Most municipal offices will operate on holiday schedules Nov. 24 to 27 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Category: News
New chair for Orange County Dems
The Orange County Democratic Party elected Matt Hughes as the organization’s new chair.
Buses to the game on Sunday
Chapel Hill Transit will provide Tar Heel Express shuttle service on Sunday for the men’s basketball game against Mississippi Valley State.
Comment on transit priorities
The Transportation Advisory Board will hold a public input session on transportation priorities today (Thursday) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall.
Voters approve sales-tax measure
Apparently, the second time was the charm for the Orange County quarter-cent sales-tax referendum, which passed with 60.67 percent of the vote in Tuesday night’s election.
Storrow, 22, elected to Chapel Hill Town Council
Town Council incumbents Donna Bell, Jim Ward and Matt Czajkowski won reelection Tuesday night, joined by 22-year-old newcomer Lee Storrow, a recent UNC graduate.
Johnson joins Carrboro board
Johnson, Lavelle, Coleman and Chilton will join Jacquie Gist, Randee Haven-O’Donnell and Sammy Slade on the new board. Joal Hall Broun chose not to run for reelection, having served on the board since 1999.
Barrett, incumbents win school board race
Challenger James Barrett joined four incumbents in being elected to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education on Tuesday.
School board OKs elementary 11 funds
The CHCCS Board of Education voted unanimously last week to approve $2.1 million in funding to jumpstart the construction of elementary school 11.
Shelton Station hearing set
At their Nov. 15 meeting, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing about the proposed Shelton Station project.
Pittsboro elects Voller, newcomers
Pittsboro voters went to the polls Tuesday to select from two mayoral candidates and eight town commissioner candidates running for three open seats.
Hillsborough incumbents reelected
Three incumbents running unopposed for three available seats on the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners were reelected Tuesday night.
UNC Veterans Day ceremony
The ceremony will take place on Friday at 11 a.m. outdoors at the Carolina Alumni Memorial located between Phillips and Memorial halls.
Hit-and-run driver caught
On Oct. 25, Michael Patrick Harper, 22, of Chesley Lane, Chapel Hill, was arrested and charged with injury to real property, injury to personal property, reckless driving and hit and run.
Big decisions ahead for voters
Growth. Economic development. Budgetary woes. A new school superintendent. It’s an even more transitional time in Orange County than usual.