OWASA became the ninth water utility in the U.S. to receive the excellence in water treatment award for the Partnership for Safe Water.
Category: Community
Bike and greenways maps available
The Town of Chapel Hill has prepared a Bicycle and Greenways Map that shows bike lanes, greenways and bus routes throughout Chapel Hill.
Chatham libraries closed Tuesday
All Chatham County libraries will be closed on Tuesday due to an equipment upgrade.
Splinter Group wins national award
The Splinter Group recently won a National ADDY Award for advertising creative excellence for the Farmhand Foods logo.
OWASA blood drive
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on June 23 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the OWASA administration building (400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro).
Botanical Garden app
The N.C. Botanical Garden has partnered with Chapel Hill-based GPTrex to produce interactive, family-friendly adventures for visitors with an iPhone or iPad with 3G capabilities.
Carrboro to subsidize efficiency assessments
The Town of Carrboro is expanding its energy-efficiency program to include subsidies for residential energy assessments for homeowners.
Animal art exhibit
Independent Animal Rescue (IAR) commissioned local artists to create 10 unique cutouts of animal images to support the organization’s fundraising efforts.
Local foods program
On Monday at 6 p.m., the Orange County Main Library will host Grown Green, a local foods program and part of the OCLocal Event Series.
Students, veterans honor D-Day
Seven Chapel Hill students, all members of the Columbian Squires youth group at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, traveled to the National D-Day Memorial …
Storytelling for Grown Ups
Storytelling for Grown Ups will take place Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the General Store Café in Pittsboro.
The force is with it
When Luke Skywalker needed a fast spaceship to get off Tatooine in Star Wars, he headed to the cantina in the Mos Eisley spaceport – a “wretched hive of scum and villainy.â€
Graduation announcement
Grace Meyrin Holtkamp, of Orange County, N.C., will graduate on July 1, 2011, with a First Class Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland, after having completed her dissertation on James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
Botanical Garden announces new hours
Extended summer visiting hours for weekends have begun at the N.C. Botanical Garden; the garden is now open on weekends until 6 p.m.
Outdoor pool is open
The A.D. Clark Pool at the Hargraves Community Center is open for the summer.