The Carrboro Police Department.
The Carrboro Police Department detailed their findings on their own racial biases in their policing to the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday. Here's what they said.
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“(This is) basically a way of encouraging the public to come onto the streets and keep cars out and be active and healthy and utilize the streets in a fun way,” Carrboro recreation supervisor Galen Poythress said.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro are teaming up with the non-profit CASA to build an affordable housing development on South Merritt Mill Road.
Many members of Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen — as well as both the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Mayors — hold full or part-time jobs on top of their duties as elected officials. Although their duties often slow down during the summer months and towards the end of December, municipal election season tends to be a very busy time, Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger said. She said she wants to improve the community by removing barriers to full participation in the council and opening opportunity for greater representation.
Charlotte's new light rail extension offers students affordable transportation and gives them access to more entertainment and job opportunities.
Members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools community met Sunday to organize a walkout protesting gun violence on March 14 at 9:55 a.m. The walkout will last 17 minutes, with each minute representing one of the 17 students killed during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. earlier this month.
In the last few years, there has been an increase in student residents in Lloyd-Broad. That increase has had some adverse effects for the neighborhood and its long-term residents, who are speaking out to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen.
Carrboro may soon change their property tax rate for the first time in nine years.
Resting in the neck of the woods of Carrboro is the Carolina North Forest, the last untouched forested land of the town -- but possibly not for long.
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen discussed the creation of a new Comprehensive Plan for the town on their Jan. 9 meeting which gathered support by both the community and the board. The Comprehensive Plan will outline the community's goals for the future.
Barbara Foushee was sworn in to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen Dec. 5. She was the only new member to be elected this past November. Staff writer Claire Willmschen spoke with Foushee about her past professional experiences and her goals for her upcoming term.
Slaughtering animals has become a topic of concern for Carrboro residents. As of Nov. 21, the Board of Aldermen met to reassess an ordinance that was passed in February that permits animal slaughter within the town limits.
Krave, Carrboro and Chapel Hill’s first kava bar, opened in March 2015. Located on Main Street in Carrboro near Open Eye Café, Krave offers a wide range of tea and herbal drinks.
Staff writer Claire Willmschen tweets live from the meeting.
Chapel Hill's municipal solid waste continues to find itself in the backyard of low-income communities, despite the town's best efforts to keep landfills out of these areas.
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen added one new face Tuesday night. Incumbents Jacquelyn Gist, Randee Haven-O’Donnell and Sammy Slade were all re-elected, alongside newcomer Barbara Foushee. This is the first time Foushee, whose sister Valerie is an N.C. senator, has run for office. She won around 25.33 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results from Orange County precincts.
The rivals are joining forces to make a special Rivalry Edition (both on-campus and online Feb. 20) and to see which student media program can raise the most money between Feb. 1 and 20.
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