An estimated 12,000 people attended the North Carolina Literary Festival last Thursday through Sunday at UNC. The top-attended non-keynote event was the reading and interactive storytelling by children’s author R.L. Stine, with approximately 450 kids and parents present. Visitors donated approximately 600 children’s books, which were given to the pediatric oncology clinic at UNC Hospitals….
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Bradshaw Quarry center to remain open
Orange County announces that it is keeping the Bradshaw Quarry SWCC open: Orange County Solid Waste Convenience Center at Bradshaw Quarry will Remain Open The Orange County Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting held on September 15, 2009 voted to keep the Bradshaw Quarry Solid Waste Convenience Center open. The Center was scheduled…
Club Nova faces immediate challenge
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer North Carolina Speaker of the House Joe Hackney’s Wednesday morning visit to Club Nova in Carrboro was a social call, a stop-in by invitation of club members to hear how things are going. Not that he wasn’t already aware, but what Hackney heard was that Club Nova faces some tenuous…
Council to set timeline for Strom replacement
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer When it returns Monday for its first regular meeting since June, the first order of business for the Chapel Hill Town Council will be to nail down a timeline for filling the vacancy left by the mid-term resignation of Bill Strom. The council discussed the matter briefly on Friday at…
Former police chief McCarthy dies
Lifelong policeman Tom McCarthy, 62, has died. He was a former Fayetteville police chief and at the time of his death was the interim Hope Mills chief. After retiring from the Fayetteville Police Department in 2007, McCarthy was hired as Chapel Hill police chief but was unable to pass the physical exam required for the…
Town studies major purchase
Buying most of Dawson Hall would ease space crunch, manager says By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Town Manager Roger Stancil expects to have a plan ready within 30 days on the town’s use of space in an office building off Weaver Dairy Road near Timberlyne. The Chapel Hill Town Council held a hastily scheduled special…
Fire hydrant flushing
Town of Hillsborough personnel will flush and perform basic maintenance to fire hydrants in the town’s water system beginning Thursday, Sept. 9. The inspections and maintenance will take place through mid-October. During the process, town personnel and citizens may be required to trim plantings or remove other items to ensure adequate access to the hydrants…
Road construction on Margaret Lane
Citizens are advised to be alert for road construction on West Margaret Lane in downtown Hillsborough next week. One or both lanes of West Margaret may be closed Sept. 9-11, weather permitting, to allow for resurfacing of the road. Resurfacing will take place in front of the newly constructed building that will house the Orange…
Interim county manager offers candid assessment
The Orange County Board of Commissioners have scheduled a work session for Thursday to review a detailed assessment of county policies, procedures and organization compiled by interim County Manager Frank Clifton. Clifton took over from former manager Laura Blackmon, who stepped down June 30. In his review, Clifton interviewed employees and department heads and toured…
Recycling routes to change
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Ten thousand of the more than 18,000 homes Orange County Recycling provides services for will have their routes changed starting Sept. 14. Those impacted by the route changes will have postcards mailed to them. In the past eight years, residences serviced for recycling have increased by about 3,500 units. The…
911 system down — again
update: 911 system back up as of noon. Orange County’s 911 system is down for the second time in a month. The alternative number is 919-732-5856.
Council to meet Friday on Strom replacement
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold an early-morning meeting Friday to review a plan and timeline for naming a replacement for former council member Bill Strom. Strom, whose term would have expired in 2011, resigned Aug. 1, after the end of the filing period for this fall’s municipal election…
Wallach leaves school board race, endorses Brownstein
Gary Wallach has officially taken his name out of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education race. He was running for a second time. Click more to read his entire statement.
Agreement reached in Town v. Kille
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer After a two-year battle between the Town of Carrboro and horse trainer Marilyn Kille concerning a residential apartment on her property, a resolution has been reached and was reported to the public at Tuesday’s board of aldermen meeting. In June 2007, the town brought a case against Kille, in which…
County sets timetable for transfer site pick
By Kirk Ross and Taylor Sisk Staff Writers The Orange County board of commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday night to draw its attempt to find a site for a waste transfer station to a close, setting a timetable of 60 to 90 days for reaching a decision. The board approved a plan to continue to investigate…