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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools saw a 45-point increase in the scores of black students, raising the average to 988. The increase has been called a major step forward in the district's battle against the minority achievement gap.
The Chapel Hill Town Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting Chancellor James Moeser's plan to close the airport by the end of the year.
To combat the shortage, the Orange County Red Cross chapter is hosting two blood drives on UNC's campus this week.
In 1999, the Rat, at 157 1/2 E. Franklin St. in Amber Alley, was put up for sale and nearly closed down after no one was interested in purchasing the restaurant.
In mid-July, Chapel Hill Planning Director Roger Waldon gave his staff's approval of the first projects laid out in the University's Master Plan.
The forum, which was held in the Chapel Hill Town Council chambers, featured the Democratic candidates for the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
The budget bill stipulates that the airport, located off Airport Road, will stay open until otherwise ordered by the N.C. General Assembly.
It is also a place where people with mental illnesses can find a job.
But with new town regulations in place, University police have more freedom to apprehend criminals off campus.
Summer is always a lean time for Chapel Hill business owners, as the University closes its doors and sends its 25,000 consumers away for three months. This summer revenue drought usually prompts several businesses to close and incites others to take their place in the hopes of cashing in once August arrives.
With last Wednesday's rejection of a half-cent sales tax increase and budget disputes continuing to wrack the floor of the N.C. General Assembly, the board resigned itself to approving a budget many members were unhappy with.
In a resolution brought forth by Alderman Mark Dorosin, the board formally denounced large segments of the act and requested that Carrboro police officials not be required to comply with the civil rights violations the resolution states that the act contains.
"I think we owe it to the taxpayers to wait until the final moment to nail down a tax rate."
"All I want from this town are three things: police, fire and public works," he said. "This is a basic public works service, and I shouldn't be charged for it."
Carrboro Town Manager Bob Morgan's Tuesday night announcement came in the midst of the Board of Aldermen's efforts to find what Morgan said could not be found -- fat.
David T. Borman, formerly of 1000 Smith Level Road, Apt. K8, in Carrboro was found dead in a friend's apartment April 24. The tests revealed the presence of oxycodone, the generic name for the painkiller OxyContin, in Borman's blood, the paper reported.
The council voted 6-3 May 29 to commence negotiations with Affiliated Computer Services Inc., a private Texas-based company.
Toward the beginning of the meeting, the aldermen continued a public hearing that began May 7 with the proposal of several text changes to be made to the land-use ordinance. The proposed changes were initiated by Winmore Land Management LLC, the company behind the Winmore development.
The proposed state budget includes both positive and negative implications for local governments statewide. In comparison to places such as Durham and Chatham counties, Orange County, along with Chapel Hill and Carrboro, was spared the brunt of the damage.
Carrboro town attorney Michael Brough's comment during Tuesday's Board of Aldermen meeting may have been in jest, but the sentiment carried the evening.
