I strongly support Bill Crawford for Pittsboro mayor. Bill is a lifelong friend of my husband's family. He has worked in restaurant management for the past 30 plus years. He has a family. His wife Cathy is a OB nurse at UNC who also works in the emergency room at Chatham Hospital. He has one daughter at Horton Middle School and a daughter and son at Pittsboro Elementary School.

Americans have become more choosy about whom and how much to tip at the holidays, according to a phone survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. How much to tip and whom to give it to has always been a tricky decision, one that may get harder in these tough economic times. During the 2008 holidays fewer people than in the previous year tipped their newspaper carrier, barber, mail carrier, hairdresser, manicurist, and garbage collector.

The Chatham County Public Health Department reports that a pet cat tested positive for rabies after biting its owner, a veterinarian and the veterinarian’s assistant last week. The State Public Health Laboratory reported the positive test to Animal Control staff on Saturday, October 31.

What is the most segregated hour in the week? The 11 o’clock Sunday church service? Or maybe it is the hour we spend every week or two at the barber shop or beauty salon. Those institutions of renewal, relaxation, and exchange of information and opinion continue to be largely divided by sex and race—especially those that serve the older population.

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Chatham County K-12 school teachers will have the opportunity on November 4th and 5th to meet environmental education resources and learn what those organizations have to offer students and teachers.

The Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is pleased to announce the addition of four new board members. All of the newly appointed women are highly active in the professional and philanthropic community, bringing a diversity of experience and expertise to the Chapter board. These members include: Jessica Grimes of Pittsboro has been a regional consultant with Fidelity Investments for ten years.

Despite talk that the economy is stabilizing, consumer sentiment levels remain low (40.3) growing slightly from September, as Americans report more financial difficulties, according to the latest Consumer Reports Index Report.

Multiple students from high schools in Chatham County Schools have earned commendations from the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement of Advanced Placement (AP) Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.

Twelve schools across the Carolinas have been selected as finalists in the Progress Energy SunSense schools program. Five of the finalists will receive solar photovoltaic installations in the coming months, as part of a partnership between Progress Energy Carolinas and the Carolina Hurricanes Kids ’N Community Foundation.

Chatham Central High School held a college day the morning of Thursday, October 15, for juniors, seniors, and their parents. Fifty-eight institutions of higher education set up displays in the cafeteria where representatives spoke with the students and their parents. The recruiters fielded questions about degree programs offered by their institutions, admission requirements, and financial aid.

Ford has secured its position as the only Detroit automaker with world-class reliability. About 90 percent (46 of 51) of Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln products were found to have average or better reliability, according to Consumer Reports’ 2009 Annual Car Reliability Survey.

Actually, the fact is that Chapel Hill Transit figures the bus will cost $360,000 to run for 18 months. While they have a grant for half of that, the grant money comes from taxpayers. Progressive elected officials and bus supporters seem to forget that fact.

Yes, there still is a free lunch! Every Thursday at St. Bartholomew's Church, corner of Salisbury and Rectory Streets, in downtown Pittsboro. From 12 Noon until 1 PM, we serve delicious restaurant quality food to anyone who comes in the door. No forms to fill out.

Duke’s defense forced two Maryland turnovers late in the fourth quarter to preserve the Blue Devils’ 17-13 victory over the Terrapins on a rain-drenched Saturday afternoon in front of 24,650 fans at Wallace Wade Stadium. The win marks the first time since 1994 that Duke has recorded back-to-back ACC victories.

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The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office conducted several narcotics detection operations during the recent Shakori Hills music festival and made 67 criminal charges and 16 separate arrests at or near the facility. Deputies seized more than three ounces of psychedelic mushrooms, eight ounces of marijuana, eight units of LSD, 54 units of ecstasy, four units of Oxycontin, one unit of Klozapam, and 1.4 grams of powder ecstasy.

Duke (3-3, 1-1 ACC) will host Maryland (2-5, 1-2 ACC) on Saturday, Oct. 24 with kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m. (ET) in Wallace Wade Stadium. The Blue Devils are coming off an open date and two weeks ago defeated N.C. State on the road, 49-28, for its first ACC win. The Terps lost at home, 20-9, against Virginia last weekend.

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Postgame quotes about the North Carolina versus Florida State football game.

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You have to link your Harris Teeter VIC card and Food Lion MVP card every year in order to get donations to the schools (or other charities). Even if you don't have a child in school, you can help our local schools out everytime you go grocery shopping.

I have read on several occasions that the bus costs taxpayers 360k–this is a deliberate and politically-motivated lie and assumes that the bus would be funded for 18 months without any ridership and does not include the fact that we have the 176k grant which you mention—who in their right minds would turn down an opportunity to get 176k to initiate a much requested bus route that offers the opportunity of lessening traffic congestion on 15-501.

Have you ever been to Napoli, the very heart of Southern Italy, and tasted the original “World’s Best” pizza Margherita? It’s a delectable treat of warm, crispy crust, sweet tomato sauce, basil and creamy mozzarella that can only be found in one of those tiny pizzerias with windows that open to the vibrant street life and a view to Mount Vesuvio. Until you embark on that Italian adventure, the closest thing locally to authentic Neapolitan pizza is baked in the wood-fired oven on the grounds of The Goathouse Refuge.