Chapel Hill has more than 20 standing boards and commissions that advise the town council and they are looking for new members.
Job fair
Orange County will host a Job and Resource Fair on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department of Social Services at 113 Mayo St. in Hillsborough.
Applicants needed for Parks and Rec Council
Orange County is recruiting applicants for the Parks and Recreation Council.
Creek Action Tour
The 2011 Creek Action Tour will be this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and will showcase projects that improve water quality in our creeks.
West Drive closed
The UNC Department of Public Safety announced that West Drive will be closed to through traffic through April 18.
Fairview Park opening
The grand opening of Fairview Park will be this Saturday at 2 p.m. The park is located at 195 Torain St. in Hillsborough.
Lobster sale
The 11th annual Chatham County Together! Claws for a Cause lobster sale has begun and will run through May 1.
Chapel Hill man steals, crashes ambulance
A Chapel Hill man stole an Orange County ambulance last Friday after receiving treatment, according to Chapel Hill police.
The Biggest “Pothole”
OK, so I got beat. Soundly too.
Totally Carrboro
The Town of Carrboro knows who it is.
Reject the Hillsborough Road rezoning
The Carrboro Citizen March 24 editorial characterizing the opposition to the proposed Hillsborough Road site for a library as NIMBYism does a big disservice to the community.
Letter: Right thing?
If, as president and CEO of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Aaron Nelson states in his March 24 letter to the editor (“Support for Homestead facilityâ€), “closing of the existing facility is the right thing to do for the health of our downtown,” does it follow that the opening of a new facility is…
Letter: CVS meeting
All Carrboro citizens are invited to a community organizing meeting to discuss the potential CVS development in downtown Carrboro.
Letter: Healthy cooking
The book of Genesis tells us that, “Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. …
2011 became a season to cherish
Right or wrong, the game of college basketball is woven so tightly within the culture of the state of North Carolina that no matter how much the team achieves, anything short of a national title requires a period of mourning.