Jock Lauterer’s toss-away comment as he memorialized Joe Paterno, ” … and now tainted legacy of the late JoePa” gives little respect or honor to the victims of Paterno’s blatant disregard for the law.
Category: Opinion
LETTER: Wealth and greed related, not synonymous.
Relevant definitions of wealth.
LETTER: Thanks from Meals on Wheels
Chapel Hill/Carrboro Meals on Wheels would like to thank the MLK University/Community Planning Corporation.
No delay in landfill closure
Just when we thought the Pandora’s box that is the Orange County Landfill was finally nailed shut for good, Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton has pried it open one more time.
BIG CITY: Scenes from a poverty tour – Part I
On this trip, truth was much easier to find than hope.
Tall buildings
Many of us opposed what came to be called “the tall-building ordinance†when it was proposed.
A RESOLUTION
IN OPPOSITION TO AMENDMENT #1 THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE MAY 8, 2012 NORTH CAROLINA STATE PRIMARY BALLOT
LETTER: Zumba for the Y
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA will hold a Zumba Dance Benefit on Friday, Jan. 27, from 6-8 p.m.
LETTER: Help end homelessness
“I don’t want to die outside,†my friend said as he lay on a gurney in the emergency room.
LETTER: Council action unacceptable
In December 2011, the Town Council assigned the Community Policing Advisory Council the task of making recommendations regarding the Yates building incident.
LETTER: Lack of funding limits hurts elections
Watching the TV these days gives one the feeling that something is falling apart via the tugs of an ignorant political war.
Shelton Station makes sense
Over the past few years, the cold economic winds blowing in our nation have postponed or scuttled multiple development projects in Carrboro.
Established boundaries
I think of Carrboro as my hometown. I was not born here, nor did I grow up here, but I have lived in Carrboro long enough for my heart to have attached to this place.
To Peace and Justice Plaza and beyond
In the past two weeks, I’ve twice visited Chapel Hill’s Peace and Justice Plaza: once for an Occupy Chapel Hill-Carrboro event and once for the NAACP’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. rally.
BIG CITY: What does it take to make it to the top?
Regular readers may recall that I have a thing about the proliferation of top lists, specifically those put out by those “with it†news organizations that use them for a quick, cheap traffic boost, branding or both.