Kerry Bigelow, one of two fired Town of Chapel Hill Public Works employees, now known as the “Sanitation Two,†has filed a suit against the town.
Stolen plane crashes in Alamance County
A small plane was stolen from Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill and then crashed about 20 miles away in a wooded area near N.C. 87 in Alamance County south of Graham.
Phil Blank, August 18, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
About that appalling situation in Washington
One of the reasons real-book libraries are so valuable has to do with simple serendipity.
First day of school for CHCCS next week
Schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system will soon open their doors for the new school year.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro ABCs success
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools continued to perform well on the ABCs of Public Instruction, the statewide program that measures growth based on End-of-Grade Testing.
Chapel Hill High School football all-stars
Two Chapel Hill High football players have been named to the HighSchoolOT.com Preseason All-OT Team
Read2Me at Royal Park Apartments
More than 20 children who reside at Royal Park Apartments took part in a Read2Me session
CHT delays this weekend
Chapel Hill Transit buses traveling on or near the UNC campus on Saturday and Sunday may experience schedule delays due to student move-in.
OWASA report on recycling
From July 2010 to June 2011, OWASA treated and recycled 2.7 billion gallons of wastewater and 1,279 tons of biosolids
Rosemary streetscape improvements
A contractor working for the Town of Chapel Hill has begun constructing sidewalk and streetscape improvements on the 300 block of West Rosemary St
Village Drive closure
The intersection of Village Drive and Umstead Drive is closed through early November as part of the Bolin Creek sewer-replacement project.
Artists’ Salon Aug. 19
The next Orange County Arts Commission Artists’ Salon will be held this Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the West End Theater at The ArtsCenter.
Cooking with apples event
Marilyn Markel will visit the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on Wednesday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. to demonstrate new and unique ways to incorporate apples into your cooking at home.
Northeast District Park opens
The official grand opening of Northeast District Park, a 66-acre park located at 5408 Big Woods Road off Jack Bennett Road in northeast Chatham County, will be held on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.