Pittsboro Journal

THIS IS MISSION CRITICAL INFORMATION, PEOPLE.

Just for fun

So does anyone have a guess as to how this plays out? I'm seeing forecasts ranging from a dusting to as much as 8 inches in the Triangle. A glance at WRAL's Doppler shows some precip already falling in Chatham as of 11:30 AM. WRAL is also calling for a high in the 40's today. I don't think that's going to happen. 

Here's the first part of the 2009 Best of Chatham County.
(Second half due out later this week)

Best local antique store
Beggars & Choosers Antiques
38 Hillsboro St, Pittsboro
CLOSED JAN 2010
Honorable mentions
French Connection

Best bed and breakfast
Rosemary House
76 West St, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone:  (919) 542-5515
Honorable mentions
Laurel Ridge
Celebrity Dairy

Best local thrift shop
PTA Thrift Shop
11500 US Highway 15 501 N #103 Phone: (919) 969-9457
Honorable mentions
Habitat Home Store
Second Bloom
Pittsboro & Siler City PTA Thift Shops

Best day spa
Spa at Bell House
1016 Thompson Street, Pittsboro
Phone: (919) 542-0653
Honorable mentions
Aria Spa
Salon Blue
Antonella�s Salon

Best hair stylist/salon for women
Antonella's Salon
49 Hillsboro St, Pittsboro, NC
Phone: (919) 542-6661
Honorable mentions
Salon Blue
Kelly�s Salon

Best hair stylist/barber for men
Barker's Barber Shop
Downtown Pittsboro
Honorable mention
Antonella�s
Salon Blue

Best local hardware store
Lowe�s Hardware
121 Lowe's Drive Pittsboro, NC
Phone: (919) 642-4030
Honorable mentions
Pope�s Hardware
Siler City Ace Hardware
J Henry Paint & Hardware

Best place to hear music
The City Tap
89 Hillsboro Street. Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: (919) 545-0562
Honorable mentions
Pittsboro General Store Cafe
Bynum General Store
Shakori Hills in Silk Hope
Carolina Brewery
Reno Sharpe�s Store

Best place to see local art
ChathamArts Gallery
115 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Honorable mentions
Siler City Arts Incubator
Pittsboro General Store Caf�
Carolina Brewery,
Raleigh Street Gallery

Best pottery studio/store
Mark Hewitt
424 Johnny Burke Road, Pittsboro, NC
Phone: (919) 542-2371
Honorable mentions
Janet Resnick
Lynn Morrow, Stone Crow
Raleigh Street Gallery

Best yoga instructor
Cathy Holt
Phone: (919) 542-4103
Honorable mentions
Helen Kern, Mary Ann Doty

Best local handyman
Jim Nitsch of HandyJim.com
Phone: (919) 548-0748
Honorable mentions
Freedom Handyman

Best local plumber
Clear Water Plumbing
175 Holly Glen Rd, Pittsboro, NC
Phone: 27312 (919) 837-5186
Honorable mentions
Pittsboro Plumbing, Partin Plumbing
Russ Jackson, Mark Crawford
Liles Plumbing in Siler City

Best heating and air conditioning specialist
Chatham Heating & Air
171 Thompson St. Pittsboro, NC
Phone (919) 542-5319
Honorable mentions
Miller Heating and Air
Tommy Snipes

Best window washer
Dwain Ritchie
Phone: (919) 636-0069
Honorable mentions
Window Wizard

Best local landscaper
Arbor Enterprises
Phone: 919-362-1047
Honorable mentions
Ginny Gregory, Tom Glendining
Specialized Landscaping

Best grading service
Collins Mountain
Phone:  (919)929-3324
Honorable mentions
Ricky Beal, Jeff Scott Grading
Earl Thomas, Roger Bright

Best local doctor
Dr. William Garlick
200 E Salisbury St, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: (919) 545-0580
Honorable mentions
Dr. John Corey, Dr. James Holt,
Dr. Bergert, Dr. Eric Butler,
Dr. James Holt, Dr. James Kurz

