If you purchase a new home, there is a high likelihood that you are joining a community governed by some sort of community association, such as a homeowner association or condo association.
Author: Staff
Demanding better immigration solutions
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General released a report at the end of March detailing the failings of the so-called 287(g) program – the program that allows local law-enforcement agencies to partner with the federal government to enforce immigration laws. The report raises several important questions about the effectiveness and efficiency of the program.
Find a Voice
The following is excerpted from John Grisham’s 2010 UNC commencement address, delivered last Sunday. Students of creative writing are constantly urged, find the voice, find the voice in which to tell the story, and to do so they are taught to try different techniques, different narrations, different points of view – all in an effort…
Thanks to the voters
Thank you to the voters of Orange County for their gratifying support in the recent Democratic primary for county commissioner at-large. Serving as your commissioner these past years has been an honor and a privilege, and I look forward to continuing my work on behalf of our community.
Carrboro Day thanks
I was fortunate enough to have been invited to attend your Carrboro Day Festival on May 1. I thoroughly enjoyed the music, food and activities.
Nicholson files runoff request for school board
Orange County Board of Education candidate Laura Nicholson on Wednesday filed a request for a runoff with the county Board of Elections.
Electricity rates likely to decrease
Progress Energy plans to ask the N.C. Utilities Commission in June to lower electricity rates to reflect the falling cost of coal, natural gas and other fuels used in power plants.
South Columbia Street lanes closed
Two of the three lanes of South Columbia Street between South Road and Cameron Avenue closed on Monday and will remain closed through Aug. 13.
Carrboro police conducting crosswalk safety operations
Officers from the Carrboro Police Department’s Community Services Division are conducting daily pedestrian decoy operations at various crosswalks in Carrboro this week through Friday.
County commissioners meet tonight
The Orange County Board of Commissioners meets today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center on South Cameron Street in Hillsborough.
Woman dies in county jail
A 58-year-old woman who had been arrested for trespassing died in the Orange County Jail on Saturday.
Woman who died at nursing home had toxic levels of morphine
Medical examiners have determined that an 84-year-old woman who died at Britthaven nursing home in February had toxic levels of morphine in her system.
Low-cost rabies vaccination clinic
Orange County’s Animal Services Department will host a $5 rabies vaccination clinic on Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Animal Services Center at 1601 Eubanks Road.
Obituary: Elsie Riggsbee
Strawberry Jamboree
Local chef and author Sheri Castle will prepare strawberry recipes at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on Saturday in honor of the market’s first Strawberry Jamboree.
