Pittsboro, NC – The Jordan-Matthews Jets high school JV basketball team defeated the Northwood high school Chargers on Saturday afternoon, 49.47 [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0gcuEZwjJk[/tube]
Month: January 2011
Flintlock Morgan Horse Farm started off as a hobby
It all started quite by accident when in the early ’70’s Pete & Gael Jaeger purchased a Welsh pony by the name of Strawberry Shortcake. Their young daughters enjoyed driving in the carriage with their parents but soon they were learning the art of ridi…
Woods Charter varsity sports roundup
The Woods Charter High School boy’s basketball team lost in an exciting match against CCAL rival Franklin Academy last Friday, January 14. The boys were down by ten in the fourth quarter, but managed to come back and tie the game with a couple of press…
23rd Annual Chocolate Cake Bake Off and Cheesecake, Too!
Pittsboro, NC – Come join the Council on Aging for our 23rd Annual Chocolate Cake Bake Off and Cheesecake, Too! When: Sunday, February 13, 2011 Time: 3:00-5:00 pm Where: Eastern Chatham Senior Center 365 NC Hwy 87 N, Pittsboro Entertainment…
No real need for a Sustainable Communities director position in Chatham County
We keep hearing now that the Sustainable Communities director position was created to promote efficiencies and reduce redundancies in county government departments. How about we look at the minutes of some of the BOC meetings when the position was bein…
Getting ready to watch the North Carolina legislature
Watch out! The legislature is coming back to Raleigh this month. “Nothing is safe while they are in session,” the old hands say. They are only half joking. That rule will not change this year in North Carolina as Republicans take control. But some …
Be an Eco Hero! Get out of the empty Pittsboro Express and get into a carpool
Chris Garriss, I am happy to hear that you have been around for more than 60 years. Hopefully it means you are a man of some wisdom. I am not so happy to hear that you feel that you and about two or four or six other people feel that you are entitled t…
Last word on my opinion about the empty Pittsboro Express bus
Here’s my last word on my opinion about the Pittsboro Express “Ghost” bus. I need my car for work and cannot ride the bus. I have to run errands for my work daily. When I lived in Chapel Hill, I did not own a car and used the transit system. Wasting fu…
Community meetings on landfill siting evaluation process postponed due to inclement weather
The schedule of community meetings to discuss the Chatham County landfill siting evaluation has been revised. The meeting scheduled for January 11 at the Western Chatham Senior Center in Siler City was canceled due to a winter storm warning and will be…
Chatham Commissioners’ night meeting on January 18 moved to Horton Middle
Due to a facility conflict, the regular session of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners meeting at 6 pm on Tuesday, Jan. 18, has been moved to Horton Middle School in Pittsboro. The work session at 2 pm will remain in the Multipurpose Room in Buil…