Current and former Carrboro town officials kick off the construction process for the Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
A strong sense of community and excitement filled the atmosphere during the groundbreaking ceremony for Carrboro's MLK Park.
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In downtown Carrboro, the town’s hip crowd has access to everything they could ever desire: coffee shops, an organic market and a community arts theater.
In efforts to better promote Carrboro’s mission statement of feeling free, the town is updating their signs.
The leaves might not be red enough, but both Carrboro and Chapel Hill’s Farmers’ Markets are ready to celebrate fall.
Carrboro will soon be abuzz.
The Board of Aldermen gave the go-ahead for the town manager to sign interlocal agreements relating to engineering and community outreach programs for the Rogers Road community.
In July, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded 66 Our Town grants for cultivating arts-based community development in U.S. towns. And for the second consecutive year, the proposed Carrboro Arts & Creativity District was not on that list.
For outgoing Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton, being mayor often felt like being the host of a weekly television show. Chilton passed the baton to Mayor-elect Lydia Lavelle by means of bestowing on her a baseball cap reading “mayor” in huge letters.
Carrboro’s first hotel opened its doors to guests last week, and members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen were among the first guests.
With more than 50 percent of Carrboro residents burdened by their rent or mortgage, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen is taking action to make housing more affordable.
More than 20 Carrboro residents came out to Tuesday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting to voice concerns about one of the town’s most dangerous intersections.
David Andrews, newly appointed Carrboro town manager, has been walking a lot during the past week, visiting local businesses and taking in the small-town feel of Carrboro.
A petition filed last week with the Carrboro Planning Department could jeopardize a proposed CVS that would sit at 201 N. Greensboro St.
A freestanding library in Carrboro — a project 25 years in the making — is moving closer to realization as local officials work to decide on criteria for the library’s location. On Tuesday night, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen discussed revisions to the county’s proposed criteria for the site of the future Southwest Orange County Regional Branch Library.
Stephen Dear has eaten his lunch on the corner of Jones Ferry and Davie roads every weekday since Oct. 27.
Michelle Johnson, unofficially the newest member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, promises to ensure a minority voice on the board and offer a perspective that is diverse in other ways. Johnson, a black woman, will serve on the seven-member, predominantly white board alongside incumbents Lydia Lavelle and Dan Coleman, who were both re-elected.
Opponents of Carrboro’s anti-lingering ordinance will break the rules today — in an effort to get them repealed.
