News briefs: 5/31/07
Teens charged with rape
Five local teenagers were arraigned on Tuesday after being charged with first-degree rape over an incident that allegedly took place in September near Southern Village.
Those charged are Sean Lee Crawford-Brown, 17, of 140 BPW Club Road; Mark Anthony Holland, 17, of 2201 Homestead Road; Brian Gregory Minton, 16, of 118 Marin Drive; Mario Chanquez Neville, 17, of 512 Craig St.; and Colton Sanders, 17, of 27 South Circle Drive.
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County, school leaders debate budget
By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
The Orange County Board of Commissioners will likely hear pleas for more funding for the schools at public hearings tonight (Thursday) and Monday on the county manager’s proposed 2007-08 budget.
Last week, County Manager Laura Blackmon presented her recommended budget, which would increase the property tax rate by 3.7 cents, bringing the [...]
Exile on Jones Street
Halfway there — well sorta.
The release of the House budget followed in quick succession by the crossover deadline (even though it was extended) marks a traditional midpoint in the legislative session. But this year, it’s more of a scene setter for the debates and battles ahead.
For after meeting for more than a month together, House [...]
Fundraiser planned
By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
The Swim for Smiles Foundation will host the area’s first-ever youth-only triathlon on Saturday to raise money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital.
Swim for Smiles is a Chapel Hill-based nonprofit organization that raises money for children’s hospitals through youth swim-related sporting events. Gary Kayye, founder of the organization, said they hope to [...]
In support of Voter-Owned Elections
By Robert Morgan
RALEIGH - This past week I traveled to Raleigh to reunite with some old friends and colleagues, such as former congressman Tim Valentine, former legislators Wib Gulley and Ronnie Smith and several North Carolina political leaders, both Democrats and Republicans.
They came to Raleigh to respond to a plea I made to campaign donors [...]
Letters to the Editor - May 31
Worried about move
The scheduled move of Weaver Street Market’s food production facilities and offices to Hillsborough will result in a loss of around 80 jobs for Carrboro and have a detrimental effect on the town and the environment.
The environment impacts are the most obvious: 80 workers driving 24 miles each workday equals around 2,000 [...]
Price makes statement on Iraq War funding bill
By David Price
Rep. David Price submitted the following statement during debate of the Iraq War supplemental funding bill. Price voted against the bill, which he faulted for not including provisions to bring about an end to the war. He noted, however, that the bill includes important benchmarks for political progress in Iraq, and he pledged [...]
An alternative path to chemical security
By Rob Thompson
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are 700 chemical facilities in the United States that put more than 100,000 people at risk of death or serious injury.
Stephen Flynn with the Council on Foreign Relations recently described the chemical plant threat as “[t]he equivalent of weapons of mass destruction prepositioned in some of [...]
Letter from the editor: I love a mystery
By Kirk Ross
Thanks to the efforts of the redoubtable Herb Bresky, I have in my hand an edition of Nyle Frank’s Carrboro Centipede (“Of the Pedes, By the Pedes and for the Pedes) dated Jan 20, 1971.
Under the headline “Carrboro Chosen as Capitol of the Invisible Kingdom,” King Nyle I outlines an ambitious agenda for [...]
Music Calendar: 5/31/07 - 6/07/07
Thursday May 31
The Cave: Early: Rose Verhoeven. Late: Fey, Erie Choir, Grammar Debate. $5
Local 506: Chest Pains, Blag’ard, Fighting Poseiden. 10pm
Weaver Street Market: The Tim Smith Band. 6pm
Friday June 1
Cat’s Cradle: Sage Francis, Buck 65, Alias. 9:30pm. $18
The Cave: Early: Nikki Meets The Hibachi. Late: Rift. $5
Local 506: Wannabeezer, Manic Tantrics. 10pm. $6
Open Eye Café: [...]
Arts Calendar: 5/31/07
Art & Museums
CAROLINA FACES: The Photography of Don Sturkey. Through May 31. UNC Campus: Wilson Library.
HOW HIGH THE MOON - by Maggi Grace. Through May 31. Weaver Street Realty, 929-5658.
PAINTINGS by Amy White -Through May 31. Nested, 338-8023, www.nestedhome.com.
LANDSCAPES NEAR & FAR - works by Julie Eastman. Through May 31. East End Gallery, The ArtsCenter. [...]
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