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Category: News
CHPD wants help
The Chapel Hill Police Department wants information about Elliott Road robbery.
Budget, tax cuts on lame-duck session agenda
“We’ve obviously had quite a year,†newly re-elected Fourth District U.S. Congressmen David Price deadpanned in his opening remarks Tuesday morning at UNC’s Carolina Club.
County to consider two-year delay for revaluation
The Orange County Board of Commissioners looked at a possible two-year delay of the county’s next property revaluation at a budget work session on Tuesday, but won’t make a decision on the issue until December.
Proposed Obey Creek process draws fire
Residents on the south side of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and members of Neighbors for Responsible Growth strongly protested a proposal by the town to move ahead with a Development Agreement process for the Obey Creek project on U.S. 15-501 at a Chapel Hill Town Council meeting on Monday.
Development on key corner gets first review by board
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen got its first look at a proposed CVS at the corner of Greensboro and Weaver Streets.
Veterans Day on campus
At 11 a.m. today (Thursday) UNC ROTC cadets and midshipmen will assemble in dress uniforms for the university’s annual Veteran’s Day ceremony at the Carolina Alumni Memorial in Memory of Those Lost in Military Service, located on Cameron Avenue between Phillips and Memorial halls.
Big helicopters to fly over stadium
Two Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters will fly over Kenan Stadium just prior to the 3:30 p.m. kickoff of Saturday’s football contest against Virginia Tech.
Fraley suit continues
Superior Court Judge Carl Fox has allowed the parents of former Chapel Hill High School football player Atlas Fraley to sue paramedic James Griffin on claims of negligence after reports show Griffin violated a number of Orange County Emergency Services policies that could have prevented the 17-year-old’s death.
UNC, Orange County to launch landfill gas project
UNC and Orange County will launch a project to convert methane gas from the county landfill into electricity on Tuesday.
Big night for the GOP — except in Orange County
Every election makes a little bit of history. Some are historic.
Tuesday’s election fell into the latter category, with Republicans taking control of both houses of the North Carolina legislature for the first time since 1898.
McKee wins, sales tax rejected in close referendum
Going into this election season, Rougemont’s Earl McKee knew next year would be a tough budget year for anyone on the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
McKee, a Democrat, won his race, but another outcome of Tuesday’s election made his new job a little more difficult.
Sales tax defeated
Orange County voters narrowly rejected a proposed quarter-cent sales tax on Tuesday’s ballot, with 51.24 percent of voters against the referendum.
Aldermen to look at CVS ideas
Town officials will get an early look at a proposed development being considered by drug store chain CVS Caremark at the corner of Greensboro and Weaver streets. The board of aldermen is scheduled to receive an update on the project at a work session scheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall.
OPC mental health program in merger talks with other counties
OPC Area Program, the local governmental agency that oversees publicly funded mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse services, has entered into merger negotiations with the Alamance-Caswell Local Management Entity (LME).