This development is obviously of great interest to everyone who lives in Carrboro, since the corner of Weaver and Greensboro streets is the gateway to the rest of our community and a critical component to a vibrant Carrboro of the future.
Author: Staff
Time to stop joking about mental health
There’s nothing funny about our state’s imploding mental health system.
Thanks for murals project
I want to thank Peter and Mary Anne for the blood, sweat and tears they put into helping downtown Chapel Hill remain a colorful and unique place. But more than just great outdoor works of art, these murals attract visitors, tourists and even residents by demonstrating that downtown has vitality and life. What message would fading, peeling and deteriorating murals send?
A trail just for walkers!
Three cheers for the guys who manage UNC Carolina North’s 20-plus miles of trails! There is now a footpath reserved exclusively for walkers. Believe it or not, the markers at the trailheads state that the trail is for “walking only, no dogs, no runners, and no bikes.â€
Nothing personal
Carolina’s best may not be good enough on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. before a packed house in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee. And that is if the Tar Heels can locate their best game.
FSU can reasonably be expected to bring its best to the game. The Seminoles lost their last time out against N.C. State in Raleigh, blowing an early lead to lose 28-26, so they have some business to take care of themselves.
High school sports reports
Durham Hillside 47 – East Chapel Hill 8
Carrboro 49 – Granville Central 7
Southern Vance 41- Chapel Hill 13
Celebrating the struggle
At the conclusion of the “The Unfinished Work: A conference in honor of Julius L. Chambers,†hosted this week by UNC’s Center for Civil Rights, social-justice activist and lawyer Elaine Jones shared with the audience a few words from a Swahili warrior song: “Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!â€
Big night for the GOP — except in Orange County
Every election makes a little bit of history. Some are historic.
Tuesday’s election fell into the latter category, with Republicans taking control of both houses of the North Carolina legislature for the first time since 1898.
McKee wins, sales tax rejected in close referendum
Going into this election season, Rougemont’s Earl McKee knew next year would be a tough budget year for anyone on the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
McKee, a Democrat, won his race, but another outcome of Tuesday’s election made his new job a little more difficult.
Good news for ‘food-preneurs’
“The pickles must be out of the jar,†quipped Orange County Board of Commissioners Chair Valerie Foushee as she called to order the groundbreaking ceremony for the Piedmont Food & Agricultural Processing Center in Hillsborough last Wednesday.
Aldermen to look at CVS ideas
Town officials will get an early look at a proposed development being considered by drug store chain CVS Caremark at the corner of Greensboro and Weaver streets. The board of aldermen is scheduled to receive an update on the project at a work session scheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall.
County commissioners meet tonight
The Orange County Board of Commissioners meets today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the county Department of Social Services building at 113 Mayo St. in Hillsborough. Items on the agenda include: • follow up on the Nov. 2 referendum on the quarter-cent county Sales and Use Tax and discussion of potential next steps; • amendments…
Chapel Hill evaluating Blue for chief
Chapel Hill officials are taking a look within as part of the hiring process for a new police chief to replace Chief Brian Curran, who recently announced his retirement. Town Manager Roger Stancil suggested the town review the application of Assistant Chief Chris Blue, who was ranked the number-two candidate in the last job search…
Hillsborough launches leaf pick-up
As of last Monday, the town of Hillsborough has started collecting its fallen leaves. The leaf vacuum truck will operate weekdays through Feb. 28, except on town-observed holidays. The schedule for the collection of loose leaves will follow the same schedule as the collection of garbage. Town officials ask that citizens place fallen leaves free…
Hillsborough to swear in new chief
The town of Hillsborough will swear in Duane Hampton as its new chief of police on Monday. The swearing-in will take place before the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners at 7 p.m. in the Town Barn located at 101 E. Orange St. Hampton was selected from a pool of 200 applicants who applied for the job….



