The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a public forum to discuss strategies aimed at culling the town’s deer population on April 19 at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall.
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Murder suspects arrested
Three suspects have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after allegedly throwing a victim from a car in Northern Orange County on March 29.
Brush fire threatens house
Firefighters from the Carrboro, New Hope and Orange Grove fire departments responded to a vehicle and brush fire in the Rogers Road neighborhood on Saturday.
Cars, lawnmowers stolen from school district
More than $83,000 worth of lawnmowers and automobiles were stolen from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools central office on Merritt Mill Road last week.
Chatham County finds short-term locations for court offices
Chatham County has found short-term locations for Superior Court sessions and court offices displaced by the recent courthouse fire, county officials announced on Monday.
Early voting starts April 15
Early voting in federal and county primary races and for the Orange County Board of Education opens next week at 8 a.m. at the county elections offices at 208 South Cameron St. in Hillsborough and the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill. The hours for the two sites are: • Thursday, April 15-Friday, April 16, 8…
Senate candidates to visit Stone Center
A forum for candidates running for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat will be held at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center on the UNC campus on April 13 at 7 p.m. The forum, co-sponsored by the center and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro branch of the NAACP, will be held in the center’s auditorium and moderated by WTVD’s…
PTA forum
The PTA Council will sponsor a forum for candidates for the Orange County Board of Commissioners from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14 in the council chambers of the Chapel Hill Town Hall at 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The forum will be televised live on government access Time Warner channel 18 and will…
Chatham County Courthouse gutted by fire
The Chatham County Courthouse, built in 1881 and, since, Pittsboro’s most distinguished landmark, caught fire around 4:30 p.m. last Thursday afternoon, and within two hours was a smoldering skeleton of its former self.
Deal close on Smith Level
State Department of Transportation engineers and the Town of Carrboro have reached a tentative agreement on a downscaled Smith Level Road widening project, ending more than a decade of disagreement over the configuration of the road.
County report says most property values lowered on appeal
Orange County received a record number of property revaluation appeals in 2009, and in most cases the appeals paid off, according to the 2009 Orange County Revaluation Report released by the county last week.
Glenwood Conservation District enters phase two
The Glen Lennox Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) process officially entered phase two at the March 22 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting …
Suspect in ‘97 murder gets 27 years for soliciting child
A former Carrboro resident suspected in the 1997 disappearance of a Carrboro woman was sentenced to nearly 27 years in federal prison on Friday for attempting to seduce underage girls in an Internet chat room.
Lawyers allege police beat Atwater
Federal defense lawyers allege in court documents filed Monday that Demario Atwater, one of two suspects charged with the March 2008 slaying of UNC Student Body President Eve Carson, was beaten by Durham police on the day he was arrested.
Police officer to serve as interim chief
Hillsborough police officer Davis Trimmer will serve as interim police chief after Chief Clarence Birkhead steps down on Friday, the Town of Hillsborough announced Tuesday.