Seniors/Wellness Program
ORANGE COUNTY SENIORSTRIDERS, a University Mall-walking program designed for all levels of walkers. 8:00am exercise warm-up, breakfast at Bear Rock, and health talk by local health experts on a variety of topics. Orange County residents age 55 and older. Free. 3rd Wed of every month. 968-2073.
Groups
MEDITATION Practices of Tibetan Buddhism: Shinay, Tonglen & Deity [...]
Denial of service
You would think that here in the tenth largest state in the wealthiest country ever that cutting back on children’s’ health care to save money would be off the table.
Think again. Then count to ten, because it isn’t.
In fact, it’s one of the ways to “balance” the budget that our legislators are considering.
Magnolia Grill’s Ben Barker and Glenn Lozuke talk strategy. Photo by Kirk Ross
The day started around 4:30 a.m. That’s when Miguel Torres and Rudy Rodriguez of Lantern restaurant showed up at the Chapel Hill Creamery to dig a pit and start the coals for the goat and lamb that would be cooked Monterrey style.
Audio: Carlo Petrini remarks at the Chapel Hill Creamery, May 23, 2007
While Slow Food USA’s executive director Erika Lesser translates, the international movement’s founder, Carlo Petrini, encourages the crowd to eat well, eat less and respect the earth. Photo by Kirk Ross
By Matthew Fiorentino
Correspondent
In the pasture of the Chapel Hill Creamery, filled with the smells [...]
Perry Harrison looks at Arlington through the bus window. Photo by Meghan Cooke
By Meghan Cooke
Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons
The memories are still here. Memories of battlefields scarred by the loss of friends, family and comrades years ago. Memories to honor their sacrifice. Memories of one soldier, out of many, remembered by comrades and family for [...]
By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
After hearing from part-time employees who would like to see a health care stipend added to their benefits and a group of supporters of dropping the $100 fee for the Town Commons for some kinds of events, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will take a couple of weeks to study their options [...]
By Taylor Sisk
Staff Writer
OWASA and UNC are testing drinking water after elevated lead levels were found in three new UNC buildings and one that was recently renovated. Testing began after reports that the water tasted unusual in Caudill Labs, Chapman Hall and ITS Manning and in the newly renovated Campus Y.
By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
This budget season’s back-and-forth is not just another year of budget negotiations, Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen told parents at a budget meeting on Tuesday.
Pedersen outlined a number of potential budget cuts the schools could face if the district does not receive its requested budget, and stressed the importance of [...]
By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education named Ephesus Elementary School principal Susan Wells as principal of Culbreth Middle School last week.
Before joining the Chapel-Hill Carrboro school district in 2004, Wells was assistant principal of Hawfields Middle School in the Burlington-Alamance school system.
After nearly a week on the run, Bill Clinton, a local pet emu, was caught by Carrboro Animal Control last week and died after reportedly injuring itself during capture.
Former director of the Orange County Animal Shelter Pat Sanford owned the emu. Sanford has about 30 birds, including another emu named Janet Reno.
CHHS students bike for cancer research
Seven high school students from Chapel Hill will bicycle 3,700 miles across the country this summer to raise funds for cancer research at UNC.
The students will ride with the Washington or Bust Cycle Tour, which starts in Maryland on June 10 and ends 10 weeks later in Washington.
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