Category: News
News brief: Strom elected transit trustee
Chapel Hill Town Council member Bill Strom has been elected chair of the Triangle Transit Board of Trustees.
News brief: Hackney and Insko honored
House Speaker Joe Hackney and Rep. Verla Insko will be honored for their role in securing the largest increase in the foster and adoptive family reimbursement rate since the program began. The event will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road.
News brief: Low-cost rabies clinics
The Orange County Animal Services Department will offer two low-cost rabies vaccination clinics in October. These will be the last two clinics offered this year.
News brief: Housing board applicants wanted
Orange County seeks applicants for the Orange County Housing Authority Board. The goal of the housing authority is to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for the low- and moderate-income families of Orange County. The authority is governed by a seven-member board, appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners for staggered terms of no…
Commissioners approve new transfer site rankings
by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners received a revised list of prospective sites for the county’s solid-waste transfer station at a work session Tuesday night.
Price, Lawson debate on campus
Kirk Ross Staff Writer Fourth District U.S. Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat, faced off against his Republican challenger, B.J. Lawson of Cary, at a debate Tuesday night at UNC, sponsored by the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. The debate included several sharp exchanges.
James Taylor concert for Obama in Chapel Hill
Details not yet announced on a free James Taylor concert in Chapel Hill — along with three other free shows around the state. Here’s the release: James Taylor is “Goin’ to Carolina” for Obama Music Legend to Campaign for Change Across the State RALEIGH – Music legend James Taylor will tour the state in support…
Voting set to begin in historic election
Mintons free on bond, more details emerge
Kirk Ross Staff Writer The parents accused of helping their son cover up a murder are out of jail after winning bond reductions this week. Gregory Minton was released Monday after his lawyers successfully argued before Superior Court Judge Carl Fox that he was not a flight risk and that his $1 million bond was…
Town says ‘no!’ to letting it lie
Susan Dickson Staff Writer Dog owners beware – the next time your pooch does his business in someone else’s yard and you don’t pick it up, you could be slapped with a $25 fine. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve an ordinance requiring dog owners or persons walking any dog…
Creative Coworking offers a new dynamic
News brief: Chancellor Thorp’s installation marks University Day celebration
UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp will be installed as the university’s 10th chancellor in a ceremony during University Day on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Polk Place on the UNC campus. The day falls on the birthday of the University, also called University Day. The day commemorates the 1793 placing of the cornerstone of Old East.
Commissioners approve Buckhorn retail project
Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a special-use permit for Buckhorn Village, a 1.1-million-square-foot development in the western part of the county. The site of the planned development is off Buckhorn Road, near I-85/I-40. Developers and county officials have said the development could bring in…
News brief: Tiger rescue
Four tigers rescued from a facility in Warrenton, Mo. came through their physicals “with flying colors†at the Carnivore Preservation Trust last week, according to CPT staff. The tigers were rescued Sept. 5 from Wesa-A-Geh-Ya, the Missouri facility that closed this summer following an incident in which a tiger attack cost a 26-year-old volunteer part…