NOTED. WHAT AN HONOR In July, TABLE was named one of five recipients of a $25,000 Blue Bunny Helmet of Hope grant. Recipients also won an ice-cream party and the opportunity to have their names displayed on NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson’s helmet during a race. On Aug. 15, Orange County Commissioner Renee Price was honored as the Commissioner of the Year by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. “[The award] signifies my dedication to advancing quality of life and justice for all people,” Renee said in a press release. On Sept. 1, the Orange County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a proclamation recognizing retiring Maj. David Lewis Caldwell Jr. for his services as a Town of Carrboro police officer and Orange County deputy sheriff for 40 years, and as head of support services and community outreach for the sheriff’s department, a role he’s had since 2016. The proclamation states “the Board profoundly thanks [Maj. Caldwell] for his uncompromising commitment, dedication and distinguished service.”
selected as part of the fourth annual Tarheel Shorties Film Festival, which took place online this year on Aug. 25-27. His film features footage from a past cross-country road trip from Chicago to Las Vegas, documenting leaving one town in the hopes of finding another to love.
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Chapel Hill-based architect Arielle Condoret Schechter’s “Haw River House” received second place in the coveted Jury Awards category as part of the 2020 George Matsumoto Prize, which recognizes excellence in modernist residential design. The 2,600-square-foot house, designed for owners Kate Paradis and Scott Zimmerman, blends into a rocky knoll, which faces the western side of the Haw River in Chatham County. Arielle designed the net-zero house to create as much or more energy than the home requires, utilizing a butterfly-shaped roof to collect rainwater, among other ecofriendly features.
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Sera Cuni, co-owner and chef of The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering, made
BOOKIN’ IT Christine Parks, the founder and owner of Camellia Forest Tea Gardens, co-authored
“Grow Your Own Tea” with tea historian Susan Walcott. The book, released on Sept. 1, provides a thorough overview of growing, harvesting and preparing different types of tea. This handbook was written for avid gardeners as well as tea lovers who are interested in discovering new recipes and learning more about the history of tea.
her national television debut on Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” on Aug. 19. Hosted by restaurateur Guy Fieri, the show features chefs from across the country who create dishes to be evaluated by a panel of Hillsborough resident and mystery author three judges. The chefs have a limited time to Melissa Bourbon’s new novel “Murder in grab necessary ingredients from the “Flavortown Devil’s Cove” was released on Sept. 22. Set in a Marketplace” designed by Guy for the chance fictional Outer Banks town, it is the first book to win $20,000. Sera never applied to be on in the new series, “Book Magic.” the show and was shocked to receive an invitation via Facebook “Goodnight Carolina” Messenger. Sera came to the author Missy Julian Fox and area in 2006 to work at Foster’s illustrator Elaine O’Neil’s Send us your Market in Chapel Hill. In 2013, new book, “Violet Stands noteworthy she purchased the restaurant moments! Tall,” will be released on Nov. with her wife, Susan White, and 15. The book is their third From births rebranded it as The Root Cellar collaboration and features a to awards a year later. Although she didn’t to new biz creative, entrepreneurial bunny, and more – win the competition, Sera hopes Violet, who opens a clothing noted@ that her appearance will draw store on Franklin Street. chapelhill more people to her restaurants. magazine.com Elaine enhanced her colorful
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UNC Department of Communication professor Bill Brown’s film “XCTRY” was
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