The Carrboro Board of Aldermen has cancelled tonight’s meeting.
Author: Staff
Council cancels meeting
The Chapel Hill Town Council business meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight (Monday, Jan. 10) has been cancelled. A special meeting will be called at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The agenda for that meeting will include all items scheduled for tonight except the Shelter Guidelines. That item will be added to the Council public hearing agenda for Wednesday, Jan. 19.
Phil Blank, January 6, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Chapel Hill Elementary School, 1965
On a brilliant sunny morning 45 years ago, I clambered up to the rooftop of old Chapel Hill High School to capture this view of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Elementary School and the town under a blanket of white.
Your ideas sought for Carrboro celebration!
This is the year that our little town of Carrboro turns 100.
Trail link preserved
The Eno River Association announced this week that the group has secured a key Orange County connector for the state’s Mountain-To-Sea Trail.
Not having to lie
The repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell†was a moment in history this old queer never thought he’d live to see.
Bells and prayers for Haiti
The Church of the Advocate is sponsoring a gathering in downtown Carrboro on the Jan 12 anniversary of last year’s earthquake in Haiti.
Finding efficiencies, but at what cost?
North Carolina faces one of the worst budget crises in memory, so it makes plenty of sense for Gov. Bev Perdue to seek out ways to cut costs and find efficiencies within the government.
Paws4Ever to open resale store
Paws4Ever, a pet adoption and training advocacy group, will hold the grand opening of its new resale store in Hillsborough on January 13 at 11 a.m.
Year of the immigrant
Last year was a difficult one for those who worked for a sane immigration system.
Quinn returns for Wagner, Elgar showcase
British conductor Andrea Quinn joins the N.C. Symphony for a night of virtuoso masterworks on Jan. 13 at Memorial Hall.
Birding and botanizing
There are birders and there are botanizers. Birders are not necessarily ornithologists and botanizers are not necessarily botanists.
There’s no stopping this Bus
For a half-century, Bus Hubbard has been a fixture on the UNC campus..
Grounds for justice
The playground is in many respects a microcosm of the real world. There are rules to be observed and hierarchies to reckon; infrastructure (bats and balls and slides and swings) is required.
It was on such grounds that Michelle Cotton Laws became an activist.






