Over 50 volunteers swept through town and gathered trash Saturday, Oct. 11, as part of the “NC Big Sweep” campaign to reduce litter across the state. Galen Poythress, recreation specialist, said the Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department sponsors the cleanup each fall to keep the town looking good while helping the environment. Poythress oversaw the event, which targeted heavy litter… Read more →
From her house on Lloyd Street, tucked into bed when she, at last, honored her mother’s pleas to put down the guitar and go to bed, she heard the trains on the tracks that cut through Main Street and sidled up to Lloyd. Chug. Chug. Chug. It was too melodic to ignore. She drifted off to sleep with notes in… Read more →
Bees officially have a safe haven in Carrboro. The Board of Aldermen approved a request to designate the town as the newest Bee City USA community on Oct. 7. Bee City USA encourages communities to create and become safe habitats for bees and other pollinators. The program comes out of people’s concern about the declining honeybee population. According to Bee… Read more →
“Into the Breach,” the first play commissioned exclusively for the Carrboro ArtsCenter, debuted on Friday October 10th. Jeri Lynn Schulke, Artistic Director of the ArtsCenter Stage and producer of the play, said she was looking for a play about World War 1 to fit a season centering on the war’s bicentennial. She came across the story of boys playing at… Read more →
On the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Carrboro Town Commons, people exchanged food, clothes and candy and even watched a bilingual puppet show — all for free. What’s the catch? There isn’t one. The organizers of the Really Really Free Market encourage participants to trade goods and services for no charge. The free market, which happens on the… Read more →
Evan Sloan dines at Gourmet Kingdom with napkins in his hands. Every few minutes, he wipes his face, glistening with sweat. The source of his perspiration comes from the dishes on his table—that are typically red in color. “We like to experiment every time we come here,” Sloan says. “How hot can it get? How many peppers can you eat?”… Read more →
When Carrboro business leaders and town officials gathered on Thursday evening to discuss the newly formed Carrboro Business Alliance, they could barely fit into one room. Leaders from more than 100 local businesses flooded into Venable’s new B-Side Lounge at Carr Mill Mall at the kickoff event for the new organization, which aims to bring business owners together to help… Read more →
Whammy Douglas spent this weekend at Bear Trail Golf Club near Jacksonville, N.C., doing what he’s done on every busy weekend for the last five years. The former scratch golfer and Dunlop golf salesman works as the club’s starter, shepherding groups to the first tee and greeting club members before they embark on their 18-hole odyssey. Douglas, 79, whose story… Read more →
He has seen much. More, perhaps, than most men who have the luxury of two good eyes. But he doesn’t have time to share all that he has seen. Not now, anyway. Does he have something to share? Absolutely. He once made Willie Mays quake in a batter’s box. Once hightailed it from Cuba when Fidel Castro seized power. Dated… Read more →
The Third Annual Harvest Fundraiser Dinner at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market was not a typical day at the market. On the evening of Thursday, Sept. 25, platters of chef-created food replaced booths of local produce, multicolored flowers topped long tables of community-style seating and friends and families shared drinks under a lit gazebo. The Harvest Fundraiser is a potluck-styled… Read more →
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