HILLSBOROUGH – Orange County Superior court Judge Allen Baddour expects to rule next week on whether the information provided by tipsters in Eve Carson’s murder will be provided to the defense, he said at a hearing today. Demario Atwater and Laurence Lovette are accused of slaying the former UNC student body president in March 2008. […]
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Bio: Joe Schwartz is a former INDY Week staff writer who works for soccer.com in Hillsborough. He's been a Gooner since he fell for Thierry Henry in 2005, and he still believes in Arsène Wenger.Email: [email protected]
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Chapel Hill Town Council chows down
Chapel Hill Town Council Food Costs Date Amount Vendor 11/04/08 $29.92 Target 11/11/08 $1.85 Harris Teeter 11/18/08 $17.76 Trader Joe’s 11/25/08 $60.55 Harris Teeter 12/04/08 $89.03 Harris Teeter 12/09/08 $14.67 Whole Foods 01/11/09 $250.53 McAlisters 01/13/09 $19.92 Harris Teeter 02/10/09 $52.52 Harris Teeter 02/17/09 $16.23 Harris Teeter 02/21/09 $144.45 That Coffee Place 02/22/09 $469.70 Sandwhich […]
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Chapel Hill mulling the culling of deer
Chapel Hill deer, your days could be numbered. Heeding calls from concerned residents in two neighborhoods, the Town Council on Monday directed the parks and recreation department to investigate curbing Chapel Hill’s deer problem. Councilmembers said the department’s proposal to cure the problem by distributing a pamphlet on deer-resistant plants and fences wouldn’t solve anything. […]
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Chapel Hill Town Council removes shelter cap
All future homeless shelters in Chapel Hill will have to go through the town’s infamously rigorous special-use permit process, and there won’t be a cap on the number of beds, the Town Council decided Monday. The unanimous vote came after an extensive and emotional two-hour discussion during which residents continued to staunchly oppose a new […]
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N&O announces more layoffs
The News & Observer announced plans to cut 21 jobs today, citing declines in advertising revenue. “These reductions affect a number of areas of our operation. Some positions will be eliminated through layoffs, and some departments will have opportunities for employees in certain work groups of two or more to accept a voluntary severance package,” […]
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Kinnaird to run for eighth term
State Senator Ellie Kinnaird will seek another term, she announced today. Kinnaird, who represents Orange and Person counties, considered retiring two cycles ago, but ran again after she couldn’t find a female willing to run for her seat. Now, buoyed by recent success with the Racial Justice Act and the anti-bullying bill and a change […]
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Owner: Health department yet to warn Hookah Bliss
The phone calls from patrons, both long-time and new, come about every 20 minutes at Hookah Bliss these days, everyone wanting to know one thing are you still open? Yes, for now, owner Adam Bliss tells them. The Franklin Street hookah haven is open as usual despite a new statewide smoking ban in restaurants and […]
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Danny Glover coming to UNC for MLK week
Danny Glover of Lethal Weapon and Angels in the Outfield fame is the keynote speaker for UNC’s 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, UNC officials announced today. Glover’s speech highlights the weeklong event, which runs from Jan. 17 to Jan. 22. The talk is free and open to the public and is set […]
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No joy at Hookah Bliss as smoking ban looms
Adam Bliss plans to open his hookah bar Jan. 2, just as he has most days for the last two and a half years, but this time he will be violating a new statewide bar and restaurant smoking ban that goes into effect that same day. “We are going to wait for them to give […]
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2009: A bad year for fish, great one for seagulls
More than 13 million fish died in “fish kill events” in North Carolina in 2009the most in the 13 years that data has been collected. Eighty percent perished in one event last fall when too many fish and not enough oxygen killed 10.2 million Atlantic menhaden fish in the Neuse River, according to a presentation […]