By Jane Allen Wilson Pittsboro, NC – I saw a map of the Enbridge pipeline tonight. Looks like it plans to go smack dab over the Mt View AME Zion Church cemetery outside of Moncure. I was standing next to…
By Nabooko Pittsboro, NC – In the 197Os and 80s l knew a lady in Chatham county that was into gardening and flower gardens. Her place was atop a very steep hill. House visible from the highway only if you…
By Joan Triplett Moncure, NC – I’ve noticed a woman taking just about every item in the Asbury swap shop ever since I started putting gently used shoes and clothing. I watched her getting ready to leave while I was…
By Dorasue Christian Pittsboro, NC – As a child growing up in Pittsboro in the forties and fifties is a time I like to reflect on. All the stores were closed on Sunday. This was a time for church and visiting with…
By Thurman Maness Pittsboro, NC – Recently I have reported here all the problems I have been having with the US mail coming out of the Pittsboro post office. It’s always a story as to why I’m not receiving mail…
By J.V. Smith Pittsboro, NC – Folks around here know SMALL means little. Something you can hold in one hand. But the Chatham Park Investors are hollerin’ for a “Small Area Plan” that swallows 5,000 acres, bigger than all of…
By Greg Stafford Pittsboro, NC – I am writing to defend the town on this one. 15-501 is not a Town of Pittsboro road and the town has little control. Particularly with crosswalks. I know. Several months back there was…
By Thurman Maness Pittsboro, NC – ”PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT ON HILLSBORO STREET” was the headline. Pittsboro Government calls a man’s death an “incident” in a Chatham Chatlist post last Tuesday. Golly gee whiz that sure seems it would softens the shock of realizing…
By Mary Alexion Pittsboro, NC – Several readers have illustrated how the re-evaluation of property in Chatham County and the proposed new tax rate will in fact significantly increase the taxes we pay. And, in fact, the rent that renters pay…
By Mark Stinson Siler City, NC – It’s been clear for some time that new developments do not in any way pay their own way. We have to shoulder the burden for them to even exist. Sure, the developers finance…