The News
New fish are coming to Jordan Lake as part of a stocking project by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) and a nonprofit, Bass Anglers for NC Lakes. The NCWRC stocks many …
“Paris is always a good idea,” Audrey Hepburn once famously declared. Before my journey from Raleigh-Durham Airport to Charles De Gaulle Airport on October 25, 2023, I was besieged …
RALEIGH — I made my annual visit to the fair on Monday with my wife, Beth, and our sons, Everett, 13, and James, 8. I've been going to the state fair since I can remember going anywhere. I've …
PITTSBORO – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners met Monday, August 7 with the primary focus of the meeting being to start preliminary discussions surrounding the potential redrawing of …
PITTSBORO — The splash pad located at Knight Farm Community Park is still down, town officials confirmed to the Chatham News & Record on Tuesday, Aug. 1.   “The town …
Local Sports
Seaforth girls’ soccer’s Sofia Viana earns athlete of the week honors for the week of April 8. In Seaforth’s two big wins over Bartlett Yancey and Jordan-Matthews last week, …
Baseball After losing to Southern Lee, 7-2, on April 8, Chatham Central came back from down 7-0 to beat Trinity, 9-8, in eight innings Friday. Seaforth went 4-0 during the week, beating …
While scrolling through baseball and softball stats this season, it won’t take long to see the names “Maddie Kaczmarczyk” and “Aidan Allred.” Whether it’s by …
BEAR CREEK — Jordan-Matthews’ softball team may have to be referred to as the “comeback kids” after another wild finish on April 10. Down 6-2 going into the bottom of the …
After the end of the winter sports championships, Seaforth High School tops the 2A standings for the 45th annual Wells Fargo State Cup competitions with 347.5 points, per the updated standings …
Current conditions
La Voz de Chatham
SILER CITY — The Immigrant Community Advisory Committee (ICAC) met last Wednesday to discuss three main topics to help the immigrant community of Siler City.   ICAC, composed of …
Education
The annual ClydeFest arts festival is celebrating its 22nd year, taking place Sun., April 14 at Pittsboro’s Chatham Agricultural and Conference Center. The festival, put on by the Chatham …
A potential supplemental income plan to support the county's teachers was a major focus of the March 11 meeting of Chatham County Schools Board of Education. The recognition of teachers in the …
Chatham County Schools are now providing students with free teletherapy, virtual mental health consults via a new partnership with Daybreak, a company that specializes in remote mental health care.
Politics
SILER CITY — Donald Matthews will be the new mayor of Siler City, unseating Chip Price in unofficial results on Tuesday, Nov. 7. In a rematch of their contest in 2022, Matthews prevailed, …
PITTSBORO — Jay Bonitz, J.A. (Jay) Farrell and John Foley claimed seats on the Pittsboro Town Council on Tuesday, Nov. 7. With results reported on election night, Bonitz led the …
PITTSOBORO — Town commissioner Kyle Shipp will soon officially become mayor with Tuesday's election results completed. In July, he was the only candidate to file for the office. Backed by …
What is your position on the proposed agreement with Sanford for water and sewer treatment for Siler City? Water & sewer are two of the most important issues facing Siler City.   To …
What is your position on the proposed agreement with Sanford for water and sewer treatment for Siler City? In my opinion, this is the best possible solution to an ongoing problem. This project …
Columns/Opinions
Shoot, sometimes he’d cook just because he liked to. Or wanted to. Or it was Saturday night. Or chickens were on sale at Piggly-Wiggly.
Who knows how the strength of simple kindness will echo for years in someone’s life and even reverberate in the larger world?
My late dear departed mother never had a driver’s license in her life. But that didn’t stop her. She could drive with the best of them. At least tell them how to do it. My dad. …
Of all the amazing personal stories on both the men’s and women’s N.C. State basketball teams (D.J. Burns plays three musical instruments, Aziaha James over family tragedy), I’m …
Names, it’s been said, are among the most important parts of our lives. They are, our identity and security, our personality and who we are and how we look at life. There are, of course, …