by Sharon Graham Pittsboro, NC – I walk a mile or more every day, but in the summer those insect bites leave me itching like crazy. I cannot use Deet. It makes me sick. I’ve tried the cedar repellants and…
DIY homemade insect repellent
Day: June 20, 2015
Duke Energy shoveling its coal ash problem onto Chatham County
by Carole Henry Bonlee, NC – Wow! Isn’t it wonderful? A company who has shown year after year that it is incapable of safely storing its own waste on its own site has gotten a permit from the state to…
Chatham Grassroots Arts Grants info session is on June 22
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham Arts Council invites interested organizations to join them for a Grassroots Arts Grants Info Session on Monday, June 22 at 3pm at their office on 287 East Street, Second Floor, Main Street Station, Pittsboro. The…
Learn about human trafficking on June 23
by Carolyn Townsend Pittsboro, NC – Come find out why North Carolina is number eight in the country for human trafficking. A public program will be presented on June 23 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal…
Something amazing took place at the Silk Hope Heritage Farm Park
by Lisa Reynolds Silk Hope, NC – On Saturday, June 13, something amazing took place in the Silk Hope Heritage Farm Park area. Something even close by neighbors may not have been aware of. The excitement was high! Ponies and…
So thankful that Chatham commissioners are protecting us from coal ash dump
by Mary Phyllis Horn Pittsboro, NC – Thank you, Debra Henzey, for your very clear and thorough report of the Chatham Commissioners Board wonderful breakthroughs in protecting us. And volumes of thanks and gratitude to the county commissioners for all…
Sadly disappointed in our Pittsboro Habitat ReStore
By Susan Turner Pittsboro, NC – Having so enjoyed the eclectic and necessaries found at our Pittsboro Habitat ReStore for years, I found out something today that disturbs me greatly. Over the last several years they have been “letting go”…