The Chapel Hill Town Council passed an $85.2 million budget for fiscal year 2009-10, which starts July 1. The council, at its meeting Monday night at Town Hall, decided on a tax rate of 49.4 cents per $100 assed valuation, down from the previous tax rate of 58.1 cents.
Music Calendar
Thursday June 11 Blue Bayou: Jo Gore and the Alternative. 9:30pm Cat’s Cradle: Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic. 9pm. Sold out. The Cave: EARLY: Greg Koons. LATE: The Shakedown, Ailyne. $5 General Store Cafe: Funkuponya. 7-9pm Local 506: Hey Euphony, Vega Under Fire, Seven Story Fall. 9pm. $5 Nightlight: Swan Quarter, Due Panic, Sleep…
Mental health cuts to take their toll
By Taylor Sisk Staff writer “It’s almost like a bad tsunami blowing our way,†said Thava Mahadevan, executive director of XDS Inc., a Chapel Hill-based mental health provider, “and you don’t know which way to run. There’s no high ground.†Mahadevan was referring to plans to largely do away with community support services in the…
Aldermen encouraged to join community read
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Carrboro and the extended Orange County community are invited to join in on a county-wide reading project of The Soloist during the summer of 2009. The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness presented the project to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen Tuesday night as part of its annual report on…
Intrepid Media, Lulu partner
By Margot Lester Staff Writer Chapel Hill-based Intrepid Media, a creative network and promotional site for writers, today announced a partnership with Lulu.com that expands resources for writers. The partnership will provide creative assistance, publishing services and promotional tools. Intrepid Media (www.intrepidmedia.com) serves as an incubator for writers – a place to workshop their writing…
Carolina North meeting
The Town of Chapel Hill will hold another community update on the Carolina North. The meeting will be held tonight (Thursday) from 7-9 p.m. in the council chambers at Chapel Hill Town Hall. The town and university are working on an extensive development agreement that will guide the build of the first phase of the…
OWASA budget meeting
On June 11, the Orange County Water and Sewer Authority board of directors will consider the proposed budget for June ’09 to June ’10. The proposed budget includes $18.5 million for operating costs, $9.7 million for debt payments on bonds issued to help pay for capital projects and $5.7 million for capital improvements, such as…
Hillsborough Parks interest meeting
A group of Hillsborough citizens will meet tonight (Thursday) in the Town Barn located on the Town Hall campus at 101 E. Orange St. to discuss interest in the creation of a Friends of Hillsborough Parks organization. The organization would be a citizen group to provide additional support for town recreational facilities that the town…
Stevens to run for re-election
Incumbent Tom Stevens will seek a third term as Mayor of Hillsborough. He addressed his decision on his website, tomstevensformayor.com in an open letter to the community.
Wilner retires from ArtsCenter
Don Boulton, interim board chair, and Jon Wilner, executive director of The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, announced today Wilner’s retirement. Wilner has held the position for six years. “Having had open heart surgery this past year has given me a new lease on life,†Wilner said. “I am very proud of what we have accomplished at…
Community Calendar
Tuesday, June 9 Movie Showing— The Seymour Center Cinema will present “Now, Voyager†at the Seymour Center, 1 pm Free admission and popcorn. 968-2070. Estate Planning Workshop— Orange County Center of NC Cooperative Extension and the Orange County Department on Aging will present a workshop on estate planning. 2-5 pm, Food Lab of the Planning…
Volunteers needed for July 4
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department seeks volunteers to assist with its July 4 celebration. Volunteers are needed to help with tasks that include children’s activities, T-shirt and raffle ticket sales, providing information to festival goers, loading and unloading equipment at the stage, litter pick-up and recycling and hospitality. The event will run from 9:30…
Rooftop movies and music
The Town of Chapel Hill and the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership in cooperation with 1360 WCHL will present the Locally Grown Rooftop Music and Movies Series in downtown Chapel Hill every Thursday night from June 18 to Aug. 20. This nine-week outdoor entertainment series will showcase local musicians and movies on the Wallace Plaza, an…
Juneteenth
The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill will host a lecture honoring Juneteenth on June 17 in the Horace Williams House at 610 E. Franklin St. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Preservation Society director Ernest Dollar will discuss the end of slavery in Orange County…
Chapel Hill Comics book signing
Chapel Hill Comics will have a signing for Ursula Vernon’s new book, Dragonbreath, June 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. In Dragonbreath, Vernon uses both comic panels and text to tell the story of Danny Dragonbreath, the only mythical dragon in a school for reptiles and amphibians. Oprah’s Book Club included Vernon’s previous book, Nurk:…