By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen received twin budget proposals Tuesday night, one with no tax increase and another with a plan for raising the tax rate by 2.86 cents, a hike of slightly more than 4.5Â percent. In presenting his proposal, Town Manager Steve Stewart noted that the town has…
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Fire station moves ahead
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer With a new lease agreement with the university and the state worked out, plans are moving forward for a new northern fire station, including a design charrette this month to seek public input. Tuesday night, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen heard a review of the plans so far and gave…
Former mayor pro tem John D. Boone dies
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Carrboro lifelong resident and longtime community activist John D. Boone Jr. died last Saturday at UNC Hospitals. He was 78. Boone had retired as head of the purchasing department at UNC. He was a member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen from 1972 to 1987and also served as mayor pro…
Lights installed
New solar-powered signal lights were installed last week at Ephesus Elementary School on Ephesus Church Road and at Estes Hills Elementary and Phillips Middle schools on Estes Drive. The town also plans to install lights at Culbreth Middle School. The improvements are funded with $21,000 of sidewalk and street improvement bonds approved by voters in…
Police want help with string of burglaries
The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating a string of residential burglaries in the West Cameron Avenue area. Incidents include: Someone entered the residence at 210 Ransom St. through the front door on April 20 at 6:32 a.m., but left without taking anything when the resident called out. Between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on…
Town appoints new representatives
At its meeting Tuesday night, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen recommended that the county approve the appointment of Margo Lester as Carrboro’s representative to the Orange County Human Relations Commission. The board also approved the appointments of Carly Apple, Mary Rabinowitz and Ryan Elting to the town’s Environmental Advisory Board.
News briefs: 5/3/07
Banner gone The Cackalacky banner on the side of Cliff’s Meat Market at 100 W. Main Street in Carrboro was stolen last week. The Cackalacky Classic Condiment Company is offering a free case of Cackalacky – a $60 value – to the person who returns the banner to Cliff’s, no questions asked. The banner cost…
County Commissioners May 3 Agenda
The Board of County Commissioners meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom on East Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. Here’s the full agenda: 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 2. Public Comments 3. Proclamations/Resolutions/Special Presentations a. National Tourism Week Proclamation The Board will consider proclaiming the week of May 12 through…
County Commissioners/School Boards April 30 Work Session Agenda
The Board of County Commissioners meets with the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro boards of education for a joint work session on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road. Here’s the agenda: 1. County/OCS/CHCCS Matters a. School Construction Standards Policy b. Landbanking History and Goals c. Capital Funding Policy,…
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education May 3 Agenda
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education meets Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. The top item on this week’s agenda is the proposed redistricting plan for Elementary School No. 10. More information on agenda items can be found here. Here’s the full agenda: Closed Session 6:00 p.m. To Consider Confidential Personnel…
Weather helps boost farm visits
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer CHEESE IT — Volunteers dish out the cheese samples for some of the thousands who visited Chapel Hill Creamery and other local farms on this year’s Piedmont Farm Tour. Photo by Kirk Ross Nothing like good weather to boost prospects around the farm, and for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s…
County soccer plan questioned
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 on Tuesday to approve a plan that would provide $2.267 million toward the development of soccer fields at the West Ten soccer complex in Efland. Nearly 40 residents from the southern part of the county showed support for the development of four full-size…
Todd Street to close
Former aprtments along Todd Street are being rennovated as condominiums. Photo by Kirk Ross By Kirk Ross Staff Writer By a vote of 4 to 2 the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a plan to close the Todd Street right-of-way and put the short downtown street into private hands. The board acted after a public…
Moratorium plans looming
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The clock could start ticking on a six-month development moratorium on roughly 3,700 acres on the north side of Carrboro. The Orange County Board of Commissioners are expected to take up the proposed moratorium passed by Carrboro earlier this month. If the county approves the plan, the moratorium would take…
Pit stop at Frosty’s
Photo by Kirk Ross Close to 80 local realtors from a variety of firms joined what has become an annual bus tour of new development in Chatham County on Monday. Itinerary for the two-bus tour of Chatham included visits with school officials and stops in more than a dozen new and proposed developments off U.S….