Raleigh, NC – The NC State men’s basketball team fell to Miami, 64-59, Saturday afternoon inside PNC Arena. A Devon Daniels lay-up with 6:18 to go gave the Pack a 51-45 lead, but NC State only hit one field goal…
2020-21 NCHSAA volleyball championship brackets finalized
Chapel Hill, NC – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) finalized and released the playoff brackets for the 2020-2021 Volleyball Championships. The tournament will have four classifications of play with five playoff rounds each. All classifications will field…
Chatham small business introductions: M-R
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…
Chatham Park Way bypass is a solution to truck traffic
By Fred Gvillo Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham Park Way bypass is the solution to truck traffic that currently travels around the Old Courthouse Circle and Hillsboro Street. Most notable are the “modern” hopper-bottom trucks transporting rock from 3-M to…
Secretary Mandy Cohen’s new restrictions not enforceable, but they could foreshadow executive action
By Andrew Dunn Raleigh, NC – Stay home. Wear a mask at all times. Don’t interact with anyone outside your household. If you do, get tested for COVID-19, N.C. Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen has directed…
Chief justice Paul Newby says North Carolina has mandate to open the courts
By Dallas Woodhouse Raleigh, NC – Moments after the N.C. State Supreme Court held its formal ceremonial investiture for all newly elected members, Republicans signaled that the extended closures of North Carolina’s judicial branch ordered by former Democrat Chief Justice…
Construction on Pittsboro traffic circle to begin January 11
Pittsboro, NC – The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), via their contractor Carolina Sunrock, will be beginning construction on the downtown Pittsboro traffic circle (Project ID: STIP R-5724A) on Monday, January 11, 2021 with a scheduled completion date of…
Roy Cooper extends executive order on curfews, bar closures as vaccine rollout plods along
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – North Carolina won’t fully open anytime soon. The governor’s unilaterally imposed curfews and shutdowns will continue for three more weeks. Bars remain closed Dr. Mandy Cohen piled on Wednesday, Jan. 6. The head of…
Remote learning day for all Chatham County students on Friday, Jan. 8
Pittsboro, NC – Friday, January 8, will be a remote learning day for all students. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon According to the National Weather Service, tomorrow’s forecast calls for accumulating snow for portions of central North Carolina, including Chatham County,…
Public Health Director Mike Zelek offers update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Chatham County
Pittsboro, NC – Mike Zelek, Chatham County Public Health Director, has issued the following update on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in the county: “The Chatham County Public Health Department has received a great deal of interest in the COVID-19…
Remote learning day for all Chatham County students on Friday, Jan. 8
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…
Closing businesses and shutting people in their houses doesn’t stop transmission and causes substantial harms
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…
The End
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…
What is the key to downtown Pittsboro remaining vital and resilient?
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…
Yes, masks can cause problems, especially for children
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…
Process and prudence always matter
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…