Durham, NC – With the 2020 National Football League regular season completed, here is a season recap of the 10 former Duke lettermen currently on league organization rosters. Four former Blue Devils will be participating in the NFL playoffs, headlined by…
Pittsboro, NC – Friday, January 8, will be a remote learning day for all students. According to the National Weather Service, tomorrow’s forecast calls for accumulating snow for portions of central North Carolina, including Chatham County, late tonight through Friday…
By Kevin Roche The title is self-explanatory and obvious for anyone who looks at case charts. I would encourage you to look at California in particular, which has been stringently locked down for a long time. But here is some…
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – The cold days of winter are upon us. We need to stay indoors a lot. Not shop too often. Fight boredom. How many times can you re-work that puzzle with 1,000 pieces? For those…
By Virginia Penley Pittsboro, NC – I still attend Pittsboro town meetings although it is not as much fun via Zoom as it is in person. George Chatham made some points in his Chatham Chatlist post that rattle my memory…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – One of North Carolina’s important public intellectuals has stepped down. What is a public intellectual and who stepped down? One definition of the word from Collins Dictionary is “an intellectual, often a noted specialist in a…
By Kevin Roche It should be obvious to anyone who looks at charts of cases and levels of mask wearing or presence of mask mandates that virus collection devices do nothing to limit community spread of CV-19, absolutely nothing. But…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – In the spirit of the exception proving the rule, most lovers of liberty accept that government has a critical role to play in combating communicable disease. In a free society, voluntary exchange based on…
Pittsboro, NC – Families with children in grades K-5 are invited to participate in Chatham County Public Libraries’ online Digital Citizenship for Kids series beginning January 14, 2021. Digital Citizenship for Kids is a four-part series for children ages 5…
Clemson, SC – The NC State men’s basketball team led for a majority of the game, but couldn’t close out 19th-ranked Clemson in regulation and the Tigers landed the knock out punch in overtime to win, 74-70, inside Littlejohn Coliseum.…
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – Gov. Roy Cooper won a second term. But he had no coattails. Republicans picked up four seats in the state House and lost only one state Senate seat. With Cooper officially a lame duck,…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – With Democrats in charge of the White House, and U.S. House, and (possibly as of this writing) the U.S. Senate, you can expect a push by left-wing activists and politicians to repeal some federal…
By Andy Foshee Pittsboro, NC – A day or two ago there was a post with links to check out a new North Chatham Park Way bypass. The maps were a little confusing, but once you get the idea they…
Compiled by Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Every December, the Chatham Chatlist has members submit their Chathamcentric small business introductions to the listserv. The submitals are posted throughout the week per alphabetic groups. This year we decided to compile them…
By Kevin Roche I have typically taken the risk at the end of each year of making a few predictions about what I thought some significant developments in health care might be. My accuracy was pretty typical of most so-called…
Compiled by Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Every December, the Chatham Chatlist has members submit their Chathamcentric small business introductions to the listserv. The submitals are posted throughout the week per alphabetic groups. This year we decided to compile them…
Raleigh, NC – On Thursday afternoon, NC State held a pre-Gator Bowl press conference. The Wolfpack representatives present were head football coach Dave Doren, quarterback Bailey Hockman and linebacker Isaiah Moore. NC State head football coach Dave Doeren (On the…
Pittsboro, NC – As 2020 turns into 2021, the Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) is hard at work sharing information and updates about the COVID-19 vaccine and giving the vaccine to those in the first priority group like healthcare…