Chapel Hill, NC – By defeating West Craven high school on Friday evening, 17-0, #2 seed Northwood advances to the second round of the NCHSAA 3A football state championship. They will face #3 seed Havelock at home. 1A FOOTBALL STATE…
NCHSAA on defense as NC legislature takes shots at hearing
By Dallas Woodhouse Raleigh, NC – The N.C. High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has no written contract or agreement with the State of North Carolina or the Department of Public Instruction to oversee the management of high school sports in…
Legislative hearing into NCHSAA begins: How did we get here?
By Dallas Woodhouse Raleigh, NC – Leaders of the North Carolina High School Athletics Association (NCHSAA) are scheduled to testify before the newly created, Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations Subcommittee on Interscholastic Athletic an investigative committee formed to examine…
My little P.J. pocket
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – It has been a couple of years since I bought them at Siler City P.T.A thrift shoppe. (If you spell shoppe like that, it makes a place of business more exclusive and on the…
Thales Academy expanding with new campuses in Pittsboro and Cary
Cary, NC – Thales Academy, a college preparatory network of K-12 independent schools, is expanding, opening three new campuses for the 2021-2022 school year–in Cary and Pittsboro as well as an east coast fulltime virtual school, Thales Academy Online. Thales…
North Carolina’s SB 349 is the most ambitious state zoning reform yet
By Salim Furth, Joseph Coletti Raleigh, NC – North Carolina home prices increased over 10 percent since the start of the pandemic, the first time that Zillow data has shown a double-digit increase in any 12-month period. That came on…
21-year-old Durham man drowns in Jordan Lake after canoe capsizes
A 21-year-old Durham man died on Sunday afternoon after his canoe capsized at Jordan Lake in Chatham County. Just before 4 p.m., the Chatham County dispatch reached out to the NC Wildlife Resource Commission in reference to an overturned canoe…
Bugs and windshields
By Bronwyn Watson Pittsboro, NC – For a number of years now in the summer, I have noticed how clean my car windshield stays. Very seldom do I have to clean it. In contrast, I remember years ago and when I…
NC average teacher pay $54,392 per year, second best in Southeast
By David N. Bass Raleigh, NC – Public school teachers in North Carolina receive an average annual salary of $53,392 for the current school year, according to the latest figures from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. That puts the…
Are Chatham County residents experiencing a property evaluation ripoff?
By Kira Dirlik Pittsboro, NC – Well, I wonder what they think I did to warrant a 29% increase! What fevered mind thinks I did something worth $81,663? Well, the squirrels made nests inside the eaves and have chewed chunks of…
NC Senate’s tax cut would help everyone, especially lower-income families
By Mitch Kokai Raleigh, NC – Every North Carolinian who pays personal income tax would see a lower rate, under a proposal from legislative Republicans. At the same time, higher-income earners should foot a higher share of the bill. Photo…
Chatham County Republican Party releases its 2021 platform
Submitted by Chatham NC GOP Pittsboro, NC – Recently the Chatham County Republican Party held our 2021 convention. Part of that convention was the update to our platform, printed below. We encourage conservative-minded individuals in the county to get involved…
Internet options for the rural areas of Chatham County
By Carl Mueller Bear Creek, NC – I’ve been in search for decent internet service for almost three years now for my property in Bear Creek close to Goldston. While Century Link claimed they could provide DSL, I didn’t sign…
Who can I offend today?
By Mark Stinson Silk Hope, NC – Lately no matter how hard I try there is some very fragile person who melts down if I don’t say something to suit their emotional fragility. These overly critical overthinking superficial I’m better…
The truth will be told
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – A couple of days ago I wrote about my mother. I didn’t know a lot about her parents other than they were a great grandma and grandpa! Sometime in the 1960s after all of…
Upset about your Chatham County tax assessment? Here’s what I did
By Burney Waring Pittsboro, NC – We got a new tax assessment, as I guess you did. When I was trying to understand it, I ended up at the handy Chatham Tax Record site, looked up my property and clicked…