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TerraVITA: A Chapel Hill Sustainable Food Event

Posted by Staff | Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized

Sigh. I know what’s bringing you down. Forget the clingy heat, forget the fact the worst of the summer sun is still to come and that is making this Monday drag on just a little longer than you like. You’re bummed...

Enough Already!

Posted by Staff | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

In 1996 I had the honor of being appointed to serve on the Chapel Hill Public Library Board of Trustees and later was reappointed to a second term. During my tenure, I also served as the Board’s chair. In addition to our normal...

You Da Boy!

Posted by Art Chansky | Jun 10, 2011 | Uncategorized

Chapel Hill’s Ben Griffin is 5-foot-7 and 125 pounds soaking sweat from a summer afternoon on the golf course. He turned 15 last month and is a freshman at East Chapel Hill High.He is also the state high school 4A golf champion...

The Cicada Invasion

Posted by Staff | Jun 9, 2011 | Uncategorized

I have had houseguests for over a month who have created quite a racket and have left a mess all over the yard. I guess it is alright as they won’t be back for another 13 years. I am referring, of course, to the 13-year...

How to prepare for your next mortgage application.

Posted by Staff | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

Many people I speak with dread the gathering of documents. Use this checklist, and it will be much easier. Remember that every lender may have slightly different requirements. When Automated Underwriting is run, a list of...

Scholarship Programs for Education… What Do They Mean To A Community in Today?

Posted by Staff | May 4, 2011 | Uncategorized

As I was reading a recent blog post regarding budget cuts to the UNC system in the area of 15 percent equating to an estimated $75 million and the quality of education for 222,000 students in North Carolina I applaud any...

Let's Go Beyond Civil War Markers at Town-Gown Border

Posted by Staff | May 3, 2011 | Uncategorized

On either side of downtown Franklin Street’s stonewall are not one but two Confederate markers. If we are what we remember, it is long past time for UNC and Chapel Hill to recognize similarly the town’s first African-American...

“They are trying to eat Big Bird”

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 18, 2011 | D.G. Martin

The hundreds of William Friday’s friends and fans who gathered to hear him speak last week might not have guessed that the institutions he worked so hard to build were threatened by the just-released legislative budget...

What kind of paper money and why?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 11, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What is money? I asked that question again recently when I heard that State Representative Glen Bradley had introduced House Bill 301 to “study whether this State should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the...

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