Following is the final story in our Breakdown series on mental health care in North Carolina. by Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Buried in the deluge of news about our state’s collapsing mental health care system are reports of at least two encouraging developments in Orange County, each the sort of community-based response that local advocates…
Month: December 2008
Year in Review: A hard year for school
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer It has certainly been a year of transition in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, with the opening of new schools and facilities and the appointment of new administrators. But while many would like to look back on 2008 and remember the new successes of the sports teams and the first…
Red Cross blood drives
The Orange County American Red Cross will hold a number of blood drives over the next weeks. Locations include: Berry’s Grove Baptist Church, 9828 Berry Road, Timberlake, Jan. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m.; Piedmont Electric, 2500 N.C. 86, Hillsborough, Jan. 8 from noon to 5 p.m.; University Mall, 201 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill,…
Aquatic center opens
The Homestead Aquatic Center will open on Saturday. Area swimmers are invited to enjoy the new facility, run by the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department. The center is located in the northwest corner of the 40-acre Homestead Park at 300 Northern Park Drive off Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. The center has…
Community Calendar 12/31/08
Special Events Phil Blank Exhibit — Dec. 12-Jan. 6, 7pm. Wootini. Pittsboro First Sundays — 12-4pm. Food, arts and crafts and music on Hillsboro St. 260-9725, pittsboroshops.com CCCC Registration — Jan. 6, 9am-7pm. Central Carolina Community College will hold open registration for spring semester classes at its campuses in Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties. cccc.edu
Police, fire officials offer holiday safety tips
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer While the holiday season is, for many, a time to come together with friends and family to celebrate, it also brings an increased risk of home break-ins and residential fires. Both the Carrboro Fire-Rescue and Police departments have reported a fairly quiet season thus far; and to keep it that…
Living well at 100 and counting
Obituary: Claire Butcher
Claire Butcher died on December 10, 2008, at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 7, 1930, to Paul and Estella Tenney. On August 26, 1950, she married James H. Butcher. They had two children – J. Jeffrey Butcher and Elaine Butcher Moorefield. She is survived by her husband, Jim, by her son…
Obituary: Mary Alice Renfro Beall
Mary Alice Renfro Beall, age 62, of Chapel Hill, NC, died on Friday, December 12, 2008, following a brave battle with leukemia.
Obituary: Ruth Hodges Sluder
Mrs. Ruth Hodges Sluder, formerly of Chapel Hill, died Monday, December 15, at Guardian Care of Elizabeth City, after a period of declining health.
Obituary: Thomas Calvin McBroom
Thomas Calvin McBroom, 85, 1221 Schley Rd., Hurdle Mills, died peacefully in his some surrounded by his loving family Friday, December 19, 2008. He was born in Orange County and attended Hillsboro schools.
Obituary: Joan Patricia Phillips-Trimmer
Joan Patricia Phillips-Trimmer died suddenly Dec. 7, 2008 at her residence in Chapel Hill. Joan graduated from Wallace O’Neal High School of Pinehurst. She attended Dickinson College two years and graduated from William and Mary College. She received a Masters Degree in Health Education from the Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served…
News brief: Halliday apprehended in burglary
Chapel Hill Police apprehended Carlton Anthony Halliday over the weekend after he was positively identified as the suspect in an armed robbery at Colonial Village at Highland Hills Apartments.
News brief: Robbery suspects charged
Chapel Hill Police have charged three suspects in connection with an armed robbery in the 300 block of West Rosemary Street on Dec. 18.
News brief: Pot, hash siezed in arrest
The Chapel Hill Police Narcotics Unit, with the assistance of the department’s Special Emergency Response Team, seized 11.5 pounds of marijuana and 10.5 ounces of hashish from the residence of Ivan Flemming Moore on Friday.