The Orange County Planning Board is accepting applications for an at-large representative.Â
Category: Community
UNC student wins Carrboro library scholarship
The Friends of the Carrboro Library has awarded a $1,500 scholarship to Kate Budries, a student at the UNC School of Information and Library Science.
Transportation board accepting applications
The OUT Board is accepting applications for volunteers to represent Cheeks, Hillsborough, Cedar Grove, Little River, Bingham and Chapel Hill.
Get Out the Vote
Earlier this week, Piedmont Health launched a voter-registration and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) drive.Â
Dog Swim on Sunday
The A.D. Clark outdoor pool will commemorate the end of swimming season with its annual Dog Swim this Sunday.
Good Neighbor Block Party
The Good Neighbor Block Party will be held at the Hargraves Community Center on Sept. 13.
Botanical Garden receives $25K
The Institute for Museum and Library Services has awarded a $25,000 Sparks! Ignition Grant to the N.C. Botanical Garden’s Healing and Hope Through Science (HHTS) program.
Forums to focus on race and politics
Organizing Against Racism (OAR) Alliance will present a series of four election-focused forums.
Farmer Foodshare receives $450k
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation has awarded a three-year grant of $450,000 to Farmer Foodshare.
Summer cat adoption special
Orange County Animal Services is holding a cat adoption special through the end of Labor Day Weekend.
County campus info meetings
Orange County will host two public information meetings on Tuesday about the Southern Orange County Government Services Campus.
Photo contest winners
The Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreations has announced the winners of its first nature photography contest.
Cornucopia receives $75k
Cornucopia Cancer Support Center has received $75,000 in donations and pledges in the month of August.Â
Call for volunteer coaches
The Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department is accepting volunteer basketball coach’s applications for the 2012-13 Youth Basketball Program.
Moving along through writing
Ask any mother her greatest fear, and overwhelmingly the response will be the same: the death of a child.