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Towns to convene task force to look at day laborer issues

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Susan Dickson

For years, day laborers have unofficially assembled near the intersection of Jones Ferry and Davie roads hoping to be picked up for a few hours’ work.

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County approves $1.47-million clinic renovation

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Susan Dickson

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 on Tuesday to approve plans for a $1.47-million expansion to the county’s medical and dental clinic in Hillsborough.

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OWASA extends public comment period

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Staff

“The only thing you haven’t done is cut it and float the logs down Cane Creek,” said Patrick Mulkey to the Orange Water and Sewage Authority’s board of directors at the board’s Dec. 9 meeting.

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Changing old perceptions a big task in new economic-development push

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Staff

Call it the Southern Orange 80/20 rule, a kind of informal target for the mix of residential to commercial tax base.

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Chief to be sworn in

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Staff

Chris Blue, a 13-year veteran of the Chapel Hill Police Department, will be sworn in as Chapel Hill Police Chief in a ceremony Friday at the Hargraves Center from 4 to 6 p.m.

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Holiday schedule for Carrboro

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Staff
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Winter commencement this weekend

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Staff

Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, will speak at UNC’s December Commencement. Sayre-McCord, recently returned from a year as a lecturer at Oxford University, specializes in moral theory and metaethics, which explores the nature and status of moral thought.

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County OKs new soccer field

Posted on December 15, 2010December 15, 2010 by Staff

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to approve the installation of an artificial-turf soccer field at Cedar Falls Park.

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WERA earns Reynolds grant

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Staff

Mebane’s West End Revitalization Association has been awarded a two-year operating grant of $70,000 by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

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CVS update

Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Staff

Representatives of the proposed redevelopment of downtown land recently optioned or purchased by CVS Caremark will meet with neighbors of the project Wednesday at Town Hall from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

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Town manager releases statement on disciplinary action, CAI contract

Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Taylor Sisk

Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil issued a memorandum to the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday regarding the recent firings of Kerry Bigelow and Clyde Clark, former Public Works Department employees.

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Claremont plans to change

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Staff

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed in principle on Tuesday to relax affordable-housing requirements for development of the next phases of the Claremont subdivision, clearing the way for a redesign of the project.

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County delays vote on clinic renovation plans

Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Susan Dickson

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to postpone a decision on floor plans for renovations to the county’s Health and Dental Clinic in Hillsborough, citing a need for more clarity in how the $1.47-million project will be funded.

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Elizabeth Edwards dead at 61

Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Staff

Elizabeth Edwards, who rose to national prominence as the wife of a presidential candidate but will be remembered here as an author, mother and advocate for health care reform, died Tuesday morning at her home in Chapel Hill surrounded by friends and family.

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For local economic development, ‘collaboration’ the new buzz word

Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Staff

Proponents of a nascent effort to create a new means of economic development in Orange County may not agree on everything, but all will accede that their task would have been easier if the sales tax had passed.

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