On Aug. 15, the N.C. 54 Park-and-Ride lot off Friday Center Drive will become a university permitted lot. A valid UNC permit will be required to park in the lot.
Category: News
Carmichael Street to close
Drivers are advised that a stretch of Carmichael Street near St. Thomas More Church will be closed until the end of the month due to construction. A detour route will be provided.
Orange County receives grant for healthy living
The N.C. Department of Public Health recently awarded Orange County a two-year grant to promote physical health in middle schools.
Near-record heat wave
As The Citizen goes to press, the area is engulfed in yet another heat wave, with temperatures cresting the 100 degree mark and a heat index of 105 and rising.
Chapel Hill Transit recognized
Local transit operators came home from the annual N.C. Bus and Van Rodeo victorious. The June contest gathered dozens of transit operators to determine the state’s best drivers.
Fourth of July closings
Schedule changes for town and county offices for the Fourth of July holiday are as follows:
Efland sewer rate hike questioned
About 90 citizens and members of the advocacy group Justice United met with County Manager Frank Clifton and County Commissioner Steve Yuhasz at the Orange County Library on Monday night to discuss the impact of a recent 300 percent rate hike for sewer services in Efland.
Chapel Hill Museum to close next week
Museum officials say the Chapel Hill Town Council’s recent decision on a funding request fell short of what is needed to keep the museum open and the plan now is to find new homes for its numerous artifacts.
UNC gets $1.7 million to curb HIV in N.C.
A team of researchers from the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases has received a $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study novel HIV testing methods to detect acute HIV infection and target sexual networks to curb the spread of HIV in North Carolina.
Public invited to Bill Friday’s birthday party
William C. Friday, the man whose name is synonymous with North Carolina higher education during much of the 20th century, marks his 90th birthday next month and the university and the UNC General Alumni Association are hosting an open house in Friday’s honor on July 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Hill Alumni Center’s Alumni Hall.
Sewer rate meeting
About 90 citizens and members of the advocacy group Justice United met with County Manager Frank Clifton and County Commissioner Steve Yuhasz at the Orange County Library on Monday night to discuss the impact of a recent 300 percent rate hike for sewer services in Efland.
Free valet parking
The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership’s new East Franklin valet parking in open for business. Valet stands are located on both East and West Franklin Street with drop-off and pick-up at either stand.
Farewell to a ‘steady hand’
Robert Wells was mayor the first day Sarah Williamson came to work. That was July 5, 1972, and Williamson was fresh out of Durham Tech and a day shy of 20. She’ll be retiring as Carrboro town clerk at the end of this month.
IFC files for shelter permit, town council talks guidelines
The Chapel Hill Town Council continued a discussion Monday night on how to proceed with a request from the town planning board on how to develop guidelines for shelters. But the talk and the direction of the council were shaped by news that last week the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service and UNC had begun submitting the formal paperwork for a long-anticipated permit request to move the IFC Community House.
Marshall ready to take on Burr
There was something unusual about election night on Tuesday: The votes were in and counted before it got dark. The verdict rendered by Orange County voters in the runoffs for the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate race and the Orange County Board of Education came just after 8 p.m.