By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer It was a well-attended forum Tuesday night at the Chapel Hill public library as Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education candidates argued for why they should be elected. But the variety of issues discussed left something to be desired.
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UNC Climate Action Plan: Netting out at zero by 2050
UNC releases its first Climate Action Plan detailing the path to a carbon-neutral future.
Council wants more info on landfill gas pipeline
By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council say they’d like to see more details on a plan to run an eight-inch gas pipeline from the county landfill on Eubanks Road to a new generating facility to be built on the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Homestead Road.
Chapel Hill police complete investigation
After hearing a closed session report at a meeting Monday night, the Chapel Hill Town Council released a statement saying that all officers involved in the Charles Brown complaint should be exonerated.
Council opts out of Dawson Hall purchase
After a closed session discussion Monday night, the Chapel Hill Town Council decided against purchasing part of Dawson Hall, a 70,000-square-foot commercial building off Weaver Dairy Road.
Election forums
• October 5 — Chapel Hill candidate forum The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a forum for Chapel Hill mayor and town council candidates from 7 to 9 p.m. at Town Hall. Candidates will respond to questions from the league and take questions from the attendees.
Traffic concerns halt day-care progress
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer What started out Tuesday night at the Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting as a discussion about construction of the Goddard day-care center in the Winmore subdivision turned into a conversation about traffic troubles on the increasingly populated Homestead Road.
County, school leaders talk budget, capital plans
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The biggest budget story of next year has already started, and without much surprise. The construction in the Northside neighborhood of Elementary School 11 by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District loomed large over next year’s finances, as county and school officials sat down Tuesday night to look over this…
The wrong man
By Rich Fowler Staff Writer He couldn’t let it go. When Charles Brown was stopped, handcuffed, searched and held for more than 40 minutes by Chapel Hill police in a case of mistaken identity, he didn’t let it slide. The town manager’s office is investigating the matter, while Brown and the local NAACP await a…
Pittsboro candidates share common concerns
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer In a word: water. Among the candidates running for mayor of Pittsboro and the Town of Pittsboro Board of Commissioners, the most frequently mentioned issue facing the town is water – clean drinking water and the capacity to treat waste water. In order to keep pace with growth and prosper,…
WCOM ponders move
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer From the beginning, volunteer-run WCOM-103.5, located in the heart of Carrboro, put the concept of community first. Its location on the corner of Weaver and North Greensboro streets fit that mantra perfectly. Now WCOM is being forced to move, and the community it’s become, and the one it’s been serving,…
Drought returns, but worries don’t
UNC conservation efforts bolster confidence in local water supply By Kirk Ross Staff Writer If you drive by the headquarters of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority you may see the sign in front, which as of Wednesday noted that reservoirs are at 77.3 percent of capacity. OWASA’s reservoirs at Cane Creek and University Lake…
Council members urge candidates to apply for vacancy
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After discussing next steps in how to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Bill Strom, some members of the Chapel Hill Town Council said they hope that candidates in this fall’s council elections also apply for the seat. Council members Sally Greene and Jim Ward said that given…
Protest charge dismissed
On Sunday, Orange County District Court Judge Buckner dismissed the charge against UNC senior and Morehead-Cain scholar Haley Koch, who was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace at an educational institution last April during a protest against Youth for Civilization speaker Tom Tancredo. Buckner ruled that Koch’s actions did not interfere with academic activity….
Kille found guilty of misdemeanor forgery
Marilyn Kille was found guilty of misdemeanor common-law forgery for altering Town of Carrboro documents in a case relating to her two-year battle with the town over the use of an apartment on her Peppermint Spring farm. Kille was sentenced to a 15-day suspended sentence, a year of unsupervised probation and a total of $475…