On the heels of the county’s recent major revision to its comprehensive plan, planning officials announced last week that they’re seeking public input for a new Unified Development Ordinance. The UDO will consolidate property development regulations into one cross-referenced document. Examples of existing ordinances to be included in the UDO are: zoning, subdivision, flood damage,…
Economic Outlook Breakfast
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will hold an economic outlook briefing featuring N.C. State economist Michael Walden at Spice Street in University Mall. The briefing breakfast runs from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and features a full breakfast. The cost is $20. Visit the chambers website at carolinachamber.org for more details and to register.
Fall Festival for McDougle
McDougle Elementary School’s annual Fall Festival will be this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the school’s grounds on Old Fayetteville Road. The festival is a fundraising, family-oriented event that is open to the public. Among the day’s attractions and activities are carnival games with prizes, a bouncy house, a dunk tank, crafts,…
Special education parent night
There will be a Fundamentals of Special Education parent night on Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Culbreth Middle School Auditorium. Registration begins at 6:30. Informational sessions will be provided on the transition to kindergarten from pre-K, positive behavior support in the home and an overview of special education. A parent…
Education Walk a success
More than 4,000 people walked down Franklin Street on Saturday afternoon to show support for public education in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The Public School Foundation’s Lucky 13th Annual Walk for Education raised more than $83,000 to support activities within the district’s schools. Seawell Elementary won the spirit contest for its depiction of the school’s…
Senior leadership declines bonuses
The CHCCS Board of Education met last Thursday to complete the annual evaluation of Superintendent Neil Pedersen. Pedersen, along with Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services Denise Bowling, Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Todd LoFrese and Chief Technology Officer Ray Reitz, petitioned the board to forego their annual bonuses in light of the recent economic downturn.
Who do you see?
There may be no better reminder that we remain many steps away from solving chronic homelessness than the recent airing of views over the relocation of the Inter-Faith Council Shelter. We are not all that far along in either understanding homelessness or ending it. This despite a breakthrough in the creation of a county-wide, comprehensive…
Slow start to early voting
By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer Voting got underway in Orange County, but just barely, with light turnout reported at all three early-voting polling spots. Polls opened last Thursday in Hillsborough and on Monday at Carrboro Town Hall and Morehead Planetarium. Orange County Board of Elections director Tracy Reams said operations at all three site were…
Council hears shelter plans
Residents rally against site off Homestead By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council began its official review Monday night of a plan by the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service to move the men’s homeless shelter to the intersection of Homestead Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, site of the old Duke…
Board of aldermen discuss energy options
By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Energy was the name of the game at Tuesday night’s board of aldermen meeting at Carrboro Town Hall. State Energy Office (SEO) Director Larry Shirley, who lives in Carrboro, was on hand to present a report from the office on what it has been up to and what sort of…
Kille plans to appeal conviction
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Marilyn Kille said she is going to appeal her Sept. 14 misdemeanor forgery conviction in the court case between her and the Town of Carrboro. In a press conference Tuesday, she said she has new affidavits from contractors that vindicate her in both the forgery case and in her long-running…
UNC football game
UNC has a home football game today. Heavy traffic is expected and some of the bus routes will change. Here are some things to know: •The UNC Hospitals and UNC Hospitals Clinics will close at 3 p.m. •Triangle Transit will provide additional afternoon service on the following routes: 412, 402, 550 and 420 (operated by…
Aldermen meetings cancelled
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will not be meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27, or Tuesday, Nov. 3. The next meeting of the board will be a work session on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Feedback requested on greenhouse strategies
The Town of Carrboro has completed a joint greenhouse gas-emissions inventory and forecast and seeks community feedback on the greenhouse gas-reduction strategies described in the report. The inventory and forecast also address emissions in Orange County, Hillsborough and Chapel Hill. The town will host a feedback session this Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m….
350 bells ringing
On Oct. 24, area churches will join together at noon to ring their bells 350 times as part of the largest global day of climate action ever. The event is one of more than 3,700 rallies in more than 162 nations coordinated by 350.org to urge world leaders to take fast and effective action on…