Varios casos recientes de maltrato a trabajadores agrícolas han llevado al Departamento de Trabajo a implementar una nueva norma para protegerlos. Los incidentes incluyen uno aquí mismo en Carolina del Norte, en el que McClenny Farms de Mount Olive y Francisco Valadez Jr. de Smithfield fueron multados con $139,039 por defraudar a los trabajadores e […]
By Ena Sellers, La Voz de Chatham Cuatro millas al oeste de Pittsboro es donde se encuentra la granja Harlands Creek donde Erasmo Flores y su familia se han dedicado por completo a la agricultura orgánica. Erasmo vive en el condado de Chatham desde hace casi 20 años. El es un importe del norte de […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — The town’s Immigrant Community Advisory Committee resolved to kickstart planning for a possible Siler City FaithAction ID program during its monthly meeting last Tuesday. Such a step, as chairperson Hannia Benitez and vice chairperson Norma Hernandez told committee members, would help the group prepare for a report that members […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners received an update about the county’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) project during its Monday work session and provided input on several key topics to jumpstart the drafting process. At the center of Monday’s talks? Agricultural preservation, and how the UDO should balance development and […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — The Siler City Immigrant Community Advisory Committee heard subcommittee updates and discussed ways to better serve youth mental health needs with youth-serving agencies during its monthly meeting last Tuesday. Few subcommittees managed to meet following April’s monthly meeting, but the Public Safety and Law Enforcement subcommittee — comprised of […]
By BILL HORNER III Las urnas están abiertas y ya es hora de votar. Las elecciones primarias del Condado de Chatham en 2022 son el 17 de mayo, pero la votación anticipada, que comenzó el jueves pasado, está disponible para los votantes aquí hasta el 14 de mayo, el sábado anterior al Día de las […]
By INFORME DEL PERSONAL PITTSBORO — The Pittsboro Street Fair will return to downtown Pittsboro on Oct. 29, with the Rotary Club of Pittsboro now leading the event. “The Street Fair has been an important community event for many years, and we are so grateful to the town of Pittsboro for entrusting Rotary to continue […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — The Siler City Immigrant Community Advisory Committee shared subcommittee updates and identified several Building Integrated Communities strategies to explore this year during its monthly meeting last Tuesday. After appointing members to five subcommittees in February, the group resolved to meet within their subcommittees before the committee’s March meeting, identify […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON En español SILER CITY — The Siler City Immigrant Community Advisory Committee created five subcommittees during its meeting last Tuesday as a part of its efforts to help the town better serve its immigrant residents. Those subcommittees include Business and Entrepreneurship; Housing and Public Transportation; Public Safety and Law Enforcement; Parks & […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON En español Seven Siler City residents make up the town’s Immigrant Community Advisory Committee. Here’s a little bit more about who they are and what they do: Hannia Benitez, president Born in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Hannia Benitez moved to Siler City with her mother and sister in 1998 when she was a […]