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Spokesmen Steve Henry Herman (left) and Craig Drake stand next to the Rural Buffer Defense Group signs protesting a proposed cell phone tower on Wednesday at the Chapel Hill Rural Buffer Zone.
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Spokesmen Steve Henry Herman (left) and Craig Drake stand next to the Rural Buffer Defense Group signs protesting a proposed cell phone tower on Wednesday at the Chapel Hill Rural Buffer Zone.

Residents form group to fight proposed cell phone tower
CHAPEL HILL -- When Margaret Graham sold a piece of her property 20 years ago, she was unaware that she and the Sunrise-Whitfield Road neighborhood would end up in a protracted legal battle with American Tower Corporation over plans to construct a 149-foot cell phone tower on the parcel.

UNC adds 516 Carolina Covenant Scholars
Chapel Hill -- UNC added 516 more Carolina Covenant Scholars this fall. Officials reported last week that 427 freshman and 89 transfer students joined the program that enables low-income students to graduate from the university debt-free.




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Judge: Mom can stay in apartment, daughter banned
HILLSBOROUGH -- A district court judge has ruled that the town of Chapel Hill has the right to evict a young woman who was living with her mother in public housing when she assaulted another teen and to ban the young woman from even visiting her mother in her public housing apartment.

Town seeks bids from street-sweeping firms
HILLSBOROUGH -- The town of Hillsborough is looking to make a clean sweep of things. At least along some 11 miles of town streets.

All that Last Fridays jazz
HILLSBOROUGH -- Carol Ingbretsen is no stranger to the area, and on Friday the jazz singer with the classical music training will headline the musical portion of the monthly Last Fridays downtown celebration on the north lawn of the Old Courthouse.

Artists, public invited to co-op meeting on gallery
CHAPEL HILL -- Artists and the general public are invited to the Chapel Hill Arts Co-op Meeting from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday at the Town of Chapel Hill Council Chambers, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., to explore the possibility of a cooperative arts gallery on Franklin Street.

Trashed cardboard costs town $660
HILLSBOROUGH -- One piece of cardboard in the trash won't matter, right? Wrong.

The word, the world at once -- with audio books
I just learned about a Chapel Hill classroom where fifth-graders listen to audios and walk a nature trail daily. If you want to take in the beauty of the world and the word at the same time, here are a few suggestions.

Challenge readers know their Triad feats of clay
Challenge readers know about working with clay, including Bill Falconer in Chapel Hill who knew the answer to last week's Challenge, "Why are folks who live near Highway 705 in the Piedmont Triad always throwing around pots?"

UNC BRIEFS
Ahalt to direct RENCI center
Ibiblio part of Open Source
Event welcomes American Indians
Kell to talk on Baptists, race


August 22
Castillo found guilty
HILLSBOROUGH -- Alvaro Castillo was sentenced to life plus a minimum of four years and two months in prison Friday after a jury found him guilty of shooting and killing his father and of assault and weapons charges for shooting at students at Orange High School in 2006.
Gunman apologizes, thanks in statement
HILLSBOROUGH -- Just before a judge handed down a life sentence to Alvaro Castillo for killing his father, the judge asked Castillo if he had anything to say.
August 21
ORANGE BRIEFS
School supplies drive scheduled
Sunset Serenade set for Monday

Wanted: Driver for school route
CHAPEL HILL -- In June, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools was looking for seven good people to fill out its bus drivers' corps.

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