The Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday urged UNC officials to communicate clearly with the public as they move forward with a controversial project that involves the clearance of a corridor in the Carolina North Forest.
Voter-owned elections in limbo
In light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that deemed a similar fund in Arizona to be unconstitutional, the N.C. State Board of Elections on Sept. 9 suspended a funding portion of Chapel Hill’s Voter-Owned Elections program, the only of its kind in North Carolina.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro real estate outperforming Triangle
“Be glad you’re here, because these numbers are a lot better than the Triangle and the rest of the country.â€
Biz owners worried about proposed project
Owners of properties on West Franklin and West Rosemary streets are in dispute about the proposed closure of the Dawson Place right of way.
County supports banning deer hunting with dogs
A proposal to ban deer hunting with dogs had everyone barking at the Orange County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night, where the board voted unanimously to continue to support the ban.
FLORA: Passionate about passion flower
One of my favorite native vines is passion flower, frequently called maypops and officially recognized as Passiflora incarnata.
Businesses still hurting from Weaver St. project, owners say
Beyond the bulldozers, the dust, the orange cones and the construction blockades on Weaver Street are businesses in desperate need of some TLC from customers.
Carrboro defeats Northern Vance
The Carrboro High School football team defeated Northern Vance on Friday, 35-6.
High school football scores
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Tar Heels hit the road this week
Saturday’s noon game in Atlanta between Georgia Tech and UNC will neither make nor break either team’s season, but the loser will find itself hustling to make up ground.
The General Assembly should act now on jobs
Last week when the legislature was in Raleigh, the Republican leadership wasted $150,000 of our taxpayer money to take up a referendum amending the state constitution when we should have enacted a jobs plan.
BIG CITY: Pure poison in the state capital
The leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly, self-proclaimed as the most open and transparent in history, called another last-minute press conference a week ago Monday and finally announced what exactly they were going to do during the special session.
Proposed project wrong for space
On Tuesday, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will resume a rezoning hearing on a property on North Greensboro Street.
LETTER: Responding to residents on DOMA
This past week, I received more than 650 cards and as many emails from constituents in Orange County opposing SB514, “The Defense of Marriage Act†better known as the marriage amendment.
LETTER: Vote Foushee for Aldermen
In 1960, Braxton Foushee and a group of other African-American students from Lincoln High School started the Chapel Hill sit-in movement just weeks after hearing of the Greensboro sit-ins.