The Sierra Club will sponsor a public forum for Chapel Hill Town Council and mayor candidates on Tuesday. The forum will focus on environmental issues and will be held at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 7 p.m. The League of Women Voters will sponsor an election forum Wednesday,…
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Three are in, but is Kinnaird really out?
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Carrboro Alderman John Herrera announced Wednesday that he’s joining Orange County commissioners Moses Carey and Mike Nelson in the race to succeed Sen. Ellie Kinnaird. But Kinnaird, who has made it no secret that she is interested in seeing a woman replace her, said Wednesday afternoon that she is not…
Alderman charged with assault
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A confrontation with a cross-country race volunteer at Hank Anderson Park Wednesday evening resulted in misdemeanor charges of assault with a deadly weapon against Carrboro Board of Alderman Dan Coleman. Coleman allegedly bumped his car into the legs of Amanda Kotecki, who was holding traffic back at a crosswalk while…
Aldermen approve The Alberta
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen gave final approval to The Alberta project, a 46,360-square-foot residential and commercial project slated for the corner of Roberson Street and Sweet Bay Place. At its meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, the board voted unanimously to give the four-story project a go-ahead after the…
University submits request for first building at Carolina North
Update: This article has been updated (Friday evening, Sept. 14, 2007) to clarify that the university has submitted a letter asking for expedited review of a Special Use Permit for the project. University officials have submitted a letter to the town saying they’ll ask Chapel Hill for expedited review of its special use permit for…
Chatham to hold information sessions on land transfer tax
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a series of information sessions on the proposed 0.4 percent land transfer tax, which is on the ballot this November. The board has scheduled five community meetings; Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at North Chatham School, 3380 Lystra Road; Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at…
News briefs: 9/13/07
Joint alcohol operation Thursday, September 6, the Chapel Hill Police Department, Carrboro Police Department and the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Agency conducted a joint alcohol enforcement campaign. Officers visited bars, restaurants and retail stores in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Two establishments — Monterrey Mexican Restaurant in Chapel Hill and Han Dee Hugos 70 in…
Land & Table briefs: 9/13/07
Free composting demonstration The Community Center Learning Garden will host its semiannual composting demonstration on Saturday, September 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Learn about composting outdoors with manufactured or homemade bins and indoor composting with worms. The demonstration is free and open to the public with no registration required. The Orange County Solid Waste…
Board delays final vote on Alberta
First in a series of downtown residential/commercial projects By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Final agreement on the last set of conditions on the proposed Alberta project was delayed Tuesday night after a lengthy discussion by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. After closing a public hearing at Town Hall on the four-story 46,340-square-foot project, board members…
County Commission defers tax decision
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Having allowed the deadline for putting a tax referendum on the November ballot to pass, the Board of County Commissioners must now determine whether to put a land transfer tax, a sales tax increase or both on the ballot next May. The state Board of Elections required counties to decide…
News briefs: 8/09/07
Market House dedication The dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Orange County Public Market House will be held September 13 at 10 a.m. The Public Market House will be the future home of the Hillsborough Farmers’ Market. The ceremony will be held at the construction site of the market house at 144 E. Margaret…
Land & Table Briefs: 9/06/07
Free lawn-care workshops OWASA and the Orange County cooperative extension service will hold a series of sustainable lawn-care workshops. The workshops are free, but regislatration is limited. The dates of the workshops are Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 10-11:30 a.m. and from 7-8:30 p.m. and Wednesday Sept. 12 from 2-3:30 p.m. The workshops will be in…
John McCormick arrested
Missing Chapel Hill attorney John McCormick was arrested Friday in Phoenix. Via WRAL: John Gregory McCormick, 59, was arrested by Phoenix police officers at about midnight, authorities said. He was being held without bond in Arizona, pending extradition to North Carolina. McCormick turned over his driver’s license to a Phoenix officer who asked three men…
Board looks at housing, downtown development
 By Kirk Ross Staff Writer In their first meeting back after the summer break, members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen picked up where they left off, reviewing another large downtown project and considering the best means of adding the town’s stock of affordable housing. Tuesday night at Town Hall, the board, all sporting recently…
Really, really insured, the market continues
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Resolution has been found. The Really Really Free Market will resume operations at the Carrboro Town Commons this Saturday, at 2:30 p.m., as previously arranged, and will be allowed to distribute food, thanks to an agreement that a local nonprofit will provide insurance coverage. “We’re happy that we can help,