Daily Archives: October 27, 2020

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Endorsement of Democratic commissioner candidates

by Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD, Chapel Hill I am writing to express my strong support and appreciation for three candidates in Chatham County for county commissioner positions. Michael Dasher brings experience and a deep understanding of the needs of a ...
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Wastewater agreement reached in Briar Chapel

by Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent The Briar Chapel Community Association announced it had reached an agreement with Newland, the development company that built Briar Chapel and Old North State Water Company which currently owns and operates the community’s wastewater treatment ...
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Vote for Chatham County Republican Candidates

by Rolin Mainuddin, Chapel Hill A lawyer by training, and with business experience, Robert Thomas is running for the U.S. House of Representatives, District 4. A strong supporter of the Second Amendment, he is for building the wall in opposing ...
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Why I’m Voting for Joe Biden for President

by Diane Tuttle Ursano, Briar Chapel I grew up in an Army family. Both of my parents were service “Brats,” my father a “Navy Junior” and my mother an “Army Brat.” Four of my five uncles were career Army, Air ...
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Letters to the Editor

Response to Lein column I would like to suggest that the article “Agitator in Chief” by Don Lein be removed. It feels like I’m reading the man’s diary. Obama had control of the majorities in both houses of Congress for ...
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Why I am voting for Joe Biden

by Vickie Atkinson, Chapel Hill I am enthusiastically voting for Joe Biden. Joe Biden has the temperament, experience and steadiness that I want in a leader. His empathy, knowledge of how government works, and willingness to listen to experts and ...
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A Woman Supporting Trump

by Vickie Day Terll, Pittsboro As a mother and grandmother, I would like to leave behind for my daughter and grandson an America that promises physical security, traditional morality, and economic prosperity. In order to ensure these goals, the country ...
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Endorsing Republican commissioner candidates

by Rolin Mainuddin, Chapel Hill In addition to the lone Republican incumbent Andy Wilkie, two other Republican candidates are running for the Chatham County Board of Commissioners in 2020. With a 4-1 majority for the Democrats, it is imperative to ...
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After raising rabbits, Willett hits the trails and eyes big ...

by Randall Rigsbee, Correspondent Crystal Willett is widely known as “the Rabbit Lady,” a moniker the 54-year-old Chatham County resident earned, and embraced, in the years she operated The Chatham Rabbit, her farm in Bear Creek. For a decade or ...