Areas in western, eastern parts of county considered under plan studied by commissioners Tuesday.
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Board seeks input on northern commercial plan
What started as an update on a design workshop for a possible commercial space north of Carrboro turned into a full-fledged discussion on the potential for commercial development north of Homestead Road in a Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall.
Chatham commission acts on court facility plans
At a work session on Monday, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners provided direction to county staff to include a superior courtroom on the second floor as the Historic Courthouse is rebuilt.
Two banks robbed this week
Police do not believe two bank robberies in Orange County – one in Hillsborough and another in downtown Chapel Hill – are related. Chapel Hill police released a photo of the man who walked into the BB&T at 143 E. Rosemary St. in downtown Chapel Hill and gave a teller a note demanding money. No…
Early voting opens next Thursday
Early voting in Orange County opens next week in an election year that’s seen a wide array of contested races.
Only three of the four usual sites for early voting are in use this season, as county elections officials opted not to open Carrboro Town Hall for early voting.
Chapel Hill workers protest suspension
Two Town of Chapel Hill sanitation workers banned from town property while they are under investigation protested with members of several local organizations on Friday in front of Chapel Hill Town Hall. Solid-waste operators Clyde Clark and Kerry Bigelow were joined by members of UE Local 150, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Labor Committee and UNC…
Oil spill
The strong smell of oil reported by residents near the intersection of Robert Hunt Drive and North Greensboro Street was traced to a spill from an unused 275-gallon underground storage tank, town officials reported. Carrboro crews were not able to determine how much oil leaked out the tank; it was flushed out with groundwater. The…
Hillsborough picks chief
The Town of Hillsborough selected Duane Hampton, a lieutenant with the Durham Police Department, as its new chief of police last week. Hampton will start Nov. 1.
Quiz time for governments
Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will match wits tonight (Thursday) at the WCHL Quiz Bowl at The ArtsCenter. The competition starts at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on WCHL-1360 AM. Neither elected body has taken an official position on the trivia contest; however, one member…
Carrboro, DOT strike deal on Smith Level Road widening
If you would have told the Carrboro Board of Aldermen circa 1980 that it would take 30 years before their successors and the state Department of Transportation struck a deal on a plan for improvements to Smith Level Road, you might have gotten a few quizzical looks. But it did.
County candidates gear up for election
As Election Day nears, some candidates for local office are putting their campaigns into high gear, while others are running in uncontested races.
Council hears pros, cons of Northside sidewalk
The Town Council has yet to settle on a final priority list for its update to a 2008 master list for sidewalk construction, but members already know there’s at least one tough choice ahead.
Atwater sentenced to life in federal prison
Demario Atwater was sentenced to life in federal prison last week for the 2008 murder of UNC student body president Eve Carson.
Two suspects in Bailey murder plead guilty
Two of the six defendants charged with the first-degree kidnapping and murder of 20-year-old Joshua Bailey pleaded guilty last week to lesser charges in a plea agreement.
Hogan improving
Local farming-community stalwart Rob Hogan’s health is improving after he was brought to the intensive care unit at UNC Hospitals on Sept. 16.