Francisco Javier doesn’t speak or read English well enough to help his 9-year-old daughter, Lidia, with her homework. So twice a week, Lidia, a student at McDougle Elementary School in Carrboro, traveled, her backpack in tow, to El Centro Latino for tutoring as part of an after-school program for fourth and fifth graders. Now her […]
Joe Schwartz
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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N.C. State shuts down Tar Heels in second half en route to season-ending victory
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALIEGH “N.C. State here we go,” a man dressed all in red shouted as he exited Carter-Finley Stadium, his team having just defeated its bitter rival for the third straight year. “TOB (Tom O’Brien) 3-0. Here we go. Butch Davis, what do you have?” “Stop, you’re making a spectacle,” his girlfriend told him sharply. […]
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A tale of two quarters as UNC leads N.C. State 24-14 at the half
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH Someone turned on the offensive switch at Carter-Finely Stadium in the second quarter. After a first stanza that saw N.C. State go three and out on all three possessions and UNC come away with a field goal and a turnover in two red zone trips, the teams combined for five touchdowns to close […]
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Rogers Road advocate reflects on his trip to D.C.
Minister Robert Campbell, a long-standing advocate for environmental justice and the Rogers Road community, took his message to the White House last week. He was invited to a roundtable on clean energy and public health led by Lisa Jackson of the EPA and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. You can read more about […]
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Orange County set to move main library to new site
Orange County’s main library will close its doors Dec. 13 to make way for a new $8.1 million facility that will open Jan. 8. The new 23,500-square-foot building at 137 W. Margaret Lane in Hillsborough will be 10,000 square feet larger than the current space and will feature two floors with added amenities including a […]
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Robert Dowling
You can’t mention affordable housing in Orange County without invoking the name of Robert Dowling. Just ask any local politician. Or ask all the people who live in neighborhoods they never could have called home without Dowling’s hard work. “For my tenure as mayor, whenever developers have come in to talk to me about a […]
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Michelle Cotton Laws
When Michelle Cotton Laws rose to speak at the dedication of Chapel Hill’s Peace and Justice Plaza this past August (download MP3), she found herself looking straight into the eyes of Silent Sama statue of a gun-toting Confederate soldier that famously adorns the UNC campus. For the crowd gathered in front of the Franklin Street […]
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RailHawks’ Selby Wellman: Expect at least 10 teams in NASL
Carolina RailHawks majority owner Selby Wellman expects at least 10 teams to be in the newly named North American Soccer League, though he declined to name the possible additions to the nine confirmed ownership groups. Wellman and fellow owners announced Monday that they will bring back the NASL name, conjuring up memories of the first […]
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IFC calls on public for holiday meal help
Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s Interfaith Council is asking for your help as more families than ever are in need of a holiday meal this season. Executive Director Chris Moran says he’s seen a 52 percent increase from last year in families using the food pantry, with 2,560 households participating. “That number keeps going up every month, and […]
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Turnovers, running game dooms N.C. State against the Hokies
TV/ESPNU Prolific Hokie freshman running back Ryan Williams ran wild Saturday, scoring four touchdowns as No. 15 Virginia Tech defeated N.C. State comfortably, 38-10. Early turnovers, an inability to run the ball or stop the run plagued the Wolfpack (4-7, 1-6 ACC) all day. N.C. State’s depleted team, now missing 12 players to season-ending injuries, […]