Author: Staff
Halloween changes announced
Rich Fowler Staff Writer The Town of Chapel Hill wants to discourage people from coming to this year’s Halloween celebration. Roughly 80,000 people came last year and the town expects to see about the same number of people again this year.
Bike plan detailed
Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen talked bicycle transportation, greenways, helmets and more on Tuesday during a work session to review the Bicycle Transportation Plan. Carrboro received a Comprehensive Bicycle Planning Grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation in May 2007 to create the Bicycle Transportation Plan, which has been developed…
Breakdown: Is our best enough?
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer XDS Inc. in Chapel Hill is a rare mental health care success story, an organization that has managed to navigate North Carolina’s post-reform mental health care morass. But it barely hangs on. Challenged each day by sheaves of bewildering paperwork and limited funding, it’s a “day-to-day struggle,†says XDS executive…
Recently: Cool, calm, collecting retirement
Music Calendar 10/16/08
Thursday Oct 16 Cat’s Cradle: Max Indian, Cary Ann Hearst, Justin Williams. 8:30pm, Free The Cave: EARLY: Andrew Martin. LATE: Nathan Oliver, Brass Bed Capt. John’s Dockside: Chris Reynolds Swing ‘n’ Jazz Trio. 6pm Local 506: Magnetic Morning, Springhouse, Julie Ocean. 9pm, $8-10 Milltown: Chris Girard, John Pardue Nightlight: Auxes, Hammer No More The Fingers….
Sprinkler code complicates move, Follies owner says
News brief: Strom elected transit trustee
Chapel Hill Town Council member Bill Strom has been elected chair of the Triangle Transit Board of Trustees.
News brief: Hackney and Insko honored
House Speaker Joe Hackney and Rep. Verla Insko will be honored for their role in securing the largest increase in the foster and adoptive family reimbursement rate since the program began. The event will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road.
News brief: Low-cost rabies clinics
The Orange County Animal Services Department will offer two low-cost rabies vaccination clinics in October. These will be the last two clinics offered this year.
News brief: Housing board applicants wanted
Orange County seeks applicants for the Orange County Housing Authority Board. The goal of the housing authority is to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for the low- and moderate-income families of Orange County. The authority is governed by a seven-member board, appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners for staggered terms of no…
Noticias en breve 10/16/08
Transporte a la feria La feria estatal de Carolina del Norte empieza hoy. Hay transporte económico desde Chapel Hill y Durham. El bus de Triangle Transit sale del estacionamiento de Eubanks Road en Chapel Hill cada hora desde las 9a.m. a las 7p.m. los fines de semana de la feria. Cuesta $5 ida y vuelta,…
Obituary: Mary Morgan
Mary Morgan Mary Morgan, a lifelong resident of Carrboro, died Oct. 2 after a battle with cancer. She was 88.
Community briefs: Paws4Ever
The Animal Protection Society of Orange County will change its name on Oct. 18 at the 4th Annual Jambalaya Jam, an annual benefit auction that raises money for the programs and services of the organization.
Community briefs: Hike/Bike -a-thon
The Justin Lord Coleman Fifth Annual Memorial Hike-a-thon and Bike-a-thon will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at 809 Smith Level Road in Chapel Hill.
