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Hannah McClellan
Goodbye, and thank you
When I started at the News + Record some 599 days ago, I was fresh out of college and — like everyone else — also newly navigating what it meant to live in a pandemic. For the most part, I met … more
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A specially called Chatham County Schools Board of Education meeting last August began with a 15-parent protest to make masks optional and ended with a 4-0 vote to require universal indoor masking on all campuses.
Cooper encourages ending school mask mandates days after CCS move to optional policy
CCS will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday to vote on a recommendation to remove the existing face covering mandate, effective March 7. If the board approves the recommendation, all of CCS will shift to a mask-optional policy as of March 7 — for the first time since the pandemic began in March of 2020. more
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The carpool line at Pittsboro Elementary School.
PES radio show brings parent communication to ‘whole new level’
PITTSBORO — A few months ago, dropping kids off at Pittsboro Elementary School meant approximately six to 10 minutes of sitting in the carpool line. As of Jan. 10, it means listening six to 10 minutes of something a bit more exciting: 92.7 FM WPES In The Morning, a radio segment with students to highlight school news and happenings. more
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Jessica Winger, shown here with her family, has announced she's seeking a seat on the Chatham County Board of Education.
CCS parent Jessica Winger announces bid for board of education seat
PITTSBORO — Chatham County Schools parent Jessica Winger formally announced her candidacy for the district’s Dist. 3 Board of Education seat last Wednesday, after first announcing her intended run during the public comments portion at last Monday’s board meeting. more
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Mike Wiley in a scene from his performance, 'The Fire of Freedom.'
Chatham performer, playwright Mike Wiley tells history in multiple places
Nationally known actor and playwright Mike Wiley is something of a local legend. He’s spent the last decade bringing educational theater to schools and communities in Chatham and across the country, emphasizing key events and figures in African American history. more
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Caroline Puckett, co-president of Northwood High School's Pride club, shows off rainbow apparel at a Pittsboro Pride Day the club held June 26, 2020.
N.C. one of the worst states for LGBTQ+ protections, national report finds
The 8th annual State Equality Index (SEI), released Jan. 20 by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute, placed North Carolina in the report’s lowest category, “High Priority to Achieve Basic Equality” — due to a lack of LGBTQ-friendly laws and a presence of those deemed as anti-LGBTQ. more
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Parent Jessica Winger spoke against mask mandates on Monday night before announcing an intended run for the Board of Education in 2022.
In contentious 3-2 vote, CCS set for optional indoor masking in March
PITTSBORO — In a contentious 3-2 vote Monday night, the Chatham County Schools Board of Education began a gradual transition to optional masking “on or about March 7,” dependent on … more
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Rev. Albert Reddick was the first person to file on Monday. A former Siler City mayor candidate, he’s filing for the Dist. 4 commissioner seat.
N.C. political maps ruled unconstitutional. What’s next?
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned the state’s three new political maps last Friday night in a 4-3 ruling, three months after the Republican-led state legislature first passed the contested districts. more
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The gym at Seaforth High School, which opened last fall and is the first high school built in the district since 1972.
Bennett, Bonlee and Silk Hope to get new gyms, schedule not set for project
The Chatham County Schools Board of Education voted last month to pursue the $12.9 million replacement of three gymnasiums at Bennett, Bonlee and Silk Hope schools — three smaller K-8 schools in rural areas of the district. more
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There are currently 1,582 affordable rental units in the county, the report found, but approximately 2,325 units are needed.
Despite gains, there’s not enough affordable housing in Chatham
Nearly 750 affordable rental units are still needed to meet the growing demand in Chatham, according to the annual report by the county’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee — despite an increase of 185 affordable units from 2019 to last year. more
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David Morrow's great grandparents: Thomas Bowden (1879-1955) and Ruth Burnett (1879-1952). Tom descends from 2 Patriots and Ruth descends from 3 Patriots.
Lecture to tell ‘untold history’ of Chatham’s free people of color
The Chatham Community Library and Chatham’s Community Remembrance Coalition will commemorate Black History Month by co-sponsoring a virtual lecture about the contributions of Chatham’s free … more
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Former CCS Superintendent Robert Logan was appointed as the Dist. 4 Commissioner on Monday night, to fill the vacancy left by Jim Crawford following his Dec. 31 resignation.
Robert Logan to fill Dist. 4 commissioner vacancy left by Jim Crawford
Chatham commissioners unanimously appointed former Chatham County Schools Superintendent Robert Logan in a 3-0 vote on Monday night to fill the Dist. 4 vacancy left by Jim Crawford following his Dec. 31 resignation. more
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The CDC now recommends that an N95 respirator, as shown here, or KN95 face masks ‘provide the highest level of protection from particles, including the virus that causes COVID-19.’
CCPHD to distribute N95s at Chatham Public Libraries while supplies last
In partnership with the Chatham County Public Libraries, the Chatham County Public Health department is now distributing N95 respirator masks to the public. On  Saturday, CCPHD will also host two drive-thru sites to distribute N95s from 10 a.m. to noon while supplies last, at Northwood High School and Silk Hope School. more
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Students line up last July outside of the Bookmobile — a mobile library run by CCS's Siler City and Virginia Cross elementary schools to provide books to low-income students during the summer break from school.
'We’re not equipping our kids’: Chatham libraries update review processes following recent book bans
News that a Tennessean school district unanimously banned the use of “Maus” — a Pulitzer-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust by Art Spiegelman — in its 8th-grade curriculum spread … more
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Robert Logan at a 2008 CCS meeting.
Chatham Democratic Party recommends Robert Logan as Dist. 4 commissioner replacement
The Chatham County Democratic Party’s executive committee “overwhelmingly selected” former CCS Superintendent Robert Logan on Thursday as the party’s recommended candidate to … more
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Filing for the March 2022 primary in Chatham started at noon Dec. 6 and was set to end at noon on Friday, Dec. 17. Instead, on Dec. 8, filing was halted and the primary pushed back to May 17. Now, a new bill could delay the primary further, to June 7.
A redistricting and 2022 election timeline
The 2022 filing period was fraught — and complicated — from the beginning. The messy process continues, with a bill that would delay the primary election again, this time to June 7, currently at … more
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Alyssa Detzi, Jasper co-founder Jaime Detzi’s daughter, poses here with one of Jasper’s college care packages.
Small, women-owned Chatham business creates college care packages with purpose
PITTSBORO — A new women-owned subscription box service for college students launched out of Chatham last fall, but the idea first started years ago. Founded by Jaime Detzi and Jen Bowman, Detzi … more
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Some downtown Siler City businesses have struggled to gain solid financial footing as the town's economy improves, but COVID-19 has hampered those gains. Chatham's slice of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan stimulus package amounts to more than $30 million.
County seeks public input on how to spend $14 million in COVID-funds
PITTSBORO — Ten months after President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) stimulus package, Chatham County Government is seeking public input on how to spend its … more
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Chatham commissioners honor two long-time county employees
PITTSBORO — Chatham commissioners adopted two resolutions honoring county employees at their Jan. 18 meeting: one regarding Finance Officer Hope Tally for her 20-plus years of service and another … more
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Superintendent Anthony Jackson (far right) visits Northwood High School as a part of his first week of school tour last August. Chatham County Schools saw significant absences from students and staff alike during January due to COVID cases and quarantines.
Omicron quarantines accentuate staffing shortages at Chatham County Schools
By the end of the second week of class following winter break, Chatham County Schools counted 703 students and 68 staff members as absent from school due to either testing positive for COVID-19 or quarantining due to exposure, according to district data shared with the News + Record. more
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