D.L. Anderson Endings like this remind us of why we do what we do: As a result of the Indyarticle published March 3, Bruce and his family are reuniting after losing touch many years ago. One of his siblings discovered the story and passed it along to other family members who have contacted Bruce. In […]
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Durham Central Market eyes vacant lot for store
Durham Central Market announced today that it acquired an option to purchase a vacant lot for a new cooperatively owned grocery store at the southwest corner of Mangum and Broadway streets. The area is about two blocks north of Public Hardware and three blocks east of the Farmers’ Market just north of downtown. The New […]
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A Great Unleashing in Carrboro
Chapel Hill and Carrboro are among 278 towns whose residents are working toward becoming self-sustainable without using fossil fuels, especially coal and oil. Mimi Kelly reports for the Indy on the “Great unleashing” Known as the Transition movement, resilience is at its core. “Resilience is a system,” Rob Hopkins who founded Transitions in England in […]
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Cary-based Icarus Studios lays off workers, fails to pay them
The employees at Icarus Studios knew something was amiss on Friday, April 30, when their paychecks hadn’t been deposited into their bank accounts. The second clue came later that day when one worker saw a colleague crying in the company kitchen. Finally, at a company meeting that afternoon, James Hettinger, co-founder and CEO of the […]
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Children’s University preschool owner sentenced for bad check
Lisa McEntyre finally showed up. The owner of Children’s University, a five-star preschool in Chapel Hill, arrived breathless and an hour late to her criminal trial last week in Orange County Superior Courtand a lot of people were waiting for her: representatives from the state Employment Security Commission, the plaintiff in the case, whom she […]
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Latest violation at Bingham: the wetlands
Last summer, concerned neighbors of UNC’s Bingham Facility walked the nearby wooded private land and pointed out the creek, streams and other environmentally sensitive areas on and adjacent to university property. Then, as now, neighbors were troubled by potential environmental impacts of the facility’s storage ponds and spray fields that held or dispersed treated wastewater […]
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Children’s University owner sentenced over failure to pay state
Lisa McEntyre finally showed up. The owner of Children’s University, a five-star preschool in Chapel Hill, arrived breathless and an hour late to her criminal trial this morning in Orange County Superior Court—and a lot of people were waiting for her: Representatives from the state Employment Security Commission, the plaintiff in today’s case, whom she […]
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Weird trash in our waterways
Download 2008 N.C. Litter Report (PDF, 805 KB) 2009 N.C. Litter Report (PDF, 1.5 MB) Hey, you, the one who tossed the McDonald’s cup out your car window: You’re a loser. And so are the people who threw 20 pounds of floppy discs, 17 golf balls, 12 hair bows and 10 boxes of grits into […]
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Black, Walker head to November election in District Court 14 race
Despite a tumultuous judicial career, Freda Black received the most votes in the District Court Judge District 14 race (McKown seat) in Durham County. Her total, 6,387, was just 443 more than second-place finisher Doretta Walker. The two will face off in November. Walker edged Kerry Sutton by just 201 votes. Steven Storch finished fourth […]
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Injunction granted against Robeson County Animal Shelter
A judge awarded a temporary restraining order against the Robeson County Animal Shelter prohibiting it from euthanizing animals when citizens or animal rescue groups are trying to adopt or foster them. A hearing is scheduled for Friday, May 7, in Robeson District Court. The Gerber Animal Law Center, based in Raleigh, has sued Robeson County […]
