As COVID-19 cases surge, Chatham County’s total case count since the start of the pandemic has roared past 5,000.
There was a lull in the spring; from March 12 until July 28, Chatham didn’t …
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8/18/21
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Just a few days after graduating from Central Carolina Community College, alumnus Jayden Sansom started a final class at the college: video game art and design.
The class was offered for the first …
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8/18/21
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SILER CITY — After three decades in the United States, Guatemalan native Dora Interiano finally achieved last December what she’d spent over a year working toward: U.S. citizenship.
To her, it …
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8/18/21
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PITTSBORO — After 25 years in education — 14 of them in Chatham — Chris Poston will soon be starting a new role: Chatham County Schools’ Executive Director for Excellence and …
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8/18/21
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PITTSBORO — Wesley Hart didn’t speak at the ceremony last Thursday during which he was awarded the French Legion of Honor.
He didn’t have to. The 102-year-old Chathamite’s service during …
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8/18/21
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PITTSBORO — Pittsboro’s budding Boys & Girls Club has reached its minimum required funding threshold to begin operations and will likely open its doors to area youth soon after the 2021-22 …
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8/18/21
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PITTSBORO — As Chatham County’s 250th anniversary celebrations continue, the Chatham 250 Historical Content Committee — a volunteer group made up of community leaders, elders, and historians …
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8/18/21
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SILER CITY — The Siler City Development Organization has renewed its facade grant program for another year as part of the organization’s larger effort to revitalize the town’s aesthetic and …
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8/18/21
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PITTSBORO — A five-hour Chatham County commission board meeting on Monday night included lengthy and, at times, contentious discussion regarding rezoning requests and compact …
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BY HANNAH McCLELLAN, News + Record Staff
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8/17/21
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PITTSBORO — A new collaboration between Chatham County Schools, Central Carolina Community College and UNC-Chapel Hill — Teach Chatham — intends to address the current teaching …
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BY HANNAH McCLELLAN, News + Record Staff
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8/17/21
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PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Schools Board of Education will resume meeting at the Chatham County Historic Courthouse for its next regular meeting on Sept. 13.
Over the course of the …
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BY HANNAH McCLELLAN, News + Record Staff
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8/17/21
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SILER CITY — The town’s board of commissioners debated solutions to longstanding water pressure deficiencies in parts of town and discussed potential spending options for federally …
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BY D. LARS DOLDER, News + Record Staff
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8/17/21
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Chatham County commissioners approved a LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance at their meeting Monday night — making Chatham the 12th local government to do so in North Carolina.
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BY HANNAH McCLELLAN, News + Record Staff
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8/17/21
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PITTSBORO — Chatham Community Library will host a virtual screening of the documentary “Don’t Tell Anyone” (No Le Digas a Nadie) beginning Thursday, Sept. 16, and continuing …
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8/17/21
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PITTSBORO — Beginning September 2021, Chatham Community Library will host a series of quarterly discussions highlighting women changemakers in Chatham County. The series will address areas of …
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From Chatham Community Library
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8/17/21
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SANFORD — Central Carolina Community College celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2021 as the school observed a drive-through graduation on Monday, Aug. 9, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic …
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8/17/21
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Mountaire Farms of North Carolina has contributed towards the Chatham County Council on Aging’s efforts to help create an area within the Northeast District Park for family caregivers and their loved ones.
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8/17/21
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PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Monday recognizing Wednesday, Sept. 15, as the official United Way of Chatham County Day of Service.
The …
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8/17/21
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SILER CITY — Siler City’s Parks and Recreation department announced the fifth season of “Friday Night Flicks,” a popular movie in the park series held at Bray Park on the fourth Friday night …
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CN+R STAFF REPORTS
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8/17/21
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Chatham County’s COVID-19 case numbers are continuing to rise as the Delta variant spreads. A recent peak came on August 3rd, when 30 new cases were reported, a number that had not been reached since late January 2021.
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Chatham County Public Health Department
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8/13/21
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