I am writing this to make sure that I relay how much appreciation and fun I and my partners have had serving this community over the past year. We knew that it would be difficult to rebuild the patronage back to the bowling alleys after the previous ow…
Day: November 21, 2011
Meeting video captures Jeffrey Starkweather’s embarrassing behaviour
I don’t make a habit of going back and forth on posts like Starweather’s last week. But I would just implore everyone to watch the video of the meeting. The video speaks for itself and Starkweather’s embarrassing behavior. The invited guest presenter c…
Asian lady beetles begin their search for safe winter harbor with cooling fall weather
Asian lady beetles begin their search for safe winter harbor with cooling fall weather. To them the sunny side of light-colored buildings seems ideal, although dark colors as well as brick or stone will do. Scientists speculate that some chemical cues …
Under Randolph Voller Pittsboro gets a Grade "D" for open government
The Town of Pittsboro recently received a grade of D from NCTransparency.com for its overall effort to provide online public access to key financial and employee benefit records.
Thanks for the Halloween decorations
We were happy to move into our place in time to have a few years of the pumpkins on Chicken Bridge before they built the new bridge and tore down the old one in the 80’s. It is fun to see at least a few still put up there each year.
Temporary sign ordinance exception is now closed
We want to apologize to the handful of Pittsboro businesses that will have their off-premise directional signs enforced and asked to be removed in the next few days. We only addressed our concerns to the town board over the removal of our directional s…
Pittsboro Subway under new management is a definite improvement
I knew something was different when I went in there. I have not been to the Pittsboro Subway in at least two years because of the horrible service I had gotten there in the past. One time I went in there and ordered a chicken breast sub… the girl put…
In living with coyotes we are warned with their howl
Thanks Bett for your very intelligent input on “living with coyotes”. The Native Americans knew well how to do this and the coyote was their teacher. I had some very hard lessons to learn when I first moved to Chatham County with the loss of animals. B…
Siler City Christmas parade will be held on December 1
The Chatham Chamber of Commerce will present the Siler City Christmas Parade on Thursday, December 1 at 7 pm in downtown Siler City. This year’s parade theme will be “The Christmas Story.”