For the last 109 years, Carrboro has borne the name of Julian Carr, a businessman, philanthropist and white supremacist who gave the dedication speech for Silent Sam. The town’s name has been questioned multiple times by residents due to its namesake — most recently in 2020.
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On Nov. 5, Carrboro musician Elizabeth Cotten posthumously received the Early Influence Award from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. She joined other inductees into the Hall of Fame, including Eminem, Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie during the foundation’s 37th annual ceremony, hosted in Los Angeles.
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Gerry Williams has been selling records for 45 years and hosting record shows in Carrboro for the last 18. His most recent record show on Sunday was at the Carrboro Century Center. Since 2004, the November event has been one of Williams' two annual shows sponsored by the Town of Carrboro.
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"Women flaunt their natural gray hair and stay-at-home dads with toddlers roll around in the artificial grass play area, flaunting their stay-at-homeness. Sometimes these groups meet. A little guy in a knit sweater, a future democratic socialist, teeters around on a boulder and wanders over to a gray-haired couple with a gray-haired dog, also in a sweater."
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The Town of Carrboro recently approved a spending plan for the $6.7 million it received from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act passed by the U.S. Congress. The act allocates money to local governments nationwide to assist in mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The market, located in the Carrboro Town Commons, is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It has been a staple in the community since 1977 and has grown to accommodate more than 75 vendors.
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Beginning on Oct. 31, three roads surrounding the site of the 203 Project on South Greensboro Street in Carrboro will become one-way streets as the construction continues. Traffic will travel in one direction on Roberson Street, Maple Avenue and East Carr Street.
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“I’m absolutely thrilled that we will be having all of these activities coming up later this month where people can experience just the joy of Halloween but also the joy of just being with each other again,” Susan Romaine, the Carrboro Town Council mayor pro tempore, said.
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Chapel Hill Diversity is an online resource recently launched to support and promote businesses owned by people of color in Orange County. Restauraunts including Mama Dip's Kitchen and nonprofits such as El Centro Hispano are among the 96 featured on the website.
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As initiated by Stormwater Utility within the Town of Carrboro Public Works Department, equipment will help to determine the amount of debris and sediment buildup, as well as necessary actions to take. “Part of the responsibility of our Stormwater Utility is to find those places that require some kind of larger investments and plan for those investments over time,” Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils said.
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Liza Wolff-Francis has been selected as Carrboro’s next poet laureate and will begin her term in January, taking over for current Poet Laureate Fred Joiner.
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The lot will be the site of The 203 Project, a joint effort by the Town of Carrboro and Orange County to construct a three-story civic complex. The project is expected to be completed in Spring 2024.
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The day is an initiative from the National Center for Safe Routes to School that encourages students to travel to school by modes of transportation besides a car. Carrboro is one of many towns across the country that participates.
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At its Oct. 11 meeting, the Carrboro Town Council revised and adopted the Grant Project Ordinance for allocated funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.
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The market and showcase of local and regional artists, artisans and performers, will return to Chapel Hill for three successive Saturdays, beginning on Oct. 8.
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