Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:23:52 -0500
From: Lesley Landis
Subject: Pittsboro/Chapel Hill Bus Service
by Tim Keim
Getting around in Chatham County without a car is difficult. With little employment to anchor Pittsboro residents to their home turf, folks scatter in all directions every morning to earn their daily bread. About 13% of the workforce at UNC and UNC Hospital travel the 15-501 corridor to reach Chapel Hill. Some carpool, but most jump into their shiny metal boxes solo and inefficiently burn hydrocarbons to get to work. But a ticket to ride may soon replace the solitary commute.
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Tags: 27312 · 27344 · 27510 · 27514 · 27516 · 27517 · Chapel Hill · Development · Government · Pittsboro · Siler City
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:10:57 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: Steve Gravely
Subject: Oh, deer! Many thanks to Aaron Honeycutt.
What an excellent posting by Aaron Honeycutt recently explaining the lives and habits of deer. Since moving to the country in Chatham 11 years ago, I have thoroughly enjoyed observing the many deer that come into my yard, mostly due to the deer corn I leave them. My nearby neighbor hunts them. I was an avid bird hunter in my younger days, but have never cared to hunt deer. I enjoy venison and have been to many a deer pickin’ in my home county of Nash.
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Tags: 27312 · Animals · Pittsboro
