Beth Mechum Staff Writer Overgrown grass and woods filled with cinder blocks, broken bricks, orange tape and stumps at 100 Deer St. could become a 16-dwelling subdivision. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Carrboro Board of Alderman approved the request to hold a public hearing on the subdivision at the Sept. 22 board meeting.
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Immigration discussion
A panel discussion on the ethical dimensions of the current debates over access to public services by undocumented immigrants in the U.S. will take place next Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium (Room 1015) on the UNC campus. This event is coordinated in conjunction with UNC’s…
Insko reappointed
Rep. Verla Insko has been reappointed by House Speaker Joe Hackney as co-chair of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. The committee is responsible for examining the system-wide issues affecting the development, financing, administration and delivery of these services, including issues related to governance, accountability and quality…
Town closed for Labor Day
The Town of Carrboro will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7 for Labor Day. There will be no garbage collection; Monday’s garbage will be collected on Tuesday. There will be no change in the curbside recycling schedule.
Grant awarded for Fairview Park
The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority has awarded $500,000 from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) for continued development of Fairview Park in Hillsborough. Fairview Park will feature active and low-impact recreational facilities, including basketball courts, baseball field, volleyball court, horseshoes, picnic shelter, walking track, playground and hiking trails. The park will…
Funds provided for Riverwalk
The Town of Hillsborough was awarded $392,000 last week for Phase 2 development of Riverwalk, which will connect Gold Park to downtown. The matching grant from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, awarded Friday, will fund the purchase of about 19 acres on Faribault Lane, some of which the town already has acquired. Construction…
Alderman seat to remain vacant until Nov. election
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen has decided to leave John Herrera’s vacant aldermen seat open until the November election. The decision was made Tuesday night at Town Hall during the board’s first meeting since its summer break. The board is required by law to appoint a new member, but there…
UNC study: Rogers Road wells tainted
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Just weeks after being told their neighborhood wouldn’t qualify for a federal improvement grant, the Rogers-Eubanks community has learned from a new UNC study the extent of its well and septic tank failures. The study indicates that almost half of homes surveyed that have wells had levels of fecal bacteria…
Hillsborough challenge: Managing more rapid growth
By Rich Fowler Staff Writer Hillsborough’s town elections may not have the twists and turns found in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, but the issues the town is facing are no less serious. Growth, and all of the problems it can bring, is the major issue facing Hillsborough. With a new hospital coming in a few…
DWI checkpoint on campus
The UNC Department of Public Safety will conduct a driving-while-impaired checkpoint on campus Aug. 27 starting at 10 p.m. and ending at 4 a.m. A checkpoint route on Country Club Road will be clearly marked and posted on the night of the initiative, conducted in partnership with the N.C. Governor’s High Safety Research Center.
Peace rally
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP and the Town of Chapel Hill will sponsor two upcoming “Celebrate Our Peace and Justice Legacy†events, both in front of the post office at 179 E. Franklin St. This Friday at 5 p.m., a rally will be held to observe the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Then on…
David Price to discuss health care
United Church of Chapel Hill will host a conversation with representative David Price on Aug. 30 at 10 a.m.to discuss the nation’s healthcare options at 1321 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. For more info, 942-3540 unitedchurch.org
Castillo sentenced to life
After deliberating for seven hours on Friday, an Orange County jury found Alvaro Castillo guilty of murder. He was sentenced to life without parole. Castillo, who had a history of mental illness and was obsessed with the Columbine school shootings, shot and killed his father on Aug. 30, 2006. He then drove to Orange High…
UNC student shot by police
Courtland Smith, a UNC student and president of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, was shot to death by police early Sunday morning after a traffic stop on I-85 near Greensboro. Smith, 21, from Houston, Texas, had called 911 saying he needed help because he was suicidal. When police stopped his car, there was a confrontation and…
Campus remembers fallen soldier
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Members of the UNC community are still reeling from the death of Army Pfc. Morris Walker, a 2008 graduate who died Aug. 18 in Afghanistan. Walker — “Mo†to all who knew and loved him — died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Walker,…