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| Kate Brodie (from left), Cecilia Hernaine deDavis, Jeni Smith, Jennifer Evans and Vimala Rajendran rehearse the play "Speaking Without Tongues," about violence against women and girls at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. |
Stories difficult, uplifting and healing
CARRBORO -- "When they love you so much they would rather see you dead than gone, you better be an escape artist: eyes on every exit -- cause they got them closed."
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Report: Schools need work on details
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has a great handle on the big picture of its buildings -- the bricks and mortar, the roofs, walls and foundation. |
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AmeriCorps' role in literacy training reaps gratitude
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Like many immigrants in Orange County, Ranulfo Franco came to the U.S. without knowing any English.
"At the beginning, I didn't want to come," said Franco, a native of Mexico. "But I decided to come and visit my brother. After a week, I felt something very good." |
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Alert issued for missing man
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The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a local endangered man.
James Thomas "JT" Horton, 78, left his home on Mt. Carmel Church Road to go to a doctor's appointment scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday on Conner Drive, but never arrived at his destination. |
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May 14
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Public speaks on public election funds
CHAPEL HILL -- A public hearing on a proposed public financing program for elections in Chapel Hill on Wednesday night gave way to a debate over the relative virtues of incumbency.
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UNC offensive lineman, Ken Huff, will be honored
CHAPEL HILL -- If Ken Huff's eyes had been as strong as his broad shoulders, North Carolina might never have looked all that appealing to the son of a U.S. Navy officer.
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Drought cuts into OWASA funds
CHAPEL HILL -- The drought may be over, but the fallout continues.
Orange Water and Sewer Authority's Budget and Financial Planning Committee has recommended that odor elimination projects at the Mason Farm Wastewater Treatment Plant scheduled for 2009-2011 be delayed three years, an unintended consequence of conservation measures that could result in a 13-percent decrease in water revenues for the utility during the next fiscal year.
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LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
2 raccoons found to have rabies
ECHHS choral concert slated
County considers dog tether limit
Conservation event announced
Hillsborough film festival planned
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City schools want to standardize grading systems
CHAPEL HILL -- The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district plans to make sure an "A" is always an "A."
The creation of a consistent grading scheme for the three high schools is at the top of the Board of Education's list of priorities for the upcoming school year. That means, under a new policy, students' grades would be assessed using the same standards per grade and department, said Stephanie Knott, the district's assistant to the superintendent for community relations.
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Town Board miffed by county
HILLSBOROUGH -- Plans for the development of Buckhorn Village -- a sprawling shopping center proposed for the western part of the county -- were a "slap in the face" to some members of the Hillsborough Town Board.
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