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NAACP chapter urges district to reinstate Carrboro High School principal on administrative leave

NAACP · Carrboro

NAACP chapter urges district to reinstate Carrboro High School principal on administrative leave

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The Carrboro High School principal is on administrative leave after students, parents, and staff raised concerns about her performance. However, the local NAACP chapter argues, the school district acted too quickly in sending her home.See the Story

Carrboro: Pride Month, Juneteenth, The Drakeford Effect

Juneteenth · Carrboro

Carrboro: Pride Month, Juneteenth, The Drakeford Effect

Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Friday, June 13, discussing town news and events. She discussed some upcoming weekend evens, including the Pride Piper Walk, as part of Pride Month celebrations. She also talked about upcoming Juneteenth celebrations in the community. She discussed the downtown area of Carrboro, updating potential development on a couple of highly visible parcels and discussing the effec…Read Article

Parents And Students Criticize Carrboro High School Principal, While NAACP Voices Support

NAACP · Carrboro

Parents And Students Criticize Carrboro High School Principal, While NAACP Voices Support

NAACP Chapter President Herman Foushee speaks at a press conference in support of Helena Thomas on Wednesday, June 11. (Henry Taylor/Chapel Hill Media Group) https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2025/06%20-%20June/13/Carrboro%20High%20Principal_WRAP.mp3 The controversy around leadership at Carrboro High School continued to heat up this week, with a local chapter of the NAACP weighing in on demands to oust Helena Thomas, the school’s principa…Read Article

Juneteenth at the Pines in Raleigh - Triangle on the Cheap

Image: Depositphotos Celebrate Juneteenth at Carolina Pines Park, 2305 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, June 13, 2025, from 7 to 10 p.m. Gates open at 6:45 p.m. This is a free event for ages 18+, although there will be a kids zone for kids ages 5-12. The event will feature musical performances, line dancing, sing-alongs and more. Bring blankets, low lawn chairs, sunscreen and bug spray. Learn about more Juneteenth celebrations…Juneteenth · Carrboro Read Article

Carrboro Budget Passes, CORA Takes on Responsibility, Diamond Heels Shine

97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey presents the afternoon news. Included in this edition of the news we learn that Carrboro is the first of our local governments to adopt their budget for the upcoming fiscal year. We hear from CORA Food Pantry’s Melissa Driver Beard on their expansion and the effects of federal cuts. We hear from UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts on international student visas and more. In sports, the Diamond Heels continue to prep for the…Carrboro · Carrboro Read Article

The Agenda: Government Meetings This Week

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Every Monday Port City Daily will share upcoming government and community meetings around the tri-county region. If there’s an item of public interest, it will be included, too. The Wilmington City Council will hold an agenda review at 8:30 a.m. in city hall, 102 N. Third St. Meetings are livestreamed here. The New Hanover County Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. SourceCarrboro · Carrboro See the Story

Carrboro man arrested on multiple sex crime charges involving juvenile

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Edwin Silva-Badillo was arrested on multiple sex crime charges involving juvenile in Carrboro, North Carolina.Carrboro · Carrboro Read Article

Town Of Carrboro Shares New Designs For Free Parking Signage

The new parking wayfinding sign on the outside of the Drakeford Parking Deck. (Image via The Town of Carrboro) The Town of Carrboro has begun installing a series of new parking wayfinding signs to denote public parking lots in the downtown area. The process to approve the designs, which feature natural elements such as pine cones and bees, first began in 2018. The project was spearheaded by the Carrboro Tourism Development Authority, but was put…Carrboro · Carrboro Read Article

Georgann Eubanks Invites You to Look a Little Closer

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Georgann Eubanks is all lit up and talking about fireflies. “There are 75 species in the eastern part of the country, and we’re still discovering more,” the writer says. “But we’re discovering them even as we’re destroying them.”Of those 75 species, she’s describing a specific one native to pockets of Southern Appalachia: the blue ghost firefly. Unlike the bright blink we associate with most backyard lightning bugs—the species many of us are gui…Species · Carrboro Read Article

The South Orange Dispatch: Always Prepared To Serve

(image by SORS member Gabi Battaglini) Always Prepared To Serve By Fred Stipe, chairman of the board, South Orange Rescue Squad At South Orange Rescue Squad (SORS), we stay ready. That’s why our motto, which is emblazoned on all our vehicles, is Semper Aptus Muneris, always prepared to serve. That’s really all you need to know. But there is more to our story. SORS is a nonprofit squad whose primary mission is to help people in need and engage wi…Carrboro · Carrboro Read Article

Carrboro Town Council Reviews Draft of Downtown Area Plan

The DAP is a priority project within the Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan, a wide-ranging plan outlining the town’s goals through 2042.Carrboro · Carrboro Read Article

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