $20,000 through the triathlon.

The two-year-old foundation has already raised more than $14,000 for local children’s hospitals with charity swim meets and relay events.

To register for the area’s first-ever youth-only triathlon or for more information about the event, visit www.swimforsmiles.org. To make a donation, send a check to the Swim for Smiles Foundation, 400 Meadowmont Village Cr., Suite 425, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27517.

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In support of Voter-Owned Elections

By Robert Morgan

RALEIGH – This past week I traveled to Raleigh to reunite with some old friends and colleagues, such as former congressman Tim Valentine, former legislators Wib Gulley and Ronnie Smith and several North Carolina political leaders, both Democrats and Republicans.

They came to Raleigh to respond to a plea I made to campaign donors around the state: to stand up and say enough is enough and to demand the legislature begin the process of reforming our campaigns to reduce the corrosive influence of money over politics.

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Letters to the Editor – May 31

Worried about move

The scheduled move of Weaver Street Market’s food production facilities and offices to Hillsborough will result in a loss of around 80 jobs for Carrboro and have a detrimental effect on the town and the environment.

The environment impacts are the most obvious: 80 workers driving 24 miles each workday equals around 2,000 miles a day. That is a lot of carbon emission, and it doesn’t include the added distribution miles of having a non-centrally located production and office facility.