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Category: Opinion

Visioning a library of the future

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Staff

A public library is one place that belongs to everyone, a place where the whole town meets and can linger as long as it likes.

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Letter: Where the sun don’t shine

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Staff

Three years ago, Greenbridge was just a twinkle in Tim Toben’s eye.

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Closing the door to community colleges: an overreaction to tragedy

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Staff

The board of directors of North Carolina’s Community College System adopted a new policy that will allow colleges to restrict admissions based on perception of a “threat” posed by any applicant.

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Take the time to get it right

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Staff

There is an effort, now accelerating, to revamp local economic-development strategy and structure – a process most would agree is long overdue.

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Let those truckers roll

Posted on January 27, 2011January 27, 2011 by Staff

Letter from the Editor

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Letter: Visioning Glen Lennox

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Staff

I attended the Glen Lennox Visioning Workshop this past weekend.

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Letter: Welcoming IFC

Posted on January 27, 2011January 27, 2011 by Staff

United Church of Chapel Hill will be the closest neighbor to the to the Inter-Faith Council’s proposed men’s transitional housing facility.

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The library and the mall

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Staff

When it comes to deciding whether to relocate the Chapel Hill Public Library in University Mall, the easy thing for the Chapel Hill Town Council to do would be to …

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For local economic development, focus on the people

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Staff

For the past several years, the public discourse around growing our economy in Orange County has been focused on having the appropriate “tools.”

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Letter: Words hold power

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Staff

Stick and stones may break my bones … How we all wish that cliché would hold its merit today.

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Letter: Opposition to shelter

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Staff

Mr. Cianciolo, I’m not afraid. It’s just that I can count

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A little tax fairness would go a long way

Posted on January 20, 2011January 20, 2011 by Staff

Most of the public debate about how to address the state’s $3.7-billion budget shortfall has focused on two competing claims.

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Drop by drop

Posted on January 13, 2011January 13, 2011 by Staff

Shocking, sickening, saddening – these are the common initial reactions to events of the past weekend.

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Economy, diversity and collaboration

Posted on January 13, 2011January 13, 2011 by Staff

One of the challenges of coming to grips with sustainability is understanding the importance of diversity.

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Letter: Respect your neighbors

Posted on January 13, 2011January 13, 2011 by Staff

I stood at the edge of a North Greensboro Street crosswalk as several cars and trucks whizzed past me …

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