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It seems North Carolina is still confused about wind energy. We know we have a
terrific wind resource in the mountains, and wonderful winds...
Published: May 09, 2010 02:00 AM
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Recently the Abundance Foundation did a screening of "The Age of Stupid" in
the back yard at the Plant. A bunch of people showed...
Published: Mar 07, 2010 02:00 AM
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I was raised on the smell of manufacturing. My father ran a control valve
plant. He used to cart his children out to the...
Published: Dec 20, 2009 02:00 AM
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For the past few years I've spent time in these columns decrying war. I've
written about flag-draped coffins and the sheer stupidity of our...
Published: Nov 08, 2009 02:00 AM
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In North Carolina, we tend to put our industrial sites in the southeast corner
of every county. That's largely so that when our industries...
Published: Sep 23, 2009 02:00 AM
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I read with interest Lyle Estill's My View column, "Following the Lead of
Photography," (CHN August 16) because I teach photography at Duke University....
Published: Aug 26, 2009 02:00 AM
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My 17-year-old daughter has been around a fair bit this summer. We have been
doing college visits, vacationing and generally hanging out. My wife,...
Published: Aug 16, 2009 12:30 AM
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Maybe these are strange times. Or perhaps things are the same as they ever
were. Those of us attempting to escort North Carolina into...
Published: Jul 08, 2009 12:30 AM
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WEDNESDAY COMPUTER CLASS -- The second session in a three-day workshop on Web
Basics will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the...
Published: Jun 03, 2009 12:30 AM
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SUNDAY MALL CONCERT -- University Mall presents An Afternoon With Gary
Mitchell from 2 to 4 p.m., inside the mall near Radio Shack.
www.universitymallnc.com....
Published: Jun 01, 2009 12:00 AM
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WEDNESDAY COMPUTER CLASS -- A free class on Internet/Web Basics, Part 2, will
be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Chapel Hill...
Published: May 27, 2009 12:30 AM
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On Sept. 11, 2001, two things happened. A Carrboro activist stapled an
organizational meeting flier to a bulletin board in Chapel Hill to begin...
Published: May 27, 2009 12:30 AM
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It seems that the "stimulus package" is bearing down on North Carolina like a
hurricane. The outer bands are starting to hit, and the...
Published: Apr 26, 2009 12:30 AM
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My eldest son's first sentence was "I want to ride the bus." When you live in
the woods of Chatham County that's a tall...
Published: Mar 04, 2009 12:30 AM
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"Light up Your Winter," a Wednesday night series at United Church of Chapel
Hill, is continuing through January and will include several offerings in...
Published: Jan 14, 2009 12:30 AM
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I'd like to call Lyle Estill out just a little bit on his Dec. 3 My View
column "Top down versus bottom up" about...
Published: Dec 28, 2008 12:30 AM
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I am on the edge of two powerful and transformative movements for our region.
The first is local fuel. The second is local food....
Published: Dec 03, 2008 12:30 AM
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Last week we cut the ribbon on North Carolina's first bio-refinery, which is
an addition to Piedmont Biofuel's existing biodiesel plant in Pittsboro. Now...
Published: Oct 15, 2008 12:30 AM
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PITTSBORO -- Piedmont Biofuels has become accredited as North Carolina's first
BQ-9000 producer of biodiesel. BQ-9000 is a Quality Management Program
administered by the...
Published: Aug 26, 2008 10:08 PM
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It's never entirely clear to me whether high gas prices are the result of the
"summer driving season," or because we are at the...
Published: Aug 19, 2008 08:28 PM
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