By Jessica Boone Pittsboro, NC – The following email was sent by a concerned Chatham County mom with a child attending Chatham Grove Elementary school to the N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, Cathrine Truitt. Dear Superintendent Truitt, I am writing…
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Thales Academy welcoming students into Pittsboro building to start fourth quarter
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Thales Academy is welcoming students into the Pittboro school building on Monday, April 11, 2022. Senior administrator, Heather Brame, points out that about 100 students have already been enrolled with the Thales Academy in…
Greensboro’s 1,4 Dioxane discharge impacting Pittsboro’s public drinking water system
Pittsboro, NC – The Town of Pittsboro has received notice that the City of Greensboro has once again exceeded their Special Order by Consent (SOC) Year One Compliance Value maximum of 35 ug/L (micrograms per liter) pursuant to the Amended…
Confectionery classic “Willy Wonka” comes to Northwood April 7-9
Pittsboro, NC – Northwood High School’s Arts Education Department is thrilled to announce Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka will play in the auditorium of Northwood High School Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 7-9, 2022, each evening at 7pm. Roald Dahl’s Willy…
Mountaire announces $80,000 in scholarship funds available
Millsboro, Del. – Mountaire Farms, the country’s fourth largest chicken processer, has dozens of $2,500 scholarships available for the children and grandchildren of employees, poultry growers, and grain producers. The deadline to apply is June 6, 2022. “This is another great…
Pittsboro pyramid scheme
By NA Nabooko Pittsboro, NC – At my age I shouldn’t even be thinking about such elaborate schemes. I mean i have always dreamed big, (should that be dreamt?) but is this one just too complicated to realistically consider? But…
North Carolina’s corporate welfare insanity is fast heading to a bad place
By Jon Sanders Raleigh, NC – There are two reasons a corporation would take government incentives to move into North Carolina: because it canbecause the move can’t happen without the incentives Neither of those reasons is sufficient to justify the…
Video: UNC NCAA championship postgame press conference with transcript
New Orleans, LA – North Carolina’s head coach Hubert Davis and student-athletes Caleb Love, RJ Davis, Puff Johnson, and Armando Bacot met with the media following their 72-69 loss to Kansas in the 2022 NCAA championship at the Superdome on…
Chatham County News Tweets: 3.28.22 – 4.3.22
Pittsboro, NC – Follow our affiliate Chatham County News Tweets here. Below is a collection of #ChathamNC tweets from last week: RT @NorthwoodXCTF: He is also a Good Thrower and Basketball Player. #Three Sport Athlete ? https://t.co/KnSd2xvdeB 00:15:20, 2022-03-28RT @NorthwoodB_Ball: Watch out!!!! @powellxdrake https://t.co/E582UeTAIe 00:15:45, 2022-03-28RT @NorthwoodXCTF: Congratulations to Caroline Murrell https://t.co/EN3mugxAUH 00:15:54,…
One on One: Who is our best-known?
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Who is the best-known living North Carolinian today? Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski? Legendary basketball star Michael Jordan? Gov. Roy Cooper? Activist Rev. William Barber? Senators Thom Tillis or Richard Burr? Anybody else?…