The Chatham County Animal Shelter, located at 725 County Landfill Road in Pittsboro, announces new Saturday hours. Beginning Saturday, Nov. 5, the shelter will be open to the public for adoptions on Saturdays from 8 am – noon.
Month: October 2011
First-ever #DukeTweetUp to happen this Saturday before Wake Forest football game
The #DukeTweetUp event will feature former Blue Devil All-American basketball star Nolan Smith and will benefit the Sydney & Nolan Smith Foundation. #DukeTweetUp attendees are encouraged to be there from the start of the event, which will begin with th…
Atlantic Coast Conference announces ACC Football Players of the Week
Clemson freshman wide receiver Sammy Watkins and Miami linebacker Sean Spence headline a list of seven players named as the ACC Football Players of the Week, announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday. Watkins was named the Rookie and the Rec…
ACC announces television and football game times for October 29
The Atlantic Coast Conference Monday announced the following game times and networks for Oct. 27-29. Locally Virginia Tech will be playing at Duke at 12:30 pm and Wake Forest will be at North Carolina at 3:30 pm.Related:ACC Football Photo Galleries
Chatham County Council on Aging will be giving a presentation
Moncure, NC – The Chatham County Council on Aging will be giving a presentation at the next meeting of the Southeast Chatham Citizens Advisory Council, Tuesday, October 18, 7 p.m. at the Moncure Fire Department. Representatives will provide information on programs and…
Vance Remick addresses concerns about the Pittsboro General Store Cafe
First and foremost, I wish to apologize for any problems our customers may have faced over the last few months while dining at the Pittsboro General Store Cafe. We do hear you and we are addressing all of your issues. We do care about service and our f…
It might be wise to support local new businesses by giving them personal and direct feedback
It saddens me to read so much criticism about the Pittsboro General Store Cafe, along with criticisms toward the new restaurants in town. I regularly eat at the Pittsboro General Store Cafe and I have been treated well. I am satisfied with the food, an…
Saving downtown Pittsboro
I have lived in Pittsboro for less than a year and don’t pretend to understand all of the problems that are resulting in complaints about and closings of local downtown businesses. We’ve established that some people have had unpleasant experiences …
Volunteers removed eight tons of trash and 350 tires during Jordan Lake cleanup effort
During the Big Sweep events at Jordan Lake last week, volunteers removed more than eight tons of trash and approximately 350 tires, according to Fran DiGiano, co-founder of Clean Jordan Lake (CJL), a nonprofit that organized the three cleanup events as…
Chatham Commissioners honor PTA Thrift Stores for contributions to schools
At its meeting on October 3, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution honoring the PTA Thrift Stores, which have raised more than $6 million for K-12 schools in the county since the stores opened in 1983.