Pittsboro Journal

Warning.

The new stop light at the intersection of 751 and O'Kelly Chapel Road is now working (near For Garden's Sake nursery). The good news is that the construction and one-lane traffic is finished. The bad news is that it will take folks a while to adjust to (1) a stop light there and (2) the bad line of sight going north through that intersection. I travel this route to and from work every day. Got to see the first green light going north this morning and the first accident there this evening going back south through it. A young man had run his SUV off the road on the right, apparently by going straight through the intersection, northbound. Unfortunately for him, it curves to the left, and more sharply than it used to, due to the added lane. He looked okay - he was out and on his cell phone - and someone else had already stopped to check. I am sorry that they could not have taken the extra time to take the crown off the middle of that intersection, but I hope they put some guard rails in to keep folks from going too far into the woods.

Mt. Carmel area of Chatham County early this morning. PLEASE PASS THIS INFO ALONG!!! Attached is a photo of similar vehicle reported stolen during these break-ins

This ALERT is to notify the Mount Carmel Community as well as surrounding communities of several Break-In’s that took place between the hours of Midnight and 5:00am this morning (07-27-2010) along Bayberry Drive off of Mount Carmel Road in Orange County. In each instance the time frame was between 12:00 Midnight and 5:00am. In most cases only vehicles were gone through. At least two homes were entered while the residents were asleep. In one such incident the family car was stolen. I have included an attachment with this vehicle description as well as the tag number. This is a unique vehicle and should be easily spotted. Pass this along to those on your address book and let us know if you see anything in your neighborhood that brings rise to suspicion. Remember NEVER approach a suspicious situation. Call 911 and let us check it out if you see a vehicle matching this description in your neighborhood.

Stolen during a break-in @ 321 Bayberry Road between the hours of 00:00 and 05:00 on July 27th

2005 Toyota Sion XP
Burgundy in Color with NC Tag STL-9997
Front fender is loose and there is black duct tape on the rear door handle




Lieutenant Steve Maynor
Patrol Division
Chatham County Sheriff's Office
919-545-8111 office
919-548-0859 mobile

The "dead magic bus" topic is getting too long. We just got this in email from Public Safety,


Chatham County and the Town of Pittsboro have agreed to continue funding for Chatham Pittsboro Express (PX) route served by Chapel Hill Transit during the 10-11 year.

UNC will again subsidize an annual pass allowing unlimited trips on the PX route to commuting students (outside the 2-mile radius and living within route boundaries) and permanent UNC University or Hospital staff who join the Commuter Alternative Program and select the PX Chatham route as their primary commute mode.

Since I did the BBS upgrade a couple of weeks ago, we have run into several database hiccups.

We had one this morning, when the program was not able to access the database. Because of my work schedule, I was not able to do much until noon and had to "turn off" the BBS.

I will need to go back in this weekend and see what needs to be done to reduce and eliminate these hiccups.

It is coming out from various posts and the Chatham Record that more and more people in the vicinity of the City Tap are complaining about the noise. The record states it was four residents that originally went to the town, not just a renter.

I love live music too but I see their point. They have been living there for years and all is nice and quiet even near town and because some business decides music will benefit their business the neighbors are having it forced on them. I understand there are gripes already that the current BOC is not business friendly but there should be a restriction on where venues that plan to play loud music set up shop.
Same goes for Shakori Hills. My friend bought a house there years ago before the festival even started and now she suffers through it every year. She moved there for the quiet of country living. She says not only does she hear the music but people who are drunk trespass on local land and the drug activity is bothering people.

I know we all love music venues but we need to be more cognizant of where they go up and what is nearby.

My power was out from 11:22 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. on Manns Chapel Road.  Progress Energy said it was "damage to our equipment." So was this one widespread, or was it just my turn to get lucky on the hottest day of the year so far?

This topic has been moved to Chatham Community Calendar.

http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php?topic=19471.0

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8029489/

For those that were wondering....

 I have heard a lot of people in Chatham say the go to the Hillsborough Sportsplex for swimming and skating and Bball.

MMmmmmmm. Why not build one here! The kids could use the excercise, county makes money off fees, people stay here and spend, and kids would not be so bored and have to be sriven out of the county to shop in orange after a day at the Sportsplex.

All it would need is a pool and a basketball court and maybe a game room for ping pong or such. We could get rid of the obesity coordinator too and and this would create about a dozen jobs at a better rate. You would need lifeguards, swim instructors, referees, bball coaches, locker attendents and the list goes on.

This would be good for all!

BTW it is adults and kids I know that go there.

Does anyone know what's going on with the Iron Horse on 64?  Is it cloisng down or "cleaning up"?