Candidates for the 2011 election in Chapel Hill joined Thursday for the first major event of the season. At the Friends of the Downtown forum, candidates discussed issues ranging from downtown beautification to business development.
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Candidates for the 2011 election in Chapel Hill joined Thursday for the first major event of the season. At the Friends of the Downtown forum, candidates discussed issues ranging from downtown beautification to business development.
Read More »Carrboro residents might have a new cafe to hang out in. The Board of Alderman voted to approve a $45,000 loan to Sherry Pate and Jerry Glass to support the opening of Second Wind Juice Bar and Cafe.
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Students and Chapel Hill residents could see more food trucks in the near future if both Town Council members and owners of food trucks can agree on regulations.
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Carrboro has always been known for its emphasis on locally-owned businesses. But the small town will soon be home to a large-scale development that could bring increased tourism and diversity to its tax base and boost the economy, officials say.
Read More »Developers hope to address the growing demand for affordable housing with a new mixed-use complex in Carrboro.
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Developers are looking into building a new CVS in Carrboro — a proposal that is in its earliest stages but has already met resistance from within the community.
Read More »On an intense training day, Ascary Arias can be found biking around Carrboro for four hours.
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With six days left for potential public servants to file for November’s election, the field still lacks true competition.
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Although Chapel Hill officials chose to pull funding for the annual fireworks celebration at Kenan Stadium, a wide variety of local Independence Day activities still exist.
Read More »Randee Haven-O’Donnell remembers advocating for the worker movement in college as one of her most rewarding endeavors.
Read More »Cyetesse Cotton has been getting her teeth cleaned at the same place for more than 40 years.
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Michelle Johnson starts every morning with a session of meditation on her kitchen floor.
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The man who has become the face of comedy in Chapel Hill and Carrboro is moving up in more ways than one.
Read More »The Orange County Board of Commissioners took the first steps toward closing the county’s landfill by passing a $5 tipping fee increase Tuesday night. Revenue generated from the increase — which County Manager Frank Clifton said would be between $50,000 and $60,000 per year — will be used to fund remediation payments to the Rogers Road community that has housed the landfill for almost 40 years. Commissioner Valerie Foushee emphasized the need for the board to move forward rather than revisit past options. “(The Rogers Road residents) don’t have 30 more years to keep living through this,” she said.
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Renita Lee was always running out of eggs. After moving to Carrboro five years ago to enter a drug rehabilitation program, Lee said she has had trouble finding a job — even after being drug-free for more than four years.
Read More »The Carrboro Board of Aldermen endorsed the building of a new 39-unit solar-powered housing development.
Read More »Carrboro Town Manager Steve Stewart has announced to the Board of Aldermen that he plans to retire in late summer or early fall. Stewart is a native of Burlington and has been the town manager since September 2003.
Read More »Carrboro is one step closer to having its first parking deck after the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved its design at a meeting Tuesday night.
Read More »Hopes of a free-standing library in Carrboro will become a reality in a matter of years after the project was approved by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night. Aldermen voted 6-1 to rezone property located at 210 Hillsborough Road to create the southwest branch of the Orange County Public Library system. The site will be rezoned from a residential to a business classification.
Read More »Carrboro issued two press releases last week stating that an investigation into dry cleaning solvent contamination near 408 W. Weaver St. is underway.
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