Carrboro News

She went to Julliard and played viola in Mozarta s motherland, but she was best known for her muffins, staff writer Jesse DeConto writes in this Sunday's Chapel Hill News.

Wes Tillman is the community celebrations supervisor for the Town of Chapel Hill.

While some candidates have already announced their intentions to run, their efforts won't become official until they make the trip to the county board of elections office in Hillsborough to sign on the dotted line and pay their filing fees.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our country's 233rd birthday and ... tomato season.

Small to medium plumbing projects - toilets, sinks and dishwasher installations and repair - Craftsman Direct will come to your house to give you a guaranteed quote.

Carrboro Alderwoman Randee Haven Oa Donnell announced her re-election bid Monday at a solar panel installation on the Town Commons.

The Carrboro Cybrary announces Creative Connections at the Cybrary Art Walk, to be held on Friday, July 10 from 6:00 pm-9:00 pm at the Carrboro Century Center, located at 100 N. Greensboro Street.

Farmers worried about fertilizer and land-use rules had a message for the Board of Aldermen: you're either with us, or against us.

Candidate filing for the 2009 Municipal Elections and the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, July 6 and end at noon on Friday, July 17 at the Orange County Board of Elections office located at 110 East King Street in Hillsborough.

Something's going on in the Heritage Hills neighborhood that may be the wave of the future.

Revised water-conservation standards are now in effect for OWASA customers based on recent actions by the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange County.

Jana Sartor's 3-year-old son, Ezra, loves watching his garden grow. His family is one of many working together in the James Street Community Garden, the latest of three sites developed under the Growing Healthy Kids Project.

It could have been the refrigerated air pulsing into the upstairs room at the Ackland Art Museum.

With Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton announcing he will seek a third term in office, initially it seemed Carrboro's elected offices would remain status quo.

Sammy Slade has become the first challenger to jump into the Carrboro Board of Aldermen race.

Much to the relief of players and parents, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board has approved a teaching position for Chapel Hill High School boys basketball coach Tod Morgan.

The town of Carrboro is looking for residents' input on a new greenway trail. The trail will be about 1.5 miles and begin at Smith Level Road heading west along Morgan Creek to University Lake.

Mark Chilton Residents keep asking me: Could it be true? Could the home of the area's best farmers' market be out to destroy the few remaining farms in its jurisdiction? Of course, the answer is a resounding "No!" As mayor, I am highly committed to local farming and, as I told a group of farmers last month, my door is open to them any time.

CHARLOTTE a ' The community will come together Sunday to remember UNC Charlotte student Ira Yarmolenko, who was murdered more than a year ago.

Even at speeds of 50 or more miles per hour, you may spot some distinctive plants standing out in roadside fields.