By John Hood Raleigh, NC – If you’ve lived in North Carolina for even a few years, you’ve probably formed an opinion about whether statues and monuments honoring Confederate leaders and soldiers ought to remain in or near courthouses, town…
by Stephanie Talbott Pittsboro, NC – I also want to comment on the out-of-town protesters coming to Pittsboro to make a nuisance and incite conflict and riot. Regardless of my feelings about the Confederate statue, I feel our county commissioners…
By Bruce Hively Pittsboro, NC – I am not a highway engineer for the state, nor county, nor town of Pittsboro; but reducing the circle or round-a-bout, is just insane. if any thing, it needs to be widened in my…
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,…
by Bill Crawford Pittsboro, NC – Here’s Chatham County Commissioner Mike Dasher’s statement on the courthouse monument, following the events of Saturday, September 28: “Just want to clear up any confusion over the monument, the recent protests, and how this…
by Steve Roberts Pittsboro, NC – I have a few thoughts on our Confederate statue that has stood here since August 23 of 1907. It honors the lives of 1900 soldiers who left this county to fight for the South.…
Pittsboro, NC – We asked what should happen to the statue in front of the Chatham County courthouse in Pittsboro? Over 5,500 votes were cast and the results from the Chatham Journal online poll are in. 75.6 percent (4,196 votes)…