The family of Doris Lohr Mabe Wood, 80, would like to celebrate her peaceful passing on March 24, 2007 in Virginia Beach, VA. Doris was a homemaker and proud of her years of service as a school bus driver for the City of Chesapeake, VA. Doris was twice widowed; widow of James Lee Wood and…
Author: Staff
Corrections – March 28, 2007
A story about a ride-along with Carrboro police contained sections that did not happen or happened on a different night. The author of the story did not help police direct traffic as reported and an incident with a person who spray-painted a driveway took place on an earlier evening — not during the ride-along. The…
Music week
This week in music March 28 through April 4 This week kicks off with a sold out Leo Kottke show at the ArtsCenter. Bet it was swell. Irish Spring? Fresh on the heels of last week’s Solas show, the center’s Celtic Concert series concludes with Dervish on Thursday, March 29. The next night (that’s Friday,…
County Commissioners March 27 Agenda
The Orange County Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. The top item on the agenda this week is the consideration of the solid waste transfer station. Here’s the full agenda: Note: Background Material on all abstracts available in the Clerk’s Office COMPLIANCE WITH THE “AMERICANS…
Agenda for March 27 meeting
Here’s the agenda for the Board of Aldemen meeting for March 27: Public Hearing on the Temporary Street Closing Permit Application for the Carrboro Classic Duathlon Additional Agenda Item Attachment Public Hearing on a Conditional Use Permit Request for the Morgan Glen Subdivision Additional Agenda Item Attachment Public Hearing on a Draft Ordinance that Establishes…
Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Black Lips, Leo Kottke, Solas
Warning: Former Egyptians frontman Robyn Hitchcock is coming to town Friday, and he can steal your girlfriend if he wants. The guy does it all – singer, songwriter, guitarist, abstract artist, short-story writer and thespian. Hitchcock will be joined onstage at the Cat’s Cradle by the Venus 3: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, the Young Fresh Fellows…
Blackwing Yalobusha to fly
The Moaners’ new release, Blackwing Yalobusha, is already gathering the group a splendid set of review as the duo, just back from a trip south that included Austin, New Orleans and Hattiesburg, get ready for their release party at Cat’s Cradle. For the record, out this month on Yep Roc, guitarist Melissa Swingle and drummer…
Ty and Tyler Steal the Show
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist If it’s mid-March and people around Carrboro aren’t thinking about basketball, something is wrong. But folks around this sleepy mill town are thinking about hoops, which can mean but one thing — the UNC men’s basketball team is still in the NCAA Tournament, so all is right. This truth comes…
Emergency Medicaid expenses studied
Most state Emergency Medicaid spending funds childbirth and pregnancy-related complications for uninsured women, emergency care for sudden-onset problems and end-stage complications of chronic conditions, says a new study from researchers at the university and the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence. According to the study, Emergency Medicaid spending, which represents about one percent of the state’s…
Of Radishes and Rims
It is entirely appropriate to take a moment or two out of March Madness to appreciate a frenzy of activity of a different kind. Just a short drive out Jones Ferry, Old Greensboro, N.C. 54 or Mount Carmel, there are people hard at work nurturing seedlings, weeding through coldframes, getting crops in the field and…
Not My Grandfather’s Newspaper
By Robert Dickson Staff Writer This is the column where I’m supposed to tell you that this isn’t my grandfather’s newspaper. He’s the gentleman you see in the photo accompanying this piece. He and my grandmother started a paper in Raeford, bought another one and merged them into The News-Journal in 1928. The more I…
Peak Oil movies and talks scheduled
Well, nothing lasts forever. That’s essentially the message of a couple of upcoming local screenings — the “nothing forever†in question being the good life, as we’ve heretofore known it, here in the U.S. of A. On Sunday, March 25, from 1:00 to 5:00, the Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist will be hosting…
News briefs: 3/21/07
Tests show powder sent to campaign not harmful According to preliminary test results from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services lab, white powder contained in a letter that arrived at John Edwards’ presidential campaign headquarters in Southern Village on March 14 was not harmful. Edwards’ staff evacuated the building after a staff…
Blunden Wins N.C. Sustainability Energy Leadership Award
Blunden with N.C. State Energy Office Director Larry Shirley. By Mary Beth Bardin Staff Writer Whether he’s riding his bike to work in rain or shine, advising councils on environmental issues or designing affordable co-housing communities, Giles Bluden is always thinking about sustainability. That’s why on March 8, Blunden, president of Blunden Studio, a green…
County looks at waste options
The Orange County Board of Commissioners on March 13 postponed a vote on the site of the county’s future waste transfer station, requesting more information from solid waste director Gayle Wilson and County Manager Laura Blackmon. The board is considering three transfer station sites, including two sites off U.S. 70 in the Eno Economic Development…