By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Ubicado en East 3rd Street, Rojo Canela, un restaurante mexicano de propiedad familiar, ha estado preparando comida auténtica para Siler City desde 2018. Pero ahora, las luces están apagadas, las mesas están vacías y la cocina está cerrada. Después de casi tres años de servir a Siler City y […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — In early 2020, El Futuro’s mental health clinics offered primarily in-person services, save for a telehealth program they’d designed for farmworkers. Now, in early 2021, it’s just the opposite: Thanks to COVID-19, the non-profit has pivoted to offering telehealth services only, with little to no in-person exceptions. “If you […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — A principios de 2020, las clínicas de salud mental de El Futuro ofrecían principalmente servicios presenciales, excepto por un programa de telesalud que habían diseñado para los trabajadores agrícolas. Ahora, a principios de 2021, es todo lo contrario: debido al COVID-19, la organización sin fines de lucro ha cambiado […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Tucked away on East 3rd Street, Rojo Canela, a family-owned Mexican restaurant, has been whipping up authentic food for Siler City since 2018. Now, the lights are off, the tables are empty and the kitchen’s closed. After nearly three years of serving Siler City with “calidez humana,” or human […]
By VICTOR HENSLEY SILER CITY — Jordan-Matthews oficialmente sale de la conferencia PAC 7 2A como su campeón final. Los Jets ganaron en casa 4-2 sobre los Eastern Randolph Wildcats (4-4) el viernes para mejorar su récord a 7-1 en la temporada y asegurarse en una posición privilegiada para llevarse la corona de la conferencia […]
By HANNAH MCCLELLAN PITTSBORO — En su reunión ordinaria el lunes, la Junta de Educación de las Escuelas del Condado de Chatham votó para permitir a los estudiantes de Pre-K al 3° grado regresar al aprendizaje presencial cuatro veces a la semana bajo el Plan A el 12 de abril. Los estudiantes de 4° al […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON As vaccine access expands in North Carolina, many Chatham employers have begun looking to get their workforces vaccinated as quickly as possible. To that end, several Chatham organizations came together for a webinar last Thursday to share some advice. The webinar — called the COVID-19 Vaccine Briefing for Chatham Employers — addressed […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON Nota del editor: A medida que se disponga de más dosis de la vacuna anti-covid y cambie otra información sobre el acceso, es difícil mantenerse actualizado. El News & Record ofrece esta guía. Se actualizará en línea cuando salga nueva información. Desde mediados de diciembre, han surgido cinco proveedores de vacunas contra […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON Editor’s note: As more COVID-19 vaccine doses become available and other information about access changes, it’s hard to stay current. The News & Record is offering this guide. It’ll be updated online as new information becomes available. Since mid-December, five COVID-19 vaccine providers have emerged in Chatham County. Within the county, Chatham […]
By ALIRIO ESTEVEZ Editor’s note: Alirio Estevez is an ESL teacher at Siler City Elementary School. He received his first dose of the Moderna vaccine last Friday with the Chatham County Public Health Department in Pittsboro. As he talked, I could picture my father struggling to supply oxygen to his lungs. He could hardly articulate […]