Month: October 2019

George Walker Blair’s grandson offers opinion on confederate memorial

Chatham County historic courthouse

by Henry Blair Pittsboro, NC – I do not live in Chatham County.  I was raised there and left in 1968 after I got a graduate degree at UNC.  My parents lived in Chatham County as well as my brother,…

CCCC men’s basketball ready for 2019-2020 season

Sanford, NC – Central Carolina Community College men’s basketball coach Brad McDougald looks forward to coaching the 2019-20 edition of Cougar basketball. “We are still in the learning stage of the season,” said Coach McDougald, who is in his third…

ACC announces game times & networks for November 2

Greensboro, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the following football game times and networks for the week of November 2. Locally, NC State will travel to Winston-Salem for a noon game, while the Tar Heels will welcome the Virginia…

Statement on Impossible Foods beef with Consumer Reports

Yonkers, NY – In response to Consumer Reports’ recent article “Meat Gets A Makeover” focusing on plant-based alternatives to traditional beef burgers, Rachel Konrad – Impossible Foods’ PR chief – published an inflammatory and misleading attack on the motivations and…

Watch Pittsboro candidate introductions at NAACP forum

Pittsboro candidates forum

by Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – On Saturday, October 11, 2019 the Chatham County NAACP held a candidates forum in the Henry Dunlop building in downtown Pittsboro. All the candidates running were present. The agenda for the forum included individual…