By Thurman Maness Pittsboro, NC – I’m 88 and reasonably healthy. So what? Should I plan my demise just to avoid complications with health insurance and make others happy just because they didn’t plan on me living so long? Screw…
By Mark Stinson Bear Creek, NC – Some of you remember a statement I made a few years ago about my fire hydrant or lack of one. Sometime mid-1982 a man from the county came out with his pitch for…
By Mark Stinson Bear Creek, NC- It has become perfectly clear that the Chatham County Commissioners do not want anyone low income, retired, fixed income or even middle income to live in Chatham County. With the current tax rate being…
By Thurman Maness Pittsboro, NC – It started I guess thirty five years ago. In someone’s yard, I saw an old wooden country chair that had been made into a planter. To me, it was a good idea, but poorly designed and…
By Connie McAdams Pittsboro, NC – Another large group of angry and vocal neighbors gathered Thursday night at the Chatham Ag Center to hear Pulte’s revised plans for development on 63 acres of wooded property surrounded by Robeson Creek. According…
By Connie McAdams Pittsboro, NC – Over the holiday weekend, adjacent landowners on Alston Chapel Road received another letter inviting us to another “neighborhood meeting.” This meeting will be held on Thursday, June 6, at 6:00 pm at the Chatham…
By Thurman Maness Pittsboro, NC – What’s left in the fork of life’s road? What’s right about what’s left in life’s fork in the road? No life is what’s left, right? We have a right to know what’s left in…
By Carole Henry Siler City, NC – I moved to Chatham County in the 80s with a number of different families fleeing from Long Island. You could only move so far on Long Island as the city expanded outward. Bringing…
By Joan Tiplett Pittsboro, NC – I just want to say good luck and I sincerely mean that. I live way close to the 3M quarry and it’s horrible! The dust is unbelievable and so is the rock grinding noise. Plus the…
By Carole Henry Siler City, NC – As the new heavy industry moving to Chatham has hemorrhaged millions of Chatham county taxpayers’ money. This is thanks to commissioners willingness to hand over money that should be used to help clean up…