Three weeks after Piedmont Wildlife Center closed its clinic, questions are emerging about its finances and its importance in the local wildlife rehabilitation community. (See “Financial woes prompt wildlife clinic to close early,” July 8.) PWC Executive Director Gail Abrams cited “drastic reductions” in government funding as a primary reason for the clinic’s closing. However, […]
Rebekah L. Cowell
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ChathamArts
Lesley Landis, president of ChathamArts, a nonprofit arts council in its 27th year, calls Chatham County’s artistic treasures an “embarrassment of riches.” The county’s 709 square miles includes such riches as pottery by Mark Hewitt, three-dimensional sculptures by Eddie White, Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance at Shakori Hills and theatrical productions by Ellen Bland. […]
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Pittsboro-Chapel Hill bus route launches Aug. 17
Share the ride What route will the bus travel? The new service will operate between Pittsboro, a park-and-ride at Lowe’s on U.S. 15-501 and U.S. 64 (121 Lowe’s Drive, Pittsboro) and Chapel Hill during peak hours on weekdays. Passengers can also board the express service at planned stops in downtown Pittsboro and Fearrington Village. Additional […]
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Former Piedmont Wildlife board members start new Triangle Wildlife rehab clinic
Less than three days after Piedmont Wildlife Center closed its rehabilitation clinic, many of the center’s former board members and employees announced they are starting a new nonprofit, the Triangle Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic (TWRC). (See “Financial woes prompt wildlife clinic to close early,” July 8.) TWRC will be at the former Piedmont clinic location, 1417 […]
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Financial woes prompt wildlife clinic to close early
At the Piedmont Wildlife Center near Chapel Hill, clinic manager Jeanette Curley and veterinarian Leslie Martin finished emptying the 1,400-square-foot rehabilitation hospital of its turtle room and baby bird nursery, including a saucy jaybird with a hurt toe. The hospital was quiet, save for the constant cheeping of the remaining baby birds asking for their […]
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Make the Yuletide … yourself
Giving and getting: Christmas at its best. In the United States, many live under a perpetual pile of unwanted debt that is shifted from the old year to the new. Yet, when Christmas rolls around, millions of women and men go to the mall and max out another credit card to give gifts not just […]