By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

According to a Silver Alert issued for him more than a month ago, 20-year-old Joshua McCabe Bailey was last seen on Weaver Street at 2 p.m. on July 21.

Last week, Bailey’s remains were uncovered off Big Woods Road in Chatham County, and now six young men are charged in his abduction and killing, the parents of one of those charged are facing accessory charges and a young woman and three of those charged in the Bailey case are facing kidnapping charges in a bizarre related abduction and assault.
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By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

After hours of public comment, discussion and presentation from developers, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday postponed a decision on the proposed 300 East Main Street project.

Board members said they had additional questions about the development, and continued the public hearing and postponed a vote on the project until a special meeting on Sept. 30. The board opened the public hearing on Aug. 26.
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By Taylor Sisk
Staff Writer

At a Tuesday night solid-waste transfer station work session, Rogers-Eubanks community members and their supporters once again turned out in force. With some lifting signs that read “No to Eubanks-Rogers Rd. Solid Waste Transfer Site,” they urged that after 36 years of hosting the Orange County Landfill, Eubanks Road should be removed from consideration as a potential transfer station site.

And while Eubanks remains on the list of potential sites, at least one Orange County commissioner hinted Tuesday night that when the list is further narrowed on Oct. 21, Eubanks might well no longer be on it.
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By Ken Moore
Next week, Sep 24-30, is “Take a Child Outside Week,” and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences has planned some specific activities to promote awareness (www.naturalsciences.org).

A visit to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh begins with awareness on the outside. Along the half-block-long north side of the museum facing Jones Street, there is a wild garden in dramatic contrast to the strictly regimented lawn and shrub monoculture of the North Carolina Legislature across the street.
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By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

As in many of Shakespeare’s plays, over the course of Pericles the protagonist loses everything – family, love, fortune and friends.

“But unlike other plays, he doesn’t do anything wrong to lose everything,” said Joe Haj, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Theater and director of the company’s production of Pericles.
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By Valarie Schwartz

Thoughts of the Bynum Front Porch and a spinning wheel might not conjure visions of Las Vegas, but that’s what an energetic Chatham County bunch has in mind. Bynum Front Porch board members may use a rocking chair as their trademark — and even allowed a couple of actors to rock on the porch (for a fair price) in a recent political announcement — but they are betting that plenty of people would like to help them raise money for some local programs by taking a few gambles. To that end, they’re bringing in professional gaming tables and croupiers and have hired three Las Vegas lounge-style acts to perform at the Chatham Mills on Oct. 18 from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
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Thursday Sept 18

Blue Bayou Club: Tokyo Rosenthal. 9pm
Blue Horn Lounge: Pete Waggoner. 9pm
Cat’s Cradle: Abbey Road LIVE presents: Magical Mystery Tour! 8pm, $15-17
The Cave: EARLY: Ken Mickey. LATE: Embarassing Fruits, Secret Message Machine, Summer Camp Casanova
General Store Cafe: Jazz with Tony Galiani. 8pm
Local 506: Ari Hest, K.S. Rhodes. 9:30pm, $8-10
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Prepárate Ferias

Prepárate Ferias de preparación para desastres naturales. Chapel Hill: el 23 a 25 de Septiembre, de 10a.m. a 4p.m. en el vestíbulo del NC Children’s Hospital de UNC. Hillsborough: el sábado, el 20 de septiembre, 9a.m. a 2p.m., en las afueras del Wal-Mart. Premios, información gratuita. www.readyorange.com; 245-2462. ¿Quiere información pero no se puede ir a la feria? Para información en español acerca de preparación para desastres naturales, visite a www.listonc.org ó www.cruzrojaamericana.org
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The Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday postponed a decision on the special-use permit application for Buckhorn Village, with a possible decision regarding the application set for Oct. 7.
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The Orange County Commission for Women will sponsor the 2008 Orange County Women’s Agenda Assembly on Oct. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Southern Human Services on Homestead Road.
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Triangle Transit is seeking feedback on proposed changes to its Hillsborough to Chapel Hill bus route.

Route 420 is experiencing overcrowding during peak commute times and Triangle Transit is working with Chapel Hill Transit to add vehicles with more seating capacity to address the issue. Orange Public Transportation would still operate mid-day service.
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Special Events

Asthma Walk — Sept. 27, 10am, registration 8am. NCSU Centennial Campus. 832-8326, www.asthmawalk.org

Benefit Golf Tournament — Sept. 27, 2pm. Benefits children with disabilities. Preserve at Jordan Lake. 966-8494, www.thehonours.org/2008%20Tournament.html
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By Jack Carley
Staff Writer

The home of a local green builder is featured on a television show this week. Renovation Nation, which airs on the Planet Green channel, will present builder Mark Marcoplos’ Orange County home this week, showing off the house’s green features.
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By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

The old holly tree in downtown Pittsboro that was said to be over 100 years old was cut down last week because of safety concerns.

The tree was located in a parking lot across from the General Store Café, in the center of Pittsboro. According to Vance Remick, owner of the café, the tree was cut down by John Justice, who owns the parking lot and the building where the café is located.
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A rational pause

The 300 East Main Street project is big, both in size and in how it is likely to change the eastern edge of Carrboro’s burgeoning downtown.

The project, the result of a decade of discussion and “visioning,” and at least four years of serious back and forth between the town, developers and some of the key entities — mainly The ArtsCenter and Cat’s Cradle — that will be affected.
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