Finance and administrative services director Clarence Grier told the Orange County Board of Commissioners that his department strived to balance the budget without recommending a property-tax increase.
Police investigating sexual battery
The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating two reported incidents of sexual battery that occurred on Church Street.
Holiday closings
Most municipal offices will operate on holiday schedules in observance of Memorial Day.
Police seek suspect in bank robbery
The Chapel Hill Police Department is looking for information about a suspect in a bank robbery.
OWASA budget public hearing
The public is invited to participate in a public hearing regarding OWASA’s proposed 2012-13 budget and its five-year capital-improvement program and rates.
House Calls, May 17, 2012
This week we respond to questions about MRIs for headaches and pain relievers.
Phil Blank, May 17, 2012
Illustration by Phil Blank
Coaches’ Choice, 1960s
At the mountain cabin in Rutherford County we used to have an old bed so soft and concave that we called it “the Canoe.â€
Staub brings rich bloodlines to UNC
Football is a relative sport for UNC recruit Nathan Staub of Buford, Ga., – relative as in great bloodlines.
FLORA: Our spectacular Piedmont
This week I was planning a Flora story inspired by the pressed-flower specimen in Jock Lauterer’s Great Aunt Myra Baldwin’s 1943 diary described in a recent “A Thousand Words.â€
Opting for order and control over justice
Throughout March and April, the Carrboro Commune, best described as a loose affiliation of people who like gardening and dislike capitalism, gardened and threw tea parties at the site of Garden Everywhere, but without Vincent Gonzalez.
BIG CITY: All silly, all the time
There used to be a period of time that pundits dubbed the “silly season†in politics.
LETTER: Supporting dual-language changes
We are writing to voice our support for the proposed changes to the Spanish/English dual-language program.
LETTER: Magnet proposal needs more discussion
Timing of the opening of the dual-language magnet school needs further evaluation and consideration.
Bocce tournament
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce’s Partnership for a Sustainable Community will hold its sixth-annual Community Bocce Tournament.