Games and coverage so far for the first round.
Men
UNC vs. Eastern Kentucky
Thursday, March 15
Approx. 9:50 p.m. on CBS
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Winston Salem
Stories
• Tar Heel Blue: East may be toughest regional in NCAA Field
• Tar Heel Daily: Eddy Landreth at Tar Heel Daily on the season and the future.
Women
UNC vs. Prairie View A&M
Sunday, March [...]
Carrboro residents awoke yesterday morning to find two mysterious objects on the lawn at Carr Mill. The tall, white obelisks–covered with characters–drew the curious.
Seriously, I don’t have a problem with the idea of a reminder of good neighbor rules. But the signs seem so strangely placed–like sentinels of neighborliness. From a design standpoint, the placement, [...]
Senator Ellie Kinnaird has filed a bill to help the ArtsCenter kickstart planning and design for its new facility. The bill (SB656) would direct $100,000 to help plan a major capital campaign and start the programing and schematics on the new center. You can track the progress here.
Here’s the text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT [...]
Justin Smith of the Carrboro Commons posts this story about the Community Dinner. Spent part of that afternoon in the cafetorium myself and it was a lovely time. There was more than enough food, plenty of folks to visit and some great music.
From Justin’s story, this shot of co-host Fred Black making the rounds:
Sima Fallahi is home in Carrboro.
Got an email last night from Bob Wright of the news and about the long days and drives back and forth as the bureaucracy lurched ahead ever so slowly. She’s happy, of course, and thankful of the support. But the ordeal is not over. From Bob’s note:
The legal hurdles (and [...]
If you tuned into WCHL this morning (that’s 1360 on your am dial) and heard Ron Stutts interviewing us about the paper, you might have heard that we’re offering free in-town home delivery for Carrboro (and the contiguous Northside neighborhood in the big city).
To sign up give us a call at 942-2100 or send an [...]
New office: 309 Weaver Street overlooking Mann & Son Body Shop, the corner of Main and Jones Ferry and beyond that the PTA Thrift Shop
New computer: Intel iMac refurb from Apple
New smells: The lure of Tempura wafting over from Akai Hana.
New camera: An Olympus Evolt E-500 kit, used, but in mint condition from Southeastern [...]
Spent a good deal of the evening watching the lunar eclipse. We were lucky to have such clear night for the viewing. Click on the graphic to go to NASA’s lunar eclipse page. Also, if you haven’t bookmarked Astronomy Picture of the Day, you’re missing one of Earth’s coolest science blogs.
Apparently, Robert Dickson and I are starting a newspaper.
While I make some changes to the site, you can read all about The Carrboro Citizen here, here, here, here and in this wonderful, welcoming DTH editorial.
Look for an introduction and an open thread for ideas and suggestions this afternoon. If you can’t wait, feel [...]
Big storms coming this afternoon and tonight. Nexrad radar from Wunderground.
This special weather statement from the National Weather Service:
AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE WEST TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL INCREASE LATER TODAY…REACHING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS [...]
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