“It’s only paint”
A fictional account of the chartering of venable
By Catherine DeVine
The published histories of Carrboro’s establishment as a town apart from Chapel Hill place all of the action at the West End train station and the prosperous textile mill adjacent to it. We know that Julian Shakespeare Carr bought the mill from Thomas Lloyd, who died the same year the town was incorporated as Venable in 1911. The fact of Thomas Lloyd’s illiteracy appears in all accounts. I invented his helper. —Catherine DeVine
They were all dressed up that day, even the clerks. The University had dispatched a young man with a camera, and a rumor started early that he was trotting up to the West End with President Venable himself. Whether or not the President wanted his picture made at the train station, there was a freshly painted sign out there waiting for him to smile beside: “Venable, North Carolina.” The young man with the camera would make the most of that.
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Rain or shine, Sunday is Carrboro Day
Whether it’s held indoors at the Century Center or outside at Town Commons, Sunday May 6 is Carrboro Day — the annual toast to the town sponsored by the Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department.
The music starts at 12:30 p.m. and runs along with the festivities until 6 p.m. In addition to music, storytelling and poetry [...]
Town looks at tax and no-tax options for new budget
By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen received twin budget proposals Tuesday night, one with no tax increase and another with a plan for raising the tax rate by 2.86 cents, a hike of slightly more than 4.5 percent.
In presenting his proposal, Town Manager Steve Stewart noted that the town has avoided a tax [...]
Former mayor pro tem John D. Boone dies
By Taylor Sisk
Staff Writer
Carrboro lifelong resident and longtime community activist John D. Boone Jr. died last Saturday at UNC Hospitals. He was 78.
Boone had retired as head of the purchasing department at UNC. He was a member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen from 1972 to 1987and also served as mayor pro tem. He was [...]
School budgets a concern
By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County schools superintendents Neil Pedersen and Shirley Carraway warned that the school districts could see major cuts if they don’t receive funds requested in their annual budgets.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County boards of education met with the Board of County Commissioners on Monday night for a joint [...]
Redistricting plan ready for review
By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
This Thursday, for perhaps the final time this year, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will revisit redistricting and consider a plan that would move nearly 500 students to a new elementary school when it opens in the fall of 2008.
The board is redistricting in order to move students to the new [...]
Let our medians bloom
Flowing hummocks of clover filling the highway median south of town. Photo by Ken Moore
By Ken Moore
“Grass is the most abused of all plants!” decried Steve Warner, a cherished older friend of mine, an Ohio landscape architect who many years ago retired down on a farm on the White Oak River near Swansboro. Part [...]
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