ACC announces game times for early season football games
[May 24, 2013] The ACC announced game times and TV schedules for the first three weeks of the season, with the exception of a few road nonconference games, as well as four of five Thursday night contests which will be nationally televised by ESPN. [In Sports]

Determining non-profit funding in the Chatham County budget
[May 23, 2013] Usually the most emotional portion of the county budget discussion every year is the non-profit funding. I've watched this process be refined every year for a number of years now and doubt that many people understand the effort that goes into it. I don't envy the volunteers that review the applications since there are always requests for a lot more money than is available. I also respect county staff for continually working to improve the system to ensure that county funds are used as fairly and effectively as possible. [In Opinion]

Percentage of Democrats drops in North Carolina and Chatham County
[May 23, 2013] In the past three years, the Democratic party has lost about 6 percent of its voters. The Republican and Independent (unaffiliated) have gained that much, almost equally. The state roll of Democrats is at 43 percent of total registered, Republicans at 31 percent and Independents at 26 percent. By Tom Glendinning [In Opinion]

Chatham Community Library phone service will be out of service on May 24
[May 23, 2013] Patrons of Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro will not be able to get through to the library by phone on Friday, May 24, beginning at 3:30 pm and possibly until closing at 6 pm that day. The outage is due to a scheduled upgrade to Central Carolina Community College’s phone system, which serves the library. [In News]

Consumer Reports: Store brands from Target and Walmart top latest sunscreen ratings
[May 23, 2013] In Consumer Reports’ latest Ratings of sunscreens, Up & Up (Target) Sport SPF 50 spray and Equate (Walmart) Ultra Protection SPF 50 lotion earned the highest scores in tests and were among the least expensive. Some of the priciest sunscreens Consumer Reports tested offered less than their labeled SPF value, a measure of protection from burning UVB rays. [In Living]

Why ChathamArts is worthy of some county support
[May 23, 2013] My name is Gina Harrison. I’m an arts education advocate here in Chatham County—founding president of the NHS Arts Education Foundation, a board member of ArtsNC, and a volunteer serving on the Board of ChathamArts. I would like to suggest you consider a slightly different question tonight as you deliberate—Does the mission and do the activities of ChathamArts advance YOUR goals and objectives for our county now and could it be more effective in working together in the future? By Gina Harrison [In Opinion]

Chatham County Schools names Lori Carlin new PIO / Arts coordinator
[May 20, 2013] Dr. Lori Carlin was named as the new Public Information Officer (PIO)/Arts Coordinator for Chatham County Schools at the Chatham County Board of Education meeting Monday, May 13. Dr. Carlin is currently the Theatre Arts teacher at Northwood High School where she has been since 1997. She also served as Chatham County Schools High School & Arts Community Liaison during the 2012-2013 school year. [In News]

White Cloud flushes the competition in Consumer Reports’ toilet paper ratings
[May 20, 2013] Balancing strength and softness is often the biggest challenge for toilet paper, but White Cloud 3-Ply Ultra Soft and Thick (Walmart) proved that one product can have it all in Consumer Reports’ latest Ratings of toilet paper. Twenty-five varieties of toilet papers were tested for strength, softness, tearing ease and disintegration and products with “green” claims often made trade-offs between these features. [In Living]

How Carol Folt works
[May 20, 2013] Perhaps the best way to understand the events of the past few weeks is as the final expression of Carol Folt’s ugly view of Dartmouth. She and a small number of professors have taken the current situation and used it to fit their politics and their agenda for the College. The effort became clear on Tuesday, April 23, when the decision to shut down the College for a day was made by a small, insider set of Folt loyalists. By Joe Asch [In Opinion]
Also: Dartblog.com