The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s fourth annual state lacrosse championships are scheduled for Saturday at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, with two of the four teams in the championships back for the second year in a row. The women’s final is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, with the men’s championship starting at 4 p.m. East Chapel Hill (15-2) will take on Charlotte Catholic (17-2), last year’s runner-up, in the women’s title game and then defending men’s champion Lake Norman (20-3) will face Apex (19-2).
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Consumer Reports finds that four in ten smart phone users fail to take the most basic security measures
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A smart phone can contain a lot of information that its owner would rather keep private. But 39 percent of the more than 100 million American adult smart phone owners fail to take even minimal security measures, such as using a screen-lock, backing up data, or installing an app to locate a missing phone or remotely wipe its data, according to Consumer Reports’ Annual State of the Net survey.
Opinion
Perry Harrison School is the right fit for my granddaughter
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With so many opinions flying about, of course there would be some about Perry Harrison, too. I have raised my children, and now have an eight year old grand daughter. She attends Perry Harrison as a second grader, and started there in kindergarten. She…
Sports
Tickets for ACC Baseball Championship now on sale
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Single-game tickets for all 13 games of the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship are now on sale. The eight-team tournament will be played Wednesday, May 22 through Sunday, May 26 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.The round-robin, pool play…
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Randy Voller ridiculed on “The Daily Show” by Jon Stewart
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Pittsboro mayor, NC Democratic Party Chairman and interim executive director Randy Voller was ridiculed on national television Thursday night. During the “The Daily Show”, host Jon Stewart used WRAL Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie’s story about the rape comments made by Randy Voller as a chance to remind Democrats that they are “losing women.”
Schools
Roddy Story selected Chatham County Teacher of the Year
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Roddy Story, a social studies teacher at Northwood High School, has been selected as the 2013-2014 Chatham County Teacher of the Year.Superintendent Robert Logan made the announcement at Northwood on Wednesday, May 8.Story has been at Northwood High Sc…
Schools
Two Chatham County school principals complete leadership program
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Principals Bobby Dixon, SAGE Academy, and Chad Morgan, Silk Hope School, recently completed the Distinguished Leadership Program (DLP), a year-long leadership development program for practicing school principals designed and provided by the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principal’s Association in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and UNC-LearnNC.
Schools
Students at CCCC’s Chatham County campus do the Harlem Shake
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Students at Central Carolina Community College’s Chatham County Campus, joined by some faculty, did their 30-second version of the Harlem Shake March 19 in the campus’ culinary arts kitchen.
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Chatham deputies arrest robbery suspects at Cole Park Plaza
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Chatham County Deputies responded to a suspicious activity call in the vicinity of Cole Park Plaza and possibly prevented an armed robbery about to occur. When deputies arrived, the store clerk of ‘A Cleaner World’ Dry Cleaning business advised they saw an individual outside the business that fit the description of a person that robbed their store a month ago.
Business
Chatham Community Library’s May and June computer classes
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Chatham Community Library is offering a series of free computer classes in May and June. The names, dates and times of the classes are listed below. You can find a full description of the classes, including topics covered and prerequisites for attendin…
Arts & Entertainment
Eric Sommer in Pittsboro for 4th Annual Mother’s Day Concert Series
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Eric Sommer makes a yearly appearance in Pittsboro, NC on Mother’s Day. There are no stage lights, no door man, no long lines and no tickets. There are only 100 or so fans who gather yearly on this Special Day to hear this master songwriter, poet, stor…
Schools
Nine Jordan-Matthews students awarded summer arts scholarships
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Summer camp can be a life-changing experience for anyone, but especially for artists who have a chance to explore their creative passions. For nine Jordan-Matthews High School students, that life-changing experience is just weeks away. The Jordan-Matth…