Updates to follow Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy issued this statement this afternoon:
Month: May 2009
UNC officials monitoring H1N1 case, possible exposures
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill — A health-care worker with what was described as a mild case of H1N1 — the so-called “swine flu†— has fully recovered after being voluntarily quarantined in her Orange County home. Meanwhile, UNC Health Care officials are closely monitoring 17 patients who may have been exposed to…
Carrboro High supporters in full force at budget hearings
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer At last week’s county budget hearing in Hillsborough and again Tuesday night at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, the color purple and the plans for a new arts wing at Carrboro High School were on display. Wearing Jaguar purple T-shirts with “Build It Now†emblazoned on the…
High school principals chosen
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education appointed principals for Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools last week. Board members named Eileen Tully, principal of Phillips Middle School, as principal of East Chapel Hill High School and Jesse Dingle, a staff member at the…
Epic from an inkwell
By Valarie Schwartz Chapel Hill became a mainstay for Kevin Dixon long before he moved to the area in 1983 at age 18, though he was not born here. His mother, artist Beverly Dixon, was raised in Chapel Hill. She met Kent Dixon at UNC and they married then moved to Baltimore, where he studied…
Board hears little feedback on budget
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer CARRBORO — The Carrboro Board of Aldermen heard very little public comment at a public hearing regarding Town Manager Steve Stewart’s proposed $19.1 million fiscal 2010 operating budget on Tuesday. Only one person — Orange County Housing and Land Trust director Robert Dowling — spoke to the board regarding the…
Big City
If you’re looking for fresh information about what’s going to happen to The Varsity, don’t expect to find much soon. Recent details have been a bit confusing. After the initial round of rumors that the last picture show would be today (Thursday), the new buzz is that the place is on the market and may…
Chapel Hill council ready to vote on budget
By Rich Fowler Staff Writer Chapel Hill officials are preparing the final round of touches on the town’s budget with a lean fiscal year ahead to match the one that ends on June 30. Town council members reviewed the budget at a work session last week. Town Manager Roger Stancil has proposed a budget that…
Weaver Street Market to change rewards plan
Starting June 28, Weaver Street Market will change its co-op rewards from discounts to dividends. Instead of receiving a 5 percent discount on some products at the cash register, consumer-owners will receive a patronage dividend at the end of the year. The senior citizen discounts on Tuesdays and Wednesdays also will be eliminated. The Weaver…
NCCU football players sought in robbery
The Chapel Hill Police Department seeks three men, including two N.C. Central University football players, in connection with a strong-armed robbery in the parking lot of Borders Books on Fordham Boulevard on May 8 around 5 p.m. Police have charged four men with one count each of common-law robbery. One suspect, Dennis Morris Jenkins, 19,…
New animal services facility hours
The new Orange County Animal Services Center will open at noon on June 1. The new facility will be open to the public Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from noon to 6 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 7:30 p.m.; and Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m. The center will be closed on Sunday. The…
Former police chief heads to Spring Lake
Gregg Jarvies, former police chief of the Chapel Hill Police Department, has been hired as interim police chief of the Spring Lake Police Department to help restore the department’s credibility following recent criminal charges against two of its officers. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office recently took control of the police department after two of its…
NAACP banquet to fund scholarships
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NCAAP) will sponsor its annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center. Proceeds from the event will help fund scholarships for local students who plan to continue their education after high school.Radio personality Busta Brown…
Obituary: Margaret Umstead Cobb
Margaret “Peggy†Umstead Cobb, 63, of Chapel Hill, passed away at her home on May 11. She was born on November 1, 1945 in Platteville, WI to the late Margaret “Peggy†Burris Umstead and Frank Graham Umstead, both of whom resided in Chapel Hill most of their lives. Peggy was the eldest of the Umsteads’…
Obituary: William Guthrie Kilpatrick, Jr.
William Guthrie Kilpatrick, Jr. (Bill) of 120 Dixie Garden Drive, Chapel Hill, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 19th at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Guthrie Kilpatrick, Sr., and Ruth Wood Kilpatrick; and grandson, John Christopher Kilpatrick (Chris).