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Police seek robbery suspect

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police Department is seeking assistance identifying a suspect in an armed robbery at Sunstone Apartments on Conner Drive on Saturday. The victim reported that the suspect knocked on her door and robbed her while displaying a handgun. The suspect took cash and a white gold topaz ring with diamonds. He was described…

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Half oppose marriage amendment

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

Half of the respondents to a new Elon Poll oppose a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages in the state, according to an Elon University poll conducted March 15-19. Fifty percent of respondents said they oppose a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, while 43 percent support a constitutional ban. One-fifth of respondents support full…

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Assembly of governments

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

The Orange County Board of Commissioners will meet with the town boards of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough tonight (Thursday) at 7 at Extraordinary Ventures on South Elliott Road in Chapel Hill for the quarterly Assembly of Governments meeting. County and town officials will receive a petition from Rogers-Eubanks area residents requesting water and sewer…

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Tax Revolt meets again

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

About 900 Orange County residents attended a meeting of the Orange County Tax Revolt on March 23 at Orange High School, waving banners and chanting in hopes of convincing county commissioners to repeal the 2009 property tax revaluation. This was the group’s third meeting. Representatives of the local real estate community, including Thomas Whisnant of…

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Two charged in Eastowne robbery

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police Department has charged two suspects in connection with an armed robbery reported Tuesday on Eastowne Drive in Chapel Hill. Police charged Mario Devon Hunt, 21, of 2420 Glenbrook Drive in Durham, and Keijuan Mantese Paylor, 18, of 315 Weeping Willow Drive in Durham, with armed robbery and felony conspiracy. Both are…

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John Hope Franklin dies

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

Noted historian John Hope Franklin, 94, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at Duke Hospital in Durham. Franklin specialized in the history of the South and the African-American experience, and was the author of the influential book, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. He also was one of a team of scholars…

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Fraley autopsy report offers few answers

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer After months of uncertainty, questions surrounding the death of Chapel Hill High School senior Atlas Fraley remain, despite the release of the autopsy report and a statement from Orange County officials. Orange County released a statement regarding Fraley’s death last week, along with the autopsy report from the Office of…

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Shout out against sexual violence

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

The Orange County Rape Crisis Center will hold the seventh annual Shout Out Against Sexual Violence on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Seymour Center on Homestead Road. The event is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and will feature readings and performances by survivors of sexual violence. Other activities during the month include “Hablando…

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Rogers Road petition to be presented

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Staff

By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer At its quarterly meeting tonight (Thursday), the Orange County Assembly of Governments will receive a petition from residents of the Rogers-Eubanks roads community calling on the Chapel Hill Town Council to pass a resolution to provide water and sewer connections to all residences in the community. The Assembly of Governments…

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Groundwater contamination found on north side of Eubanks landfill

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Orange County Solid Waste Management director Gayle Wilson said the county plans to quickly and aggressively deal with a plume of contaminants found in groundwater in the closed section of the Eubanks Road landfill. Wilson said the county is waiting to hear back from state environmental officials on a plan…

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County solid waste plans moving forward

Posted on March 19, 2009March 19, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Although the fervor of opposition to a solid-waste transfer station proposed for southwestern Orange County has not waned, the tone at a recent meeting on the matter was low key as residents peppered the county’s top solid-waste management official with questions on the plans. Gayle Wilson, Orange County Solid Waste…

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Board OKs Claremont

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer With Joal Hall Broun the lone dissenter, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved the proposed Claremont Phase IV and V development on Homestead Road. At their meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, board members wrangled over what to do about a road connection that had become a focal point for…

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Mental health advocates say consumer voices go unheard

Posted on March 19, 2009March 19, 2009 by Staff

This story is a follow-up to a series about mental health care in North Carolina. To read the previous stories in this series, go to carrborocitizen.com/main/breakdown/ By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer As mental health care advocates call on state leaders to listen to consumers of mental health services, a national organization says that the state…

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Two murders, two days, three arrests

Posted on March 19, 2009March 19, 2009 by Staff

Investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department made arrests in separate murders in southwest Orange County that happened a day apart.

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Council revisits density issue

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Town Council decided to take another hard look at a plan that would create a new higher density zone. At the council’s meeting Monday night at Town Hall, Mayor Kevin Foy said he was uncomfortable with the plan because although it was designed to increase density downtown it could be applied to…

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