By Victoria Johnson PITTSBORO — Inside Cambridge Hills Assisted Living, a pair of white double doors guards the entryway to the facility’s 90-bed residential section, a guard shift that’s lasted over a year. But after 16 stressful months, those doors have finally opened to visitors — and resident Irma Ellis rejoices that her family was […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — When Chatham resident Hannia Benitez was younger, her mother taught her a few principles to live by: “Learn as much as you can. Ask a lot of questions,” and “also help your peers as best as you can.” Today, Benitez, now 29, not only lives by those principles; she […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SANFORD — Inside a squat building at 215 Bracken St., a small, two-desk office has turned into the Lee County base for a Siler City nonprofit’s far-reaching mission. After operating out of Siler City for nearly 26 years, the Hispanic Liaison opened a new satellite office in Sanford last week to offer […]
By Chatham News & Record Staff Last November, Chatham County narrowly elected its first Latino county commissioner, Franklin Gomez Flores, to replace incumbent Andy Wilkie as District 5’s representative. Gomez Flores took office a month later and has now been serving as commissioner for nearly six months. This week, we speak with him to see […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON CHAPEL HILL — Throughout much of Chatham County’s vaccine rollout, resident Dionicio Hernández didn’t ask himself whether he wanted to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Instead, he asked: “When?” “I have a young daughter, a little girl, and I wouldn’t want her to get infected because of me,” Hernández, 36, told the News […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Last year, COVID-19 forced organizers to cancel Siler City’s Hispanic Heritage Fiesta. The year before that, its primary organizer, the Hispanic Liaison, hosted an alternative anniversary celebration in its place. But now, after two years, the crown jewel of Chatham’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations will return on Saturday, Sept. […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — The typical doctor’s office treats patients Monday through Friday, eight hours a day, and has long since closed when Saturday morning arrives. At Siler City’s Vidas de Esperanza, however, that’s when they’re just getting started. Inside a squat brick building on 401 N. Ivey Ave. for several Saturdays a […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — La Alianza para la Salud de Chatham llevará su Centro de Recursos Comunitarios al Washington Avenue Park el 18 de mayo para distribuir comidas gratuitas, información sobre la vacuna contra el COVID-19 y otros recursos. El evento tendrá lugar desde el mediodía hasta las 4 p.m. El Inter-Faith Food […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON For more than 10 years, Chapel Hill consultant Will Mendoza helped businesses and organizations come up with strategies to better achieve their visions. Now, he’s bringing that same drive and experience to the Hispanic Liaison’s COVID-19 relief efforts as the nonprofit’s new COVID-19 Project Manager. “As soon as I found out that […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON Durante más de 10 años, Will Mendoza, consultor de Chapel Hill, ayudó a empresas y organizaciones a idear estrategias para lograr sus visiones. Ahora, él está aportando ese mismo impulso y experiencia a los esfuerzos de ayuda para el COVID-19 del Vínculo Hispano como su nuevo gerente de proyectos COVID-19. “Tan pronto […]