Cedar Grove News

The Orange County Board of Commissioners agreed Tuesday night to find a way to keep the Carrboro Branch Library and Cedar Grove Library open.

At least three Orange County commissioners now say they want to keep the Carrboro Branch and Cedar Grove libraries open.

At last week's county budget hearing in Hillsborough and again Tuesday night at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, the color purple and the plans for a new arts wing at Carrboro High School were on display.

I would like to comment on the proposed closure of the Carrboro Branch Library and the Cedar Grove Branch Library.

With the Orange County Board of Commissioners set to open public hearings on a budget that calls for the closing of the Carrboro Branch Library at McDougle School, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen is joining with library supporters to officially oppose the move.

If you find yourself upset or concerned about the possible closing of the Carrboro branch library, take note, there are plans for a Southwest Orange Library and funds have all ready been approved.

The county manager's recommendation to close the Carrboro and Cedar Grove library branches is preposterous.

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen is asking County Commissioners to reconsider a plan to shut down the Carrboro Branch Library.

The Carrboro aldermen are not letting their library go down without a fight. Or at least without a special meeting Monday night, where the mayor and aldermen will draft a response to County Manager Laura Blackmon's proposed closing of the Carrboro Branch Library in McDougle schools.

Tuesday night, library staff members and concerned citizens held signs and posters in mute protest as Orange County Commissioners reviewed a budget that would close the Carrboro Branch Library at MacDougal Middle School.

Following the release of preliminary county budget proposals to close the Carrboro Branch Library, members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen said they would support the Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library in their efforts to encourage the county to keep the library open.

The Orange County Parks and Recreation department held ribbon-cutting ceremonies for both Cedar Grove Park in Cedar Grove and Gold Park in Hillsborough.

Once city lines are drawn, they become fences, says Mark Dorosin of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, fences that isolate communities and deny their residents basic amenities.

The Carrboro Branch Library unveiled its second art exhibition in the "Global Perspectives" series on April 4 with more than 60 pieces of artwork that portray animals from all seven continents.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted last week to sell four county surplus properties.

An organization dedicated to working with homelessness in North Carolina will present its annual fundraising event Friday.

Public libraries may be the recession's next victims. In a budget proposal presented to Orange County Manager Laura Blackmon March 5, Library Director Lucinda Munger proposed closing the Cedar Grove Branch Library, the Carrboro Branch Library in McDougal Middle School and the Carrboro Cybrary.

Eleven agencies in Brunswick County and seven from Columbus County have been selected as recipients of Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation's 2009 Community Grants This year's grants total $20,463 to help ...

Residents, official fighting for cybrary BY BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun Mar 11, 2009 CARRBORO -- With the news late last week that the director of the Orange County Library has recommended closing the ...

Carrboro May Lose Cybrary The Orange County Board of Commissioners got their first look at proposed service cuts late last week, and it was recommended by Orange County Library Services Director Lucinda Munger ...