Opponents of a Family Dollar proposed for Alabama Avenue will march in opposition to the development today (Thursday) at 6 p.m.
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EMS responds to alcohol-related calls
Orange County EMS responded to 190 emergency alcohol-related calls between Aug. 20, 2011 and Dec. 20, 2011.
Summer bus schedule
Starting on Saturday, Chapel Hill Transit will begin running buses on its summer break schedule.
Stolen vehicle recovered
The Chapel Hill Police Department has recovered a stolen town vehicle and charged one man with possession of a stolen vehicle.
Bus schedule adjustments
Chapel Hill Transit will implement some minor adjustments to the CL and F routes effective on Monday and to the FG route starting on May 12.
Case details emerge in Minton trial
HILLSBOROUGH – When investigator Tim Horne from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office began looking into the disappearance of Josh Bailey, he was doing it as a favor to a friend.
Council shuns Carolina Flats
CHAPEL HILL – A student-housing development proposed for the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and North Estes Drive got an icy reception from the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday night.
Dual language proposal still opposed
CHAPEL HILL – There were so many people signed up to speak at last week’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting that board Chair Mia Burroughs reduced comment time from three minutes to two minutes per person.
BOA talks parking requirements
CARRBORO – Considering several measures that could impact future developers, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday looked at parking requirements for both bicycles and cars.
CH 2020 draft plan released
The newest draft of the Chapel Hill 2020 comprehensive plan has been released for the public to read and comment on.
OC leaders rally against Amendment One
Elected officials of Orange County will gather on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Carrboro Town Hall to talk about the harms of Amendment One.
Discussion on social activism
The Town of Chapel Hill Justice in Action Committee and the Chapel Hill Public Library will hold a public discussion on civic engagement, civil disobedience and political protest at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Hargraves Center.
Biz owners: Amendment One could harm business, economic development
Much has made of the moral and religious reasons to be for or against Amendment One, the constitutional change that would make marriage between a man and a woman the only domestic union legally recognized by the state.
Complex testimony in Minton trial
From the start, both the district attorney and the defense attorney warned the jury that the trial of the State vs. Brian Minton would be complicated.
Aldermen approve Claremont South
CARRBORO – In a move that will add a commercial component to a previously residential-only approved development, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve Claremont South, a development that will replace the previously approved Claremont Phases IV and V, proposed for 38 acres on the south side of Homestead Road, north of Wexford.