Community Court Sentences Aim to Treat, Not Punish
(04/19/01 4:00am)
Kenneth Wade Sigmon, 30, of Carrboro approached the bench from his seat in the third row of the courtroom.
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Kenneth Wade Sigmon, 30, of Carrboro approached the bench from his seat in the third row of the courtroom.
The illegal search-and-seizure case that ensued was one of two N.C. cases taken by the American Civil Liberties Union in the 1990s in an effort to identify and stop the practice of discriminatory traffic stops and searches.
They are an established feature of Orange County's crime and punishment landscape -- a feature that police, attorneys and judges say is all too familiar and difficult to address.
The chancellor's letter asked for elimination of a zoning cap that limits University floor space and modification of the special-use permits currently applied to the Horace Williams and Mason Farm land tracts.
Normally, the payments are delivered biannually as compensation for revenue lost by local governments when the General Assembly repealed a statewide inventory tax in the late 1980s. But this year, payments might be withheld in response to an anticipated state budget shortfall of nearly $800 million.
Kate Barrett, elder-care supervisor for the Orange County Department on Aging, said members of the nursing and adult care home community advisory committees hoped to engage in a dialogue with state legislators about shortcomings in the adult long-term care system.
"This is the party of the year," shouted Reed Lawrence, a senior from Smithfield, as he stood near one of several fires lit on the street by students. "We beat Duke my freshman year, and we beat Duke at Cameron my senior year. This is the greatest thing I've ever seen."
A tiny winged dinosaur, pumpkin people and a slew of witches, cowboys and fairies were among the costumed children that descended upon the Carrboro Town Hall Commons on Tuesday evening. They were joined by parents, volunteers of all ages and local residents who came to enjoy the Halloween Carnival, a family-oriented annual event set up by the Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department and Commission, a voluntary citizens' board that advises the department on town recreational activities. "We want to provide a safe activity, primarily for children, but an activity parents are comfortable wi
Thousands of walkers paraded from McCorkle Place on the UNC campus to Lincoln Center on Merritt Mill Road in support of public education. Participants in the fourth annual Walk for Education on Saturday represented each of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools as well as Village Charter School, earning money for the school system through donations. "I just think it's wonderful that so many people came out today," said walker and Carrboro Alderman Allen Spalt.
Ephesus Road Elementary School will be experiencing a changing of the guard, as school officials invite a new administrator on board. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen appointed French language teacher Nathan Hester as interim assistant principal of Ephesus. Hester will change positions no later than Oct. 30. Hester, a 1997 UNC graduate, said he will miss being in the classroom but is excited about the change.