SILER CITY — A stroll around downtown Siler City may look a bit different today than it did several years ago. New businesses are taking over or changing hands seemingly every month and …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/31/23
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HOLLY SPRINGS — Thales Academy, a college preparatory network of K-12 independent schools based in North Carolina, is expanding its campus in Holly Springs to build a new junior high/high …
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From Thales Academy
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5/31/23
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SILER CITY — Nine students have been named JMArts Scholars by the Jordan-Matthews Arts Foundation, all receiving scholarships to pursue intensive fine arts study this summer.
They are …
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From JMArts
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5/24/23
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SANFORD — The Lee County Board of Education shared the findings of an independent six-month investigation at its meeting last Monday.
The findings discussed Siler City resident, …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/24/23
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SANFORD — Eight students who successfully completed the two-year Caterpillar Youth Apprenticeship in Welding this spring celebrated with family and friends on May 17 with an evening graduation …
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From Central Carolina Community College
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5/24/23
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PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Education approved universal free breakfast in all schools, and a second chance breakfast in all district high school cafeterias for the 2023-24 school …
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From Chatham County Schools
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5/24/23
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PITTSBORO — “Kasserian Ingera” is a common greeting for the Kenyan tribe of the Maasai people.
The phrase translates to “And how are the children?”
This …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/24/23
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PITTSBORO — From boys to kings.
That’s how School of the Arts for Boys Academy Founder Valencia Toomer wants her students to grow during their time at her school. When the boys of …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/24/23
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If you pass by the Boys & Girls Clubs in Siler City or Pittsboro on a weekday after school, you might see students playing games, doing their homework or engaging in leadership activities.
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/18/23
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SILER CITY — Miguel races into the music room after school.
The Siler City Elementary 3rd grader is jumping up and down with excitement as he sees the instruments neatly lined up on the …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/17/23
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PITTSBORO — Results of a study examining the possibility of a year-round school model for three Siler City schools feeding into Jordan-Matthews High School was presented before the school board …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/11/23
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PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Education approved universal free breakfast in all schools, and a second chance breakfast in all district high school cafeterias for the 2023-24 school …
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From Chatham County Schools
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5/10/23
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PITTSBORO — The sheriff. The nurse. The teacher. The grocery store owner.
Their jobs may be commonplace, but the Black people in Chatham County who broke barriers and first held …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/10/23
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SILER CITY — Jordan-Matthews High school received a school shooting threat Friday. Chatham County Schools officials say the situation is under control and nobody was harmed.
"On Thursday …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/5/23
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SILER CITY — A pixelated globe wearing a birthday cake hat has to escape a pumpkin and make it to the green flag.
Sounds simple enough.
This is just one of the hundreds of possibilities …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/3/23
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PITTSBORO — Investments yield outcomes.
That’s the pitch Chatham County Schools Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson is making to county commissioners this budget season. Last Tuesday, …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/3/23
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More than a dozen bills filed in the N.C. General Assembly’s legislative session focus on expanding funding for charter schools and increasing the state’s voucher programs for private …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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4/26/23
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CHAPEL HILL — It was the middle of the pandemic, and Marianne Maschal was exhausted.
Watching over three small children who were around at all hours of the day — while she cooked …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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4/26/23
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SILER CITY — Leah Riggsbee has always wanted to get thrown down a hill.
She’s about to get her chance.
Riggsbee is part of the Chatham School of Science & Engineering Gravity …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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4/12/23
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PITTSBORO — On April 3, the Chatham County Board of Education approved three new district employees.
Mr. John V. Wood was named the new Public Information Officer. Wood currently serves as …
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From Chatham County Schools
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4/6/23
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