SILER CITY — The Town of Siler City Board of Commissioners met at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 17, in the courtroom at City Hall. The commissioners voted to contract Hobbs Architects to conduct pre-design work on the recently acquired Carter Bank & Trust building in Siler City and for a new public works office, and voted to restructure the town’s Finance Department.
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By Valeria Cloës, Chatham News & Record
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7/19/23
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SILER CITY — At the 94th N.C. FFA State Convention in Raleigh in June, Reyna Nava Catalan made history as the first-place winner in the FFA Spanish Creed competition.
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CN+R STAFF REPORTS
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7/19/23
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A Siler City man charged earlier this month with disseminating obscenity is facing additional related charges.
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From Chatham County Sheriff’s Office
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7/12/23
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SILER CITY — The Siler City Department of Parks & Recreation has a new director. Former recreation coordinator Tylr Stinson, who planned the Spring Chicken Festival and Easter Eggstravaganza, transitioned into the new role on July 3.
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BY Valeria Cloës, News & Record Staff
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7/6/23
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SILER CITY — Supporters gathered at the Chatham Rabbit on June 24 to celebrate Rev. Donald Matthews and his run for the mayor’s seat in Siler City.
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BY TAYLOR HEEDEN, News + Record Staff
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7/6/23
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SILER CITY — Town of Siler City and WithersRavenel held their second Downtown Streetscape Community Engagement Event at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, to present the Siler City community with options to renovations coming to downtown Siler City in the next years.
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By Valeria Cloës, News & Record Staff
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7/6/23
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On June 21, 2023, the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office received a report of inappropriate sexual communication and relations between a suspect and another family member.
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From the Chatham County Sheriff's Office
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6/28/23
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The Silk Hope Ruritan Club has donated state-of-the-art interactive video panels to Silk Hope School. These cutting-edge panels serve as tools for teachers, providing them with enhanced capabilities …
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CN+R STAFF REPORTS
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6/28/23
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SILER CITY — The Siler City Board of Commissioners met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, in the Courtroom at City Hall to approve the town’s 2023-2024 budget. The town’s new budget for …
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BY Valeria Cloës, News & Record Staff
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6/28/23
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SILER CITY — Wolfspeed is now on the fast track to construction of its Siler City facility after securing a key air quality permit from the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality on Thursday.
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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6/9/23
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SILER CITY — The board of commissioners met for its first meeting of the month, where they spent more than an hour and a half debating a proposed stormwater utility fee program. Engineering …
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BY TAYLOR HEEDEN, News + Record Staff
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6/7/23
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SILER CITY — Planning Dept. Director Jennifer Baptiste approached the board of commissioners as she usually does for public hearings on proposed projects.
The first public …
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BY TAYLOR HEEDEN, News + Record Staff
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6/7/23
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SILER CITY — A big home, 10 acres of land and a space to call their own. The Muehlbachs thought their investment in the home off of Pleasant Hill Church Road was their own slice of the American …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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6/7/23
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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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SILER CITY — Folklorico dresses of red, yellow and blue wave in the streets, the smell of pupusas wafts across downtown and smiles spread across the faces of hundreds of residents.
The …
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CN+R STAFF REPORTS
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5/31/23
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SILER CITY — Call it semantics, or call it nuance. Either way, it may be costing Wolfspeed billions in federal incentive funding.
The current wording of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act may …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/31/23
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SILER CITY — It’s that time of year: budget time. Siler City staff presented its annual budget proposal before the board of commissioners last week.
Town Manager Hank Raper, …
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BY TAYLOR HEEDEN, News + Record Staff
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5/24/23
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SILER CITY — Since 1984, Salvation Army of Chatham County has been providing services ranging from aiding the homeless to feeding the hungry.
The goal of the organization has always been …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/24/23
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SILER CITY — Former Chatham News + Record owner Mary John Little Resch, who died in 2022, was honored Saturday. A grand piano with a plaque adorning her name was donated to the N.C. Arts …
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Photos by James Kiefer
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3/28/23
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