BY KIRK ROSS, Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — Northside resident Donna Bell was appointed to the Chapel Hill Town Council Monday night, ending months of speculation and debate over how best to fill a vacancy created by Bill Strom’s abrupt resignation in August. Bell, a member of the town’s planning board, was chosen on a…
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Advocates, legislators urge DHHS to slow down
BY TAYLOR SISK, Staff Writer “It’s just very scary right now,†said Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, Orange County’s representative in the state Senate, of the latest developments in the state’s mental health care morass. “We’re all disturbed over what we think is happening. We don’t think this is the answer to much of anything.â€
Arts cooperative opening on Franklin Street
BY RICH FOWLER, Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — Town, university, and business leaders gathered on Monday afternoon to welcome FRANK to Chapel Hill. This new gallery for the Franklin Street Arts Collective is set to officially open in the old Rite-Aid building on the 100 block of East Franklin Street in late January or early…
Closings
The following Town of Carrboro Town Hall, Century Center and Public Works offices will be closed Dec. 23, 24 and 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday. Municipal offices in Chapel Hill will be closed Dec. 24- Dec. 28. For Carrboro residents who normally have Friday recycling collection, the collection that would normally occur on…
Reduced transit schedule
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will operate winter reduced service beginning this Saturday. The following routes will end earlier: CM, CW, D, J, NU and V. The Safe Rides and Saturday/Sunday U and NU routes will not operate. Shared Ride services will end at 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and at 5:30 p.m. on Sundays. Full…
Chatham wants input on waste
Chatham County’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee invites residents to its next meeting on Jan. 6 to review and provide feedback on proposed updates to the 10-Year Comprehensive Waste Management Plan. The meeting will be held in the Dunlap Building Classroom at 80 East St. in downtown Pittsboro. The public-input period will be held during the…
Board of aldermen on break
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen is currently on its winter break. The next meeting of the board will be Jan. 12.
Affordable housing board named
On Dec. 7, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved appointments to the county’s first Affordable Housing Advisory Board, which has replaced a task force focused on affordable housing. The new advisory board has several seats for residents across the county as well as several designated seats for groups involved with affordable housing, such as…
Woman dies rescuing cat
Malinda Grossman died Saturday night while engaged in an act of kindness. It’s the kind of deed Grossman has been known to do her whole life. Grossman, 60, of Chapel Hill, was hit by a car on Jones Ferry Road in rural Orange County while trying to save a cat who had just been hit…
Bell wins Town Council appointment
Northside resident and Planning Board member Donna Bell has won a seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council by a 6-2 vote. She takes her seat at the next council meeting, filling a vacancy left when Bill Strom resigned in August. New Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt joined council members Laurin Easthom, Sally Green, Ed Harrison, Penny…
County opts to truck trash to Durham
Millhouse Road removed from consideration for future waste facility By Taylor Sisk, Staff Writer “Sometimes the best strategy is to punt,†said Orange County Commissioner Barry Jacobs, and with those words he raised a motion at Monday night’s meeting that the county ship its garbage to Durham County’s transfer station for a three- to five-year…
Board wants help for Club Nova
By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen say they’re worried about the future of Club Nova and other local programs, in light of the crisis in the state’s mental health system. Club Nova, a clubhouse designed to promote rehabilitation and reintegration into the community for individuals living with mental illness,…
More concern over Bolin Creek greenway plans
By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Various members of town staff and advisory boards have been planning a greenway along Bolin Creek for more than a decade, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen was presented with a review of the Bolin Creek Greenway conceptual plan at Tuesday’s…
Kleinschmdit sworn in
New Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt was sworn in Monday night along with returning council members Laurin Easthom and Ed Harrison and newly elected council members Gene Pease and Penny Rich. Kleinschmidt, who won by a slim, 106 vote margin, took pains to thank everyone who worked on his campaign and said the closeness of…
Campus blood drive set for Fetzer Gym
Campus and local community members are invited to give the gift of life this holiday season at the 11th annual winter Carolina Blood Drive. The drive will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Fetzer Gym on the UNC campus. Parking will be free in the Cobb Deck off…