The North Carolina women’s golf team put together an impressive tournament at the Lady Paladin Invitational in Greenville, S.C., finishing sixth out of 17 teams after Tuesday's third and final round.
The likes of Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Phil Mickelson have all been winners of the prestigious US Amateur.
Harsh weather and a tough field of teams joined the North Carolina women’s golf team at Finley Golf Course this weekend, where the Tar Heels were simply outmatched in the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational.
Through the first round of the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman University Golf Club in Greenville, S.C., the North Carolina women’s golf team sat in sixth place — still within reach of the top of the leaderboard.
Local government officials on Thursday sent the Orange Water and Sewer Authority back to tweak its water-use ordinance before it comes to a vote next week. Town and county officials heard a presentation from OWASA board member Lee Culpepper and then made a handful of suggestions they asked OWASA to address when finalizing its proposal.
With town budget negotiations just around the corner, the Chapel Hill Town Council will examine the adequacy of the fire and police departments when they begin deliberations this spring. Town officials approved the Chapel Hill Fire Department's request for a new truck Monday. But Fire Chief Dan Jones said personnel is a larger concern. "Equipment-wise, we're in the best shape since I've worked here, and that's since 1990," Jones said.
Despite lingering health concerns of Chapel Hill leaders and residents, University officials have yet to set a timetable or secure funding for cleaning up the Horace Williams tract. Former philosophy Professor Horace Williams bequeathed the 900-acre property to UNC, which used a section as a landfill for UNC Hospitals and the Department of Chemistry to dispose of hazardous waste. The tract, located off Estes Drive, is where UNC plans to construct Carolina North, its satellite research campus.
In a recently passed resolution, Chatham County's Board of Commissioners asked N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper to restrict the transport of radioactive material through the county. Carolina Power & Light Co. has been shipping spent fuel rods, which remain toxic, through the county via train for 14 years. The trains take the fuel rods to be stored in cooling pools at Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant in Wake County. Like Chatham, the Orange County Board of Commissioners also has spoken out against CP&L and the potential dangers of Shearon Harris.
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority lifted all water restrictions earlier this month, and as a result, local businesses are breathing a little more easily. Ed Kerwin, executive director of OWASA, said the businesses most directly affected by the restrictions were landscapers, plant retailers and car washes. Although OWASA took these concerns into consideration when re-evaluating the restrictions, Kerwin said it was important to make decisions based on what was best for the overall community.
Orange County voters will have several options to fill the available seats on the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Six candidates, three incumbents and three challengers, are running for the three open seats. The board members seeking re-election are Democrats Alice Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs. Gordon lives just south of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and has been serving on the board for 12 years. She said the most important issues facing the board are schools, environmental protection and good government.
