Just when we thought the Pandora’s box that is the Orange County Landfill was finally nailed shut for good, Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton has pried it open one more time.
Month: January 2012
BIG CITY: Scenes from a poverty tour – Part I
On this trip, truth was much easier to find than hope.
Tall buildings
Many of us opposed what came to be called “the tall-building ordinance†when it was proposed.
A RESOLUTION
IN OPPOSITION TO AMENDMENT #1 THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE MAY 8, 2012 NORTH CAROLINA STATE PRIMARY BALLOT
LETTER: Zumba for the Y
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA will hold a Zumba Dance Benefit on Friday, Jan. 27, from 6-8 p.m.
LETTER: Help end homelessness
“I don’t want to die outside,†my friend said as he lay on a gurney in the emergency room.
LETTER: Council action unacceptable
In December 2011, the Town Council assigned the Community Policing Advisory Council the task of making recommendations regarding the Yates building incident.
LETTER: Lack of funding limits hurts elections
Watching the TV these days gives one the feeling that something is falling apart via the tugs of an ignorant political war.
House Calls, January 19, 2012
This week we respond to a question about emailing your doctor.
Picketing the Dairy Bar, 1963
Birmingham? Memphis? Greensboro? No, this is Chapel Hill.
FLORA: Getting lost in the winter woods
Last week woods-walking companion Tony Blanford took the lead to introduce Brian Stokes and me to his favorite “secret forest†of legendary oaks and beeches.
‘Forever Forward’
Temperatures were low, but enthusiasm was high during the morning hours of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in Chapel Hill.
Carrboro High hosts first quiz bowl tourney
Try to answer this question without looking it up on Google or asking Siri on an iPhone.
CPAC calls for outside investigator for Yates
Following up on a decision last week to seek an outside investigator to report on incidents surrounding the Nov. 13 raid of the former Yates Motor Co building, the Chapel Hill Community Policing Advisory Committee on Tuesday formalized that request.
Chilton landfill proposal draws ire
Conversation got tense at the Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, with Mayor Mark Chilton and Orange County Justice United member Tish Galu squaring off over solid waste.



