Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools receives sustainability scholarship
By Julia Masters | Nov. 18, 2018Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools work to improve sustainability and increase positive impact in the district.
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"I expect that it will go pretty smoothly," she said. "It’s a fairly simple project, a light touch on the land. We will be upgrading the parking lot, adding the pump track and walking trails, so I think it will be a really wonderful park for the community."
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Minority business owners across Chapel Hill share their experiences and the hard work that went into building their businesses.
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Christopher Cates, the previous public works superintendent for the Town of Carrboro, coincidently resigned in October — and thanks to an anonymous tip, the Carrboro Police Department has discovered that he was involved with embezzlement and common law forgery.
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The Town aims to dedicate the marker to the Chapel Hill Nine on the 59th anniversary of their sit-in.
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A man interrupted a vigil in Chapel Hill memorializing victims of anti-Semitism and white supremacy on Saturday, claiming that the vigil was to remove the Jefferson Davis Highway sign among other allegations.
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Check out the crime roundup in Chapel Hill from this weekend.
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The Orange Water and Sewer Authority Board is taking preventative action to move forward from a Monday's water-main pipe fracture, its second water crisis in two years. The company has hired a consultant and is evaluating its emergency actions.
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NC Department of Public Instruction and State Board of Education request almost $200 million to improve school safety and support efforts.
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Here's your roundup of Chapel Hill Police reports from this weekend.
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Ever heard of "choice fatigue?" Well, if you're a voter this season, you might be catching it. This year's ballot is packed with decisions to make, including the six constitutional amendments and 16 races in which candidates are running. As voters parse through the issues, the danger of waning attention span means that fewer votes make a swing vote more impactful. Some also say that placing important issues at the end of the ballot rigs the vote in favor of whichever party wants a lack of scrutiny on the final items. But how much of this could actually sway the 2018 election?
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A main water line leaving Orange Water and Sewer Authority's Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant broke this morning and is causing major water drainage.
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This past Wednesday marks the start of the P.H. Craig Forest clear-cutting as the community grieves the loss.
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Here's an update of the Chapel Hill crime logs from Halloween,
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The Center for Economic Studies released a report last month studying the economic development that people go through from their childhood to their 30s. When it comes to Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the results were a little divided. Black children born to parents in the bottom quintile of household income have a 2.5 percent chance of raising to the top quintile of household income, compared with 10.6 percent for whites, according to the report.
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The Dunkin' Donuts on Franklin Street continues to work toward obtaining a drive-thru permit. Town members have expressed concerns about the drive-thru line interfering with traffic flow on the street, but the owner assures that the location can handle the traffic and any other requirements needed to get the permit.
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Nestled in Carrboro is a bike repair shop that offers so much more than tire repairs and chain oiling. It's a place where women, femme, transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals can feel empowered and at home.
Read More »“The project is going to be a traditional 20th century suburban style strip-mall," Seils said. "I think we should be moving away from that.”
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The Board of Education voted to convert Glenwood into a magnet school with an emphasis on its Mandarin language immersion program.
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The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted on Oct. 16 to repeal a 1959 resolution to name U.S. Highway 15 as Jefferson Davis Highway after several residents began questioning the name. But does the BOC have the jurisdiction to change the name, or does that fall under the University, the Town of Chapel Hill or the North Carolina Department of Transportation? And who put up the marker just outside McCorkle Place?
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