City briefs
By: From Staff Reports
Issue date: 8/20/07 Section: City
School shooter scheduled to appear in Hillsborough court
Alvaro Rafael Castillo is scheduled to appear in court in Hillsborough on Tuesday.
Castillo is charged with opening fire in the courtyard at Orange High School on Aug. 30, 2006, injuring two students. He was arrested and told police that he had shot his father, Rafael Huezo Castillo, whose body was found at his Hillsborough home.
Castillo faces charges of first-degree murder in addition to 10 felony charges related to the shooting at Orange High.
Environmental-policy book to be released in Chapel Hill
The Center for a Better South will hold the first of 11 press conferences across the South at 10 a.m. today to unveil a new book of environmental ideas for Southern policymakers.
The conference will be held at Smith Middle School, a school built in an environmentally sensitive manner. The school is located at 9201 Seawell School Road. One of the chapters of the book calls on state lawmakers across the South to build more green buildings.
The book, "Getting Greener: Progressive Environmental Ideas for the American South," also includes a chapter on strategies that consumers can take to reduce their environmental impact.
The center also will unveil a new Web site where people can download all of the information in the book for free.
South Carolina Sen. Phil Leventis, of Sumter, S.C., and Andy Brack, president of the center, will participate in the conference.
The Center for a Better South is a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to developing progressive ideas, policies and information for leaders.
Public-works department temporarily closes bike path
The town of Chapel Hill has closed the bike path near Scroggs Elementary School for a minimum of two months to connect the existing bike path and the water and sewer lines between Southern Village and the new Southern Community Park.
The town plans on putting up signs that will detour bike-path traffic to an alternative path.
Alvaro Rafael Castillo is scheduled to appear in court in Hillsborough on Tuesday.
Castillo is charged with opening fire in the courtyard at Orange High School on Aug. 30, 2006, injuring two students. He was arrested and told police that he had shot his father, Rafael Huezo Castillo, whose body was found at his Hillsborough home.
Castillo faces charges of first-degree murder in addition to 10 felony charges related to the shooting at Orange High.
Environmental-policy book to be released in Chapel Hill
The Center for a Better South will hold the first of 11 press conferences across the South at 10 a.m. today to unveil a new book of environmental ideas for Southern policymakers.
The conference will be held at Smith Middle School, a school built in an environmentally sensitive manner. The school is located at 9201 Seawell School Road. One of the chapters of the book calls on state lawmakers across the South to build more green buildings.
The book, "Getting Greener: Progressive Environmental Ideas for the American South," also includes a chapter on strategies that consumers can take to reduce their environmental impact.
The center also will unveil a new Web site where people can download all of the information in the book for free.
South Carolina Sen. Phil Leventis, of Sumter, S.C., and Andy Brack, president of the center, will participate in the conference.
The Center for a Better South is a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to developing progressive ideas, policies and information for leaders.
Public-works department temporarily closes bike path
The town of Chapel Hill has closed the bike path near Scroggs Elementary School for a minimum of two months to connect the existing bike path and the water and sewer lines between Southern Village and the new Southern Community Park.
The town plans on putting up signs that will detour bike-path traffic to an alternative path.
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