VOLUME 147 ISSUE 26 | THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2024
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BRIEF this week
New recycling bins coming to Pittsboro Pittsboro is upgrading to 95-gallon recycling carts for all residents, starting Friday. GFL Environmental and Public Works crews will distribute the new carts through Saturday, with Tuesday collection routes first. Residents should continue using existing carts until their next collection day. As new carts are delivered, old ones will be collected. The larger carts aim to increase recycling capacity and streamline collection. Residents who don’t receive a new cart should contact Town Hall.
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Woman accused of aiding escaped prisoner appears in court The woman accused of helping an escaped prisoner in N.C. evade police appeared in court for the first time since her arrest. Jacobia Crisp was charged with aiding and abetting a fugitive and harboring an escapee. She could face more than five years in prison if she is convicted of both charges. Law enforcement says Crisp helped 30-year‑old Ramone Alston elude police for multiple days after he escaped from a transport van in Hillsborough. He was later captured in Kannapolis at a hotel on Friday.
New school buses coming to N.C. NCDMV is showcasing new school buses equipped with new technologies, including safety features, purchased using funds appropriated last year. The agency is using the new technologies and initiatives as part of school bus driver training for 2024. Earlier this year, the state announced it was purchasing 114 electric school buses using federal funds from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Grant Program. Many of these electric school buses are made in High Point at the Thomas Built Buses facility.
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Left, former President Trump, pictured in Asheville last Wednesday, has made two stops in North Carolina in less than a week. Right, on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris made an economic speech in Raleigh and visited a local shop with Gov. Roy Cooper.
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Trump, Harris crisscross NC as election heats up
A 1939 photo of Clyde Findell Shore, then aged 31.
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Native daughter’s book an account of family’s abuse, justifiable slaying By Bob Wachs For Chatham News & Record CHRISTMAS is usually a time of joy and peace, but in 1958, it was anything but for 10-year-old Clyde Jeanette Shore, her five siblings and their mother. Less than a week after Christmas Day that year, on Dec. 30, Pauline Shore, fearing for her life and the lives of her six children and an unborn seventh, shot her husband Clyde in their home on a 55-acre to-
bacco farm on Chicken Bridge Road, north of Pittsboro. The blast from a 12-guage shotgun was instantly fatal. Soon afterward, a coroner’s jury ruled the shooting was done in self-defense and was justified, releasing Pauline Shore from any possible prosecution. That event marked both a culmination and a beginning for the family, both now outlined in Jeanette’s just-pubSee BOOK, page A10
Dueling visits showcase the importance of the state to winning the presidency By Jordan Golson Chatham News & Record ASHEVILLE — As the 2024 presidential campaign progresses, North Carolina is taking center stage as a crucial swing state. In the last week, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have made significant campaign stops, underscoring the state’s importance in the upcoming electoral contest. Trump made appearances in Asheville last week and Asheboro on Wednesday, while Harris spoke in Raleigh on Aug. 16. These high-profile visits highlight North Carolina’s status as a must-win state for both campaigns. The significance of North Carolina in presidential poli-
tics has grown in recent elections. In 2020, Trump narrowly carried the state with 49.93% of the vote compared to Joe Biden’s 48.59%. This razor-thin margin of victory was even slimmer than Trump’s 2016 win when he secured 49.83% of the vote to Hillary Clinton’s 46.17%. Recent polling data from RealClearPolitics shows a tight race in North Carolina, with an average lead of 1.2 points for Trump over Harris. Individual polls vary widely, with some showing Harris ahead by as much as 2 points, while others have Trump leading by up to 9 points. This volatility in polling data suggests North Carolina remains very much in play for both parties. The contrasting nature of the candidates’ events was evident in their recent visits. Trump’s Asheville rally on Aug. 14 drew a capacity crowd of more than 2,000 to the See KAMALA, page A3
Proposed megachurch looking to move into Baldwin Township It feels like a really poor fit for what we are envisioning.” Vice Chair Karen Howard on proposed megachurch development
The commissioners were presented with a rezoning request for the 82,000-square-foot Summit Church By Ryan Henkel North State Journal PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners met Monday, Aug. 19. The board held two legislative public hearings both for rezoning requests submitted by Qunity, PA and dealing with property on either side of US 15-501 N in Baldwin Township. The first hearing was for rezoning 50.11 acres of property from CD-CC to Conditional
District Office and Institutional (CD-O&I) for the construction of a place of worship (Summit Church). Initially, the property was slated to be constructed as a 55-plus retirement and assisted living community named Herndon Farms, but the plans have now been shifted to the construction of a 82,000 square foot church. Commissioners did raise concerns, however, over the impact of potentially hundreds of vehicles flooding that specific section of the highway before and after services as well as concerns with the architectural fit within what they classified as a more rural area. “For me, this just seems like a really big, brand new mega-
church looking for a place to go, and it feels like a really poor fit for what we are envisioning,” said Vice Chair Karen Howard. The second hearing was for rezoning 46.607 acres of property located on the other side of US 15-501 N from Conditional District Compact Community (CD-CC) to R-1 Residential. “They’re taking it out of the See CHURCH, page A7
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