Category: News
Construction noise a concern
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer When many Carrboro residents think about the developments planned for downtown, the questions that tend to come to mind address what it will look like, what businesses it will bring, how much parking will be available and how traffic will be affected.
Board approves plaque program fees
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The board approved fees for the Historic Carrboro Plaque Program, recently launched by the Carrboro Appearance Commission. The program “seeks to recognize structures of historic character and relevance in the town of Carrboro,†said Tom Wiltberger, a member of the Appearance Commission. The program ran a plaque design contest in…
Council talks Carolina North
By Rich Fowler Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council started its business meeting last Wednesday night by honoring Council Member Bill Thorpe, who passed away last month. Mayor Kevin Foy read a proclamation honoring his lifelong contributions to the town, and then everyone observed a moment of silence in his memory.
News brief: Board of education candidates
Seventeen candidates have submitted their names to request information about the vacancy on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.
News brief: Double homicide discovered
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified two homicide victims found in a home at 5704 Hwy. 70 East on Saturday.
News brief: Dogwood Acres Drive to get speed tables
Speed warning signs were installed on Dogwood Acres Drive on Monday at Southern Community Park. The Town of Chapel Hill has announced plans to install speed tables as well.
News brief: Abortion protest raises hackles
Three 18-foot tall billboards with jarring images of aborted fetuses towered over passers-by in Polk Place on the UNC campus Wednesday. “It’s a violation of personal freedoms,†junior John McElwee, of Charlotte, said. “I’m coerced to look at dead fetuses on my way to class; it’s the equivalent of someone outside my front door with…
Board of aldermen asks for campaign contribution limits
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to ask staff to prepare an ordinance limiting local campaign contributions to $250. The state General Assembly passed a local bill in July authorizing Carrboro to adopt an ordinance limiting the amount of money that any individual or committee may contribute to a candidate for town…
Community meeting on airport to be held at White Cross
Preserve Rural Orange will hold an open community meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. at the White Cross Recreation Center on White Cross Road in Chapel Hill. Preserve Rural Orange is a group of rural county residents concerned about the possibility of a new airport at a site near White Cross in southwest Orange County….
James Taylor concert details
The Obama office just released details for the Concerts for Change with James Taylor. In Chapel Hill the show is at Fetzer Field at 5 p.m. Monday. Tickets are available near the early voting sites in Orange County. Here’s the full release with the additional concerts:
Airport, waste sites top issues at county forum
Halloween changes announced
Rich Fowler Staff Writer The Town of Chapel Hill wants to discourage people from coming to this year’s Halloween celebration. Roughly 80,000 people came last year and the town expects to see about the same number of people again this year.
Bike plan detailed
Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen talked bicycle transportation, greenways, helmets and more on Tuesday during a work session to review the Bicycle Transportation Plan. Carrboro received a Comprehensive Bicycle Planning Grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation in May 2007 to create the Bicycle Transportation Plan, which has been developed…
Breakdown: Is our best enough?
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer XDS Inc. in Chapel Hill is a rare mental health care success story, an organization that has managed to navigate North Carolina’s post-reform mental health care morass. But it barely hangs on. Challenged each day by sheaves of bewildering paperwork and limited funding, it’s a “day-to-day struggle,†says XDS executive…