By Kirk Ross Staff Writer For the past two years, as officials in Chapel Hill and Carrboro have begun working up their respective budgets, the game has been to tread water through cost cutting and putting off major projects and expenditures. As southern Orange County continues to post anemic growth numbers and stubbornly high unemployment,…
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Carrboro loses Barnes Street case
CARRBORO — Northwest Property Group, which wants to build a shopping center at the intersection of Jones Ferry Road and Barnes Street, has won an appeal in its case against the Town of Carrboro.
Board discusses long-range plans
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer The Board of Aldermen met at Town Hall Tuesday night to further discuss a long-range water-supply plan and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2035 Long Range Transit Plan. Both plans had been presented to the board last year and the aldermen had resolved to meet again to parse out some of the…
Blood needed
Recent bad weather across the country on the heels of the holiday season has drastically decreased the Red Cross’ blood supply in its Carolinas Region. Type O negative and type B negative blood supplies have dropped to emergency levels, and help is needed. Since type O negative blood can be used for any patient when…
Felony charges leveled
On Friday, Jan. 15, Chapel Hill Police investigators charged Corey Scott Shepherd of Wake Forest with 19 counts of felony breaking and entering, one count of felony larceny and 20 counts of misdemeanor damage to property. Shepherd was arrested at Chapel Hill Police headquarters and is suspected in a rash of area business break-ins that…
Route adjustments for Chapel Hill Transit
Chapel Hill Transit implemented a schedule adjustment to the F route (p.m. only) on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Additional afternoon trips also will be added, starting at 2:45 p.m. The bus stop at the Newman Center will be closed for about 18 months due to construction on Pittsboro Street. A temporary bus stop is at 210…
Learn about affordable housing
The Town of Chapel Hill is continuing a public review process for a draft Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance to help address the need for more affordable housing in Chapel Hill. A public-information open house is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, at Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Repeating…
Remembering King
If you’ve recently made your way across the square in front of Chapel Hill’s downtown post office, you may have noticed an inscription near the flagpole that says “Peace & Justice Plaza.†Below those words are the names of eight individuals — men and women, black and white — who were at the forefront of…
“A Day On Not a Day Off†Orange County locations for National Day of Service
• Orange County Signature Project — Volunteers will create Valentine’s Day care packages for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. People will also make blankets and scarves for clients of local United Way of the Greater Triangle partner agencies. Children, families and volunteers of all ages can include their dreams on the “Road to a…
Shock and sadness over devastation in Haiti
By Beth Mechum and Kirk Ross Staff Writers It was on the eve of Lori Easterlin’s final Haiti immersion class at Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill that a devastating earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean country. “Everybody is just overwhelmed and sad and devastated,†Easterlin said. “We have students who in the last week…
Board talks sidewalks
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer CARRBORO – With project costs now exceeding bond funding for the Carrboro sidewalk program, some projects along Estes Drive will be cut. At its Tuesday night meeting at Town Hall, the board of aldermen discussed which projects to pursue. Public Works Director George Seiz suggested building a sidewalk from Hillcrest…
Council OKs new process for shelters
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel Hill Town Council approved a change in the town’s land-use management ordinance that would require any new homeless shelters to first obtain a special-use permit — a lengthier, more-public process than the current ordinance requires.
New library opens
The Orange County Main Library, located at 137 W. Margaret Lane in Hillsborough, opened last Friday. The 23,500-square-foot, two-story building will feature more than 16 public-access computers, a teen center, a 90-person meeting room and a local history area. The first floor of the library is devoted to children, with an expanded collection, comfortable furniture…
Board talks sidewalks
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer CARRBORO – With project costs now exceeding bond funding for the Carrboro sidewalk program, some projects along Estes Drive will be cut. At its Tuesday night meeting at Town Hall, the board of aldermen discussed which projects to pursue. Public Works Director George Seiz suggested building a sidewalk from Hillcrest…
Reduced CHT schedule for MLK
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will operate on a Reduced Saturday service schedule next Monday, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The following Saturday routes will operate: CM, CW, DM, FG and JN. The Saturday U and NU routes will not operate. The Regional Call Center will be open to provide schedule information from…