Team returns home today. Here’s the official word from the university on the ceremony at the Smith Center: North Carolina will hold a welcome home celebration for the 2009 NCAA Championship men’s basketball team Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Smith Center. Doors will opens at 1 p.m. Admission is free and open to the…
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Carolina North briefing raises concerns
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill — Local officials are taking stock of a new study that shows a net fiscal gain for Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County from the Carolina North project. During a briefing on a fiscal impact report on the project by university consultants Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, several…
Rogers Road Task Force releases report
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer The Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task Force released its final report at last Thursday night’s Assembly of Governments meeting, laying out a timeline for providing water and sewage that Rev. Robert Campbell, co-chair of the Rogers-Eubanks Coalition to End Environmental Racism, says he is “well pleased with.†Now comes…
Former local now citizen of ‘The World’
By Margot C. Lester Staff Writer Longtime locals are hearing a familiar voice on WUNC-FM these days. “The World,†a joint venture between the BBC and Public Radio International, now airs at 3 p.m. weekdays on 91.5 and features former Carrboro resident Marco Werman. The Citizen caught up with Werman via email while he was…
OWASA-County land swap dropped
Orange County has dropped plans for a possible land swap with OWASA to build a solid-waste transfer station in Bingham Township. The county had narrowed the search for a transfer station site to two sites on N.C. 54 West near Orange Grove Road — a 43-acre parcel owned by OWASA and a privately owned 147-acre…
New county attorney appointed
Roberts comes to Orange County from Stanly County east of Charlotte, where he served as county attorney. Prior to his work there, Roberts served as managing partner of Ferrell & Atwater, a law firm in Raleigh. He has a bachelor’s degree in law studies from Davenport College and a juris doctorate from N.C. Central University….
Drinking water changes
On April 1, OWASA resumed the use of chloramines for disinfection of drinking water instead of chlorine, which was used during the month of March. Customers noticed a taste and odor in the water because of the chlorine, which may still be noticeable in the first two weeks of April. The purpose of the state-required…
School board meeting
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meets tonight (Thursday) at 7 at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Mayor floats modest proposal
Readers of OrangePolitics.org were treated to an April Fool’s prank courtesy of Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton. “I have been thinking more and more lately about how inappropriate the name ‘Carrboro’ is for a town that is so focused on alternatives to the single occupant motor vehicle,†Chilton wrote on the popular blog. “I mean, I…
‘Drive Carrboro’ group gets rolling
Tired of poking through neighborhoods and creeping over speed tables in your SUV? If a new Carrboro association has any say about it, you may soon be pressing just a bit harder on the old accelerator. The Carrboro Automotive Service Association (CASA) announced Wednesday (April 1) its new initiative aimed at promoting increased automobile use…
School funding questioned
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Incorrect information included in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools budget documents falsely indicated a wide discrepancy between proposed funding for Carrboro High School and the district’s other two high schools, school officials said Monday. Parents had expressed concern about the apparent disparity, drawing attention to the matter, and school officials then…
Tempers fly over council’s Aydan Court decision
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer By the time developer Carol Ann Zinn reached the microphone at Town Hall Monday night, she already knew the fate of her proposed Aydan Court project. Moments before, the council had ended a tense discussion and decided not to make changes to the town’s Residential-Special Standards-Conditional zoning district that would…
Board approves bike plan
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Biking around Carrboro could become a little easier — or more difficult, according to some cyclists — with the adoption of a new bicycle transportation plan. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the plan, which was developed by town staff with the help of Greenways…
Fiscal briefing on Carolina North planned
Consultants hired by the university to study the fiscal impacts of Carolina North will hold a briefing for officials from Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County on March 31. The presentation by Bethesda-based TischlerBise will begin at 7 p.m. at the School of Government on Raleigh Road.
The Splinter Group wins big in ad awards
By Margot C. Lester Staff Writer At the recent American Advertising Federation RDU Addy Awards, a five-person Carrboro-based agency took more gold awards than any other Triangle-area agency. The Splinter Group, which creates visual identities for businesses and organizations, won four gold Addys, three silvers and a judge’s choice award. Since its inception nine years…