Best local dentist
Dr. Rouse Wilson DDS
767 West St, Pittsboro, NC
Phone: (919) 542-3502
Honorable mentions
Dr. Noah Wilson DDS
Dr. Paul Mitchum DDS
Dr. Michael Peele DDS
Dr. Paul Powell DDS

Best local chiropractor
Dr. Mindy Bradshaw
11312 US Hwy 15-501 North, Suite 104
Phone: (919) 969-0931
Honorable mentions
Dr. Roxanne Hollander
Dr. Elizabeth Freedman

Best local pharmacy
Pittsboro Discount Drugs
628 East St, Pittsboro, NC
Phone: (919) 542-7283
Honorable mentions
CVS Chatham Crossing
Siler City Pharmacy
Pittsboro Kerr Drug
Siler City Walgreens

Best local veterinarian
Hope Crossing
Animal Hospital
58 East Cotton Rd, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: (919) 542-1975
Honorable mentions
Hill Creek Veterinary Hospital
Pittsboro Animal Clinic
Jordan Lake Animal Hospital
Cole Park Veterinary
Chatham Veterinary Service

Best local place to board your pet
Companion Camp
3408 Castle Rock Farm Road, Pittsboro
Phone: (919) 545-2267
Honorable mentions
Pettsboro Groom & Room
Hope Crossing Animal Hospital
Pittsboro Animal Hospital
K9 Kindercare

Best new car dealer
Pittsboro Ford
1245 Thompson Street, Pittsboro, NC
Phone: (919) 542-3131
Honorable mentions
Welford Harris in Siler City

Best used car dealer
Smart Cars by Weiland
471 Hillsboro St, Pittsboro, NC.
Phone: 919-542-1599
Honorable mentions
Pittsboro Ford
Signature Auto Solutions
Welford Harris in Siler City

Best auto mechanic
Performance Automotive
1027 East Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: (919) 542-5614
‎Honorable mentions
Doug�s Auto & Tire
Pittsboro Auto Care
Siler City Automotive
Diaz Automotive
Chapel Hill Tire

Best auto parts store
Advance Auto in Pittsboro
462 East St, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: (919) 542-2899
Honorable mentions
NAPA in Pittsboro & Siler City
New Hope Auto Parts

Some time back, there was information on the BBS about donating left over prescription meds to help people who need them. Can someone remind me of the organization that collects the meds? Thanks.

The filing deadline passed yesterday with no fanfare or announcement on the BBS.  Low-interest races, or low interest on the BBS?  Who knows, but the list is here:

http://www.chathamnc.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=12282

No Democratic primary for any county office this year.  Can anyone remember the last time that happened?

Is there an office to do this, or is Siler City the closest?

Early models have snow for the middle of next week, and as it gets closer, many models are starting to agree on a signifigant amount.  Some have shown up to 24 inches across a wide area.  Being 4 days away, a lot could change though.

Here is an update from Van Denton (Fox8 weather):

For those of you that watch our station, you know that we have been talking about the potential for snow on March 2nd/3rd since Monday Feb. 22nd and I mentioned it to friends back on Saturday, Feb. 20th. Ironically, that heads up came from looking at the long range GFS model. That same model is now having trouble sticking to a track. But, now the time period is withing the reach of the Canadian and European Models. For the past few days...the European and Canadian Models have been consistent in bringing this storm up as a deep Low along or just off the Carolina coast Late Tuesday and Early Wednesday.  The newest set of models is now leaning toward Wed. March 3rd possibly into the morning of March 4th.  About 24 hours later.

At the same time the GFS has been flip-flopping leading me to have less confidence in what it has to say regarding this system. It just has a hard time with the track.

What I am leaning on here is that by early next week, the Low currently over the NE will begin to weaken and that will lessen the NW flow influence that the GFS may be expecting to push the Gulf coast low more east and south. If that NE low lifts out late this weekend and early next week, look for the gulf coast system to make a more NE turn with the NW flow weakening. At the same time, this NE system will continue to feed enough cold air south for this storm to produce snow. This makes some sense and has to be what the European and Canadian models see.

The Crop Mob event at Okfuskee Farm in Silk Hope will be featured in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.  You can also view the article online now - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/magazine/28food-t-000.html

For more information on Crop Mob, please visit http://www.cropmob.org

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