by Kirk Ross
You roll through some of the most amazing places, places where you can’t help think about geological time…
Letter: Library fee abandons literacy values
The Chapel Hill Town Council’s proposal to charge a fee (per person? per family?) for nonresidents who use our library fills me with sadness, dismay and disappointment.
Letter: Legislative leaders leave people with disabilities behind
Four times now in the last few weeks, self-advocates with developmental disabilities (DD) have gone to Raleigh to speak before legislative committees about the 1915 (b)(c) Medicaid waiver, which will directly affect our benefits.Â
FLORA: Purslane mulch
Several years ago, purslane, Portulaca oleracea, began appearing in my vegetable garden. Just last week, I noticed tiny yellow flowers nestled in amongst all the succulent leaves.
Carrboro and Chapel Hill have no room to complain over landfill tipping fees
, The Carrboro Citizen reported that Carrboro and Chapel Hill town leaders were upset over Orange County’s plan to move ahead with reparations to the Rogers-Eubanks Community for almost 40 years of dumping in their majority African-American community.
BOA mulls 500 N. Greensboro project
The Carrboro BOA voted Tuesday to continue public hearings regarding rezoning for a mixed-used development on N. Greensboro St until September.
Chapel Hill considers cell phone petition
The council voted unanimously on Monday to consider a petition that would ban the use of cell phones while driving a car in town.
Roadwork makes strange bedfellows
They were passing colleagues at best, Linda Bourne and Bill Fairbanks: two restaurateurs, more likely to be rivals than allies.
County set to approve budget
The Orange County commissioners nudged and tweaked the county’s budget for next year.
Tar Heels Omaha bound: Next up, Vandy
The UNC baseball program is breathing the rarified air that has long sustained such elite programs as Texas, Arizona State, Miami, Florida State and LSU.
Across the stage and into the world
By Brooke Parker
Staff Writer
On a scale of one to 10, Carrboro High School’s graduating class was an 11 on Saturday. Not only did the Class of 2011 have the most service hours of any other class, but it was the first class to finish four years at Carrboro High School, which opened in 2007.
Chapel Hill likely to impose library fees for nonresidents
Reduced bus services and non-resident library fees included in Chapel Hill budget.
Candidates announce plans to run
Several local residents have recently announced their intentions to seek public office.
Rabid raccoon found in Chapel Hill
A raccoon in Chapel Hill tested positive for rabies June 8 after a fatal tussle Jun 1with a dog in the vicinity of White Cross Road.
Umstead Drive remains closed
The Town of Chapel Hill and OWASA have said that construction work on Umstead Drive will keep that road and some adjacent roads closed through the fall because of the sewer-replacement work.