By Victoria Johnson y Patsy Montesinos La pandemia de coronavirus continúa en todo el mundo, pero aquí en casa, un punto focal en la batalla ha sido el Chatham Hospital en Siler City. Esta semana, hablamos con el Dr. Andrew C. Hannapel, director médico del Chatham Hospital, sobre cómo ha sido en el frente. El […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON RALEIGH — Chatham parents and teachers looking to get a leg up on virtual learning can attend a free, half-day conference offering strategies, resources and tutorials next Wednesday, Oct. 28. The conference — called the REAL 2.0 (Remote Education & Learning) Conference — will offer several targeted sessions led by educators for […]
By HANNAH MCCLELLAN El gobernador Roy Cooper extendió la Fase 3 de Carolina del Norte el miércoles por tres semanas más, manteniendo las restricciones existentes — incluyendo las que restringen las reuniones masivas a 25 personas en el interior y 50 al aire libre — hasta al menos el 13 de noviembre. Esta decisión sigue […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Jordan-Matthews graduate David Gonzalez Hernandez received a “full ride” to attend UNC Greensboro — an achievement he said he owed in large part to Orgullo Latinx Pride, the Hispanic Liaison’s youth program. This program — offered freely year-round to Siler City’s Latinx high school students — connected him and […]
By Chatham News & Record staff PITTSBORO — Hasta la fecha, más de 12,000 residentes del condado de Chatham han recibido boletas de voto ausente por correo. Con la votación temprana empezando a partir del 15 de octubre, es un recordatorio de que faltan menos de tres semanas para el día de las elecciones. Tenemos […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Evelin Karina Barrera, 35, remembers the first three months of remote learning as one giant stress headache. She has three children attending Virginia Cross Elementary. Her oldest, Joseph, is a 5th grader, and her two twins, Aldo and Gabriela, are both in 3rd grade. When she’s not working part-time […]
By HANNAH MCCLELLAN En el condado de Chatham, las tasas de mortalidad infantil son más altas entre los residentes negros e hispanos que entre los residentes blancos — 18.7% y 15.1%, en comparación con 7.9%. Un mayor porcentaje de estudiantes hispanos / latinos de preparatoria en Chatham se han sentido tristes o desesperanzados casi todos […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON The Hispanic Liaison joined over 120 North Carolina advocacy groups last week in signing an open letter that urged the state to issue COVID-19 protections for essential food workers — a promise Gov. Roy Cooper made in August but ultimately chose not to fulfill. “I’m very pleased to be part of this […]
By Victoria Johnson y Patsy Montesinos A medida que se alcanzan puntos de referencia asombrosos — 200,000 muertes en EE. UU. y 200,000 casos en Carolina del Norte — la pandemia de coronavirus sigue afectando casi todos los aspectos de la vida. En el condado de Chatham, los casos ahora superan los 1,600. Para obtener […]
By MARCELA SLADE Editor’s note: This is another in a series of updates on Chatham’s “Neighbor2Neighbor,” a grassroots collaborative project of Abundance NC, the News & Record and the Caremongering Pittsboro Facebook group. N2N’s objective is to connect those in need during the pandemic with those who have the capacity to help. Marcela Slade, an […]