By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners agreed Tuesday night to consider a site suggested by Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy north of the Town Operations Center on Millhouse Road as a potential location for the county’s proposed solid waste transfer station. Not surprisingly, Millhouse residents are troubled by the suggestion….
Get involved in Carolina North dialogue
By Julie Mcclintock At times, grassroots actions can advance community dialogue about local problems better than official meetings. This happened on May 3, when over 100 Chapel Hill and Carrboro citizens exchanged ideas about traffic concerns and transportation solutions with other citizens, members of the Chapel Hill Town Council and UNC officials, at a single-issue…
Don’t believe the hype
Finally a Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting gets wide coverage and, we’re sorry to say, we’re the cause of it all. There’s been a good deal of tut-tutting about The Citizen’s successful application to the town’s revolving loan program. There’s an implication that because we qualified and got a small business loan we are somehow…
The coming fight over health care
On the heels of a pledge of cooperation between providers and the government on reducing health care costs comes a much less friendly indication that health care reform will be a down-and-dirty fight. This week, the Washington Post got ahold of storyboards for three commercials being planned by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina….
Taking the ‘low road’ to economic development
By Elaine Mejia North Carolina often acts like a fool in love with big business. State leaders continue to aggressively pursue an economic-development strategy that relies on offering as much as possible by way of cash and tax incentives to a few large, typically well-known corporations. These corporations, which have included Dell Computers and Google,…
Millhouse Road is no solution
To quote a good friend of mine today, it is clear some people remain absolutely “clueless.†No, we are not applauding Mayor Foy’s proposal to site a [waste transfer station] on Millhouse, which still amounts to dumping the entire county’s garbage in our community. As a matter of fact, one community member I spoke with…
Who runs Carrboro?
Who’s in charge of Carrboro anyway? No, it’s not a silly question. It’s brought to mind by the recent soap opera of Carrboro suing a farm owner for building a small barn apartment and forcing a major subdivision as a cure. Kudos go to a planning board member (see Ms. Cook’s letter, April 9) for…
Government shouldn’t run health care
In reading an opinion editorial that ran in your paper on Thursday, I was surprised at how out of touch the author was with the concerns of North Carolinians when it comes to health care. He talked about certain reforms that might sound good in theory, but in practice, they have nearly doubled and tripled…
Carrboro Branch a vital resource
By Graig Meyer The county manager’s recommendation to close the Carrboro and Cedar Grove library branches is preposterous. The fact that the idea came from the library director is absolutely baffling. The Carrboro Branch Library means a lot to my family. We use it at least two or three times a week. My young sons…
Closing libraries a huge mistake
By Alexandra Brown I would like to comment on the proposed closure of the Carrboro Branch Library and the Cedar Grove Branch Library. I was employed at CBL from 1996 to 2003 and at CGBL in 2007-08. My experience working at these two facilities gives me unique insight into the vital role they play in…
Obituary: Ristin Cooks
Ristin Cooks, 41, of Chatham County died Sunday (May 17, 2009) at her home. She was buried on her farm on Monday. A celebration of Ristin’s life will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 23 at Castle Rock Gardens, followed by a potluck. Ristin was born in Fayetteville on April 9, 1968 and…
Obituary: Gloria Colleen Drum Evans
Gloria Colleen Drum Evans of Lancaster, S.C. died May 19. She was 77. She was raised in Granite Falls, N.C., the daughter of Quince Fred Drum and Rosa Mae Houston Drum, and moved to Charlotte in 1950. She worked for Southern Bell Telephone Co. (now BellSouth) for 33 years before retiring in 1987. She moved…
Obituary: Ralph Allen
Ralph Allen of Fearrington Village entered into rest Monday, May 11th, 2009, at UNC Hospitals. He was born December 11th, 1923 to Ralph and Florence Snook Allen in Macedon, New York. He was educated in the Engineer School of The Army Division, WWII at Forts Belvoir and Hood, the University of Rochester and the Rochester…
Farmers remember one of their own
As the Wednesday afternoon Farmers’ Market at Carrboro Town Commons readied to open, there were many indications of the abundance of the season. But many of those setting up shop were there with a heavy heart. Ristin Cooks of Castle Rock Gardens passed away this week after a long battle with cancer.
Park dedication and trail work
The dedication day for Southern Community Park is June 6 from 10 a.m. to noon and will feature music, food and a tour. The Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation department is asking for volunteers to sign up to help build a hiking trail that day from Dogwood Acres Drive to the greenway near Scroggs School….