Due to the closure of Stadium Drive from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, the U and NU bus routes will be detoured.
Category: News
Response to occupiers questioned
Following recent demonstrations at 201 N. Greensboro St., some Carrboro business owners are saying they have concerns not only about the demonstrations but also regarding the responses of some members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen.
Chinese program could be cut
Parents of students enrolled in the Glenwood Elementary Mandarin Dual-Language Program say they have had to fight every year to keep it from being eliminated.
Sales decline to make revaluation difficult
CARRBORO – After several years of a down economy, relatively stable home prices in Orange County started decreasing in 2011, county Tax Assessor Jenkins Crayton told members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday.
Chapel Hill trash plans still undecided
Discussion once again turned to trash at a joint meeting between the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Orange County Board of Commissioners last week.
The ArtsCenter names new director
The ArtsCenter has chosen Art Menius as its new executive director, board of directors chair Betsy James announced on Monday.
Residents still confused, concerned about transit plans
At the first of two public outreach sessions on Orange County’s proposed transit plan, residents called for more time to understand the plan and questioned its benefits for the rural community.
Carrboro High principal resigns
Carrboro High School Principal Kelly Batten has announced he will step down at the end of this school year to join Chatham County Schools as the district’s executive director of secondary education at the start of July.
Resurfacing on Greensboro St.
rk is scheduled to begin on Tuesday on the Greensboro Street NCDOT roadway resurfacing project.
Holiday closings
Most municipal offices will operate on holiday schedules in observance of Good Friday and Easter weekend.
Candidate forums
Carrboro and southern Orange County precincts of the Orange County Democratic Party will host a forum for Democratic candidates for the District 1 seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday fro 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall.
Multiple breaking and entering arrests
Eight people were arrested by the Chapel Hill Police Department for felony breaking or entering a vehicle from March 14 through March 27.
YMCA merger discussions end
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Y announced it will no longer be trying to establish a formal relationship with the YMCA of the Triangle.
OWASA resumes normal water disinfection
OWASA resumed its normal method of disinfecting drinking water with a compound of chlorine and ammonia called chloramines on Sunday.
Chapel Hill bans cell phone use by drivers
CHAPEL HILL – After more than two years of debate, the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday voted 5-4 to approve an ordinance that will ban cell phone use while driving in town.