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Assailant pinned with murder attempt

By MATTHEW HAIR | March 22

Chapel Hill police arrested a Durham man at 11 a.m. Sunday and charged him with one felony count of attempted murder in the first degree, one felony count of strangulation and one felony count of breaking and entering. Vicente Jimenez Martinez, 26, was arrested at his ex-girlfriend’s residence on Cypress Road after he forcibly entered her home and assaulted her, said police spokeswoman Jane Cousins.

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Grant bolsters science program at middle school

By MATTHEW HAIR | November 12

Eighth-graders at Smith Middle School are ready to add a new dimension to their science curriculum, thanks to a $2,000 grant from The Piedmont Electric Membership Cooperative. The Piedmont grant, which in association with the N.C. Bright Ideas grant program encourages creativity in the classroom, gives students the funding needed to build and race hydrogen fuel-cell cars. Every student in eighth grade at the school will have the opportunity to build a car and enter it in a race in late April.

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Trust tries to provide affordable residences

By MATTHEW HAIR | October 22

Though 'affordable housing' has become a local buzz phrase, some locals still have misconceptions about how much of a need exists and what affordable housing does for a community. The Orange Community Housing and Land Trust is working to correct these problems by providing affordable houses for low-income buyers in Orange County. The group held its annual meeting Thursday night at the Carrboro Century Center to examine the group's progress during the last year and to plan for the future.

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Assailant pinned with murder attempt

Grant bolsters science program at middle school

Trust tries to provide affordable residences

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