Pittsboro Journal

I have a 10 year old boy that wants to play soccer but he is novice and has never played before.
What options are there for spring soccer that isn't too competitive?

Thanx

Fight for community needs wider support

Read the entire story at http://www.chapelhillnews.com/opinion/guest_columns/story/32313.html

Mark Barroso
In the summer of 2005, news that a developer was considering a "Wal-Mart-type business" on the border of Orange and Chatham counties lit up the phone lines and e-mail in-boxes of thousands of residents and commuters as if barbarians were assaulting the gates of civilization. In fact, such was the title of discussion on OrangePolitics.org.

It was standing room only at Capt. John's Fish house, where more than 200 people crammed in to hear from local officials and activists about what could be done to stop the developer, Lee Moore Oil. A citizens group, Chatham First, was formed to advocate against a big box store in a community of home-grown businesses, minimal traffic delays and semi-rural vistas.

"We don't want 15/501 to look like the sprawl in Durham!" was the rallying cry.

A galvanized community opened its checkbooks while an army of volunteers knocked door to door to oust a board of county commissioners that ignored pleas for more sensitive planning.

They won. New commissioners promising smart growth were elected. It was the way democracy was supposed to work.

But the bulldozers and lawyers came anyway. Driving south on 15/501 toward Pittsboro, clearing for County Line Plaza continues. Three years after the torches and pitchforks were raised to save our community, two people remain standing against the developer's deep pockets.

Hi!

I wanted to invite all moms in and around the area to join cafe mom.  It is a website dedicated to bringing moms together.  It is a really neat tool for finding moms in your area. It's sort of like BBS for moms :-).  I have started a group entitled "Pittsboro Mommies" and would love for any moms around here to join my group.  I see a few moms on there from around this area and would love to see many many more.  I would really like to find some moms around here that would like to get together for a playdate or just become online buddies.  So, if you're a mom and looking for some friends, check out cafe mom! 

www.cafemom.com

Hope to see some of you moms there!

Hey guys - I once saw a group of BMXers at a county meeting - they were concerned about trails for dirt biking in Chatham. Anyone heard of such a group - I'd like to contact them. Thanks for any help you can offer!

Why does the Town of Pittsboro not look into allowing the residents to use golf carts to get around town, or around their community. I know other towns allow the use of golf carts on city streets. If we are pushing for a green environment, why not consider this option.

We did, and I hope yall did as well. 

I am sorry Lesley is upset, but it is the nature of our nature.  When I saw it, I told my wife that I thought yall were the latest casuality of our deer population.  As much trouble as it is, I am glad it is only "car damage".

I need some recommendations of a Doc. in the area who can help my husband before I euthanize him myself.

He needs a new knee thanks to two football players (one fat, one tall) who took his old knee out while he was playing for Northwood in the 70's.  Maybe some of you were there.  I understand you could hear it in the stands.

Anyway, he HATES doctors and with some good reason so I need someone who is tried and true and who can deal with a sceptic.  He his getting to the point, at 48, where he can hardly walk sometimes.

Anyone out there want to share their doc. and their experience so I can coax him into this?  I am truly desperate to get him some help.

Meg

There was an accident involving a motorcycle near the intersection at Potterstone Village on Christmas Eve. We heard at church that it was a 21 year old boy from Pittsboro. Has anyone heard anything about his condition. Our prayers go out to him and his family.

Telecom industry brings Connected Nation to North CarolinaThe industry-backed nonprofit seeks to influence state policy on broadband
23 DEC 2008  �  by Fiona Morgan

Read the entire article at http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A272764

Citizens across North Carolina are clamoring for better access to the Internet, but cable and telecom companies say it's too expensive to build service that reaches them. Now the industry has decided it is willing to pay an outside group, Connected Nation, to collect data about who's stuck on dialup, ostensibly to deliver improved service. But critics say the motive is hardly altruistic, charging that cable and telecom companies are more interested in warding off regulators than in bridging the digital divide.

In Chatham County, where many residents commute to work in Research Triangle Park or at area universities, 45 percent of homes and businesses don't have access to high-speed Internet service.

"Right now there is an information superhighway," Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller told state lawmakers at a recent meeting on the issue, "but too many of our citizens are accessing what we all know as the equivalent of the information dirt road."

The first step to getting more people out of the dirt and onto the highway is to precisely determine who has access and who doesn't. But controversy is brewing in the General Assembly over how that information will be collected and who will control access to it.

The state's telephone and cable industry associations have hired Connected Nation, a nationwide nonprofit, to map the availability of broadband services statewide for an undisclosed fee.

Fellow BB members,
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.  If you are driving somewhere, everyone drive safely and have a happy holiday!  Enjoy the day, especially the time get to spend together with your family.  Leave the world's problems for another day.  Peace to all.