Culbreth Middle
Boys’ Basketball
(via coach Mike Harris)

12/11/07

The Cougar varsity boys survived a tenacious effort by Smith last night. It was a team effort that pulled Culbreth to victory, 43-36. Keenan van Name led the Cougars with 12 points and an overall great game at both ends of the court. Drew Davis came on strong in the second half with 7 points while Denzel Ingram shredded the Smith pressure with many assists and 11 points. Thaijsari Ruffin and Michael Thornton played well inside for the Cougars.

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A large green containment system downstream from downtown has been removed, and work to repair sewer infrastructure on and to the Wendy’s on Greensboro Street is complete, town officials said. More »

In Orange County, recycling scheduled for Christmas Day (Tuesday) will be collected on Saturday, December 29.

The Orange County Landfill will close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve and reopen December 26.
Solid Waste Convenience Center services will close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve and reopen December 27. More »

The Orange County Board of Elections announced last week that Tracy Reams, elections director for Nash County, has accepted the position of elections director for Orange County. More »

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education tonight (Thursday) will consider the recommended calendars for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years.

If the board approves the 2008-09 calendar, students will start school August 25, with teachers starting on August 15. Under the recommended calendar, the last day of school would be June 10, 2009, and high school graduation would be June 13. More »

UNC News Services

In projects ranging from representing victims of domestic violence to providing income tax filing assistance, students at UNC are continuing a tradition of public service in North Carolina with the help of Seagraves Service Grants. More »

Contrary to what was reported in last week’s story about Carrboro Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, the building the doctors now occupy has central heat and air conditioning. We regret the error.

Higher ground
This county is no more awash in illegals than it was at another time “awash” in Italians, Irish and Germans. If it is awash in anything, it’s in racist and dangerous rhetoric contrary to the highest principles on which it was founded.

Occasionally, this column has joined the attempt to inject some simple sanity into the increasingly polarized debate over this country’s policies and attitudes about immigration. More »

Rebekah L. Cowell

If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a dozen times, “It just doesn’t feel like Christmas,” with a segue into the favorite topic, our un-seasonably warm weather. True, it doesn’t feel like December, even for the South. But for me, this is the best Christmas present the weather gods could bestow upon us, other than, say, a couple inches of rain. If you gods/goddesses are listening, send us some rain, please! More »

Sarah Preston

Recently, a number of North Carolina mayors came together to call for the state Senate to address the gang problems facing the state. The group complained that the General Assembly has not effectively handled the problem and said they will work to see the so-called “Street Gang Prevention Act” (a bill passed by the House of Representatives last July that would have created a number of new criminal offenses, upped numerous penalties and promised to swell the state’s prison population) pass the Senate next year. There is nothing wrong with wanting legislators to address a problem causing a great deal of concern, but adequately handling this situation takes careful consideration. More »

Immigration flip-flop
I noted that in last week’s Citizen, Sen. Ellie Kinnaird singled out Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee as saying, “We’re a better country than to punish children for what their parents did.

We’re a better country than that.” However, by the time the Citizen went to press, Huckabee had changed his mind on illegal immigration, and thus Kinnaird’s praise was already out of date. More »

By Valarie Schwartz

A clan of turkey vultures came callin’ Sunday afternoon. Enjoying the cold, gusty, brilliant weather, the white undersides of their wings shone like aluminum with the waning sun glimmering upon them as dozens gathered overhead. More »

Matt and Sheila planning to open Neal’s Deli

By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

From the intersection of Main and Greensboro, you’ll take the sidewalk along the east side and veer onto the ramp. Further down the sidewalk, there’ll also be a short flight of stairs to the porch and entryway.

That how to get to Neal’s Deli, due to open in “early 2008” — and judging from the buzz already going on around town, if you’re planning on heading there around lunchtime, expect some company. More »

Daniel Alexander Okun died Monday, December 10, in Chapel Hill, NC, of complications associated with leukemia. He was Kenan Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and had served the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for over 50 years. Professor Okun was widely recognized for the engineering insight and passion he brought to protection of the world’s water resources, especially those dedicated to human consumption. More »

Alta Duke Singletary, 96, passed away at UNC Hospital on Sunday, December 16. 2007.

She worked for UNC-Chapel Hill University as a secretary for the UNC Physical Education Department, retiring after 20 years of service. She was a member of University Baptist Church in Chapel Hill and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.  More »