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Save The Carrboro Citizen

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 16, 2012 | The Commentators

After almost five years and over 280 consecutive weekly issues, publisher Robert Dickson has decided to sell The Carrboro Citizen. I find this sad news in a market already saturated with local news reporting, including the...

Open Letter To Teachers

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 14, 2012 | The Commentators

An open letter to all teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro city school system: As you may have read or heard, Bert Wartski and I are appealing our involuntary transfers from Chapel Hill High School. As colleagues, we want to...

Fighting This Transfer

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 13, 2012 | The Commentators

Dear Editor, My name is Bert Wartski. As I await the Superior Court Hearing (August 17th at 2 pm at the Old Hillsborough Court House), I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written letters, given...

Legacy or Vanity?

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 6, 2012 | The Commentators

As a native-born Brit, I am naturally brimming with pride over the London Olympics, not just at our medal count, but also at our success in staging an international event of such moment, at a time when money is tight in our...

Letter to all UNC faculty about Paul Frampton

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 2, 2012 | The Commentators

As most of you know, Paul Frampton, the Louis D. Rubin Jr. Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UNC, has been in prison in Argentina since January 23, 2012 on drug charges. As more information about his case...

Ditch Buses on Berm

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 1, 2012 | The Commentators

Driving on I-40 through Chapel Hill and Durham has just gotten a little bit more dicey. Along with fender benders, rear-enders, rubber-neckers and dawdling drivers add buses on the berm to the list of conditions that make...

Ron Stutts Retrospective

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 31, 2012 | The Commentators

Last week WCHL celebrated the 35th Anniversary of Ron Stutts’ start at the station. Surely you noticed, with all the on-the-air promos and all the guests and surprises in the studio last Friday morning. Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt...

Questions for Superintendent Forcella

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 30, 2012 | The Commentators

July 25, 2012 Dear Mr. Forcella, I have been following the debate regarding the involuntary transfers of Mr. Wartski and Mrs. Thompson. As a parent who had two children at Chapel Hill High, one in Mr. Wartski’s class and one in...

July 2012 Second Primary

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 23, 2012 | The Commentators

Did you know we had a second primary July 17th, a run-off election? Apparently, most North Carolinians did not know or care. Despite numerous stories in the media, and of course on WCHL and chapelboro.com, the turnout statewide...

Be Mojo Ambassadors

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 18, 2012 | The Commentators

Just a few weeks ago, the Orange County Visitors Bureau launched a new campaign, inviting visitors to come see, taste, tune in to, and explore Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. A local print outlet took the CVB’s...

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