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Category: News
Street closed for tree removal
Town crews will be removing a large dead tree on Cameron Avenue between Pittsboro and Mallette streets Thursday and Friday.
Construction to start on food processing center
The public is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
Community bids farewell to Rob Hogan
More than 1,000 friends, family members and community residents came together on Wednesday to pay their respects and bid farewell to longtime local farmer and community pillar Rob Hogan.
Carrboro passes on urban deer hunt
At its meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen opted not to pursue a violent end for the town’s rising deer population and followed the lead of its neighbor to the east by authorizing an educational campaign instead.
School board appoints Hamilton
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 4-2 last week to appoint former board member Jean Hamilton to the vacant seat on the board, straying from its usual practice of making appointments from a pool of applicants.
Council members spar over former library
After rehashing the budget discussion that precipitated the closure of the Chapel Hill Museum, the town council this week debated – and sparred at times – over the fate of the town-owned building that housed it.
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County shifts conservation focus
The Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday said that because of the lack of conservation trust funds, the county should focus on the maintenance and accessibility of properties it already owns rather than the acquisition of properties.
Halloween plans to be announced
Chapel Hill and UNC officials will announce their plans for the annual Halloween celebration on Franklin Street at a news conference Friday at 3 p.m. at Top of the Hill Restaurant.
Leaf collection in Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill will begin its annual leaf collection on Monday and continue it through late February.
Chapel Hill tops Carrboro
It may be trivial to some, but members of the Chapel Hill Town Council are celebrating a 52-36 victory over the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in the WCHL Quiz Bowl held last week at The ArtsCenter.
Longtime local farmer Rob Hogan dies at 54
Local farming-community stalwart Rob Hogan died Friday morning at UNC Hospitals after a three-week battle for his life.
New town clerk takes office
Carrboro swore in its first new town clerk in 38 years at Tuesday night’s board of aldermen meeting.
Brumley Forest to be protected by Triangle Land Conservancy
Less than 20 years ago, a large forest north of Chapel Hill was under consideration to become an 800-homesite development. The property, filled with trees, ponds and wildlife, was to be known as the University Station development and would have housed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people.
On Monday, that property – now known as Brumley Forest – will instead be dedicated to the memory of George and Julia Brumley and their family as a Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC) nature preserve.