The Town emphasized it is working closely with UNC to prepare for this weekend's demonstrations and will provide any further information on road closures or service changes later today.
Chapel Hill Transit held a public meeting Tuesday to provide an update on the North-South Bus Rapid Transit plan. The BRT will be 8.2 miles long starting on Eubanks Road and ending in Southern Village.
Planning will now commence for the relocation of the Kidzu Children's Museum after a unanimous vote by the Chapel Hill Town Council.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro firefighters will be visiting the homes of Meals on Wheels recipients to complete safety checks of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
“I think if we’re not going be managing the content, then I think we want to make sure that we’re not putting on things that could be offensive or derisive to different groups."
The Town of Chapel Hill is searching for diverse perspectives on its advisory boards. Apply to be on one of the 18 boards covering everything from social justice to community design.
The North Carolina Poetry Society is hosting a workshop that aims to help people begin the process of putting together a manuscript.
Five Pi Lambda Phi students were charged for tampering with smoke detectors nearly 23 years after five students died in a fraternity house fire on Mother's Day in 1996.
Carolina Urbanists held a meeting on Wednesday with GoTriangle speakers to discuss local transit plans and the Orange-Durham light rail project.
After more than $130 million in Orange-Durham tax dollars was spent designing a new light rail transit system, Duke University informed GoTriangle that it will not permit construction on Erwin Road.
The former location of the Colonial Drug Store, where the Chapel Hill Nine sit-in took place, has been dedicated for a permanent historical marker.
Wegmans' special use permit included a stipulation that detailed what must be done to address the potential for increased traffic on nearby residential streets.
Maurice Jones was appointed as Chapel Hill's newest town manager in July 2017 and began in August. Prior to joining the Town of Chapel Hill staff, he was the town manager of Charlottesville, Va., notably during the protests of August 2017. The Daily Tar Heel sat down with him on Monday for the first time to talk to him about his transition and goals for the town.
The Chapel Hill Fire Department announced at 9:15 this morning that it charged five members of UNC's Pi Lambda Phi fraternity last week for tampering with smoke alarms in the fraternity house.
![Carrboro Environmental Planner Randy Dodd plants a sapling in a [water catchment bed] designed to filter runoff entering the Bolin Creek on April 9. Officials from Carrboro and Chapel Hill dedicated April 9, 2011 as "Bolin Creek Day" in recognition of completing the first restoration project for the creek.](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/dth/47aee7f9-db8d-4b3d-aafa-de635995c800.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=800)
The annual budget for the Town of Chapel Hill is a year-round process, with much input being given to achieve a balanced and fair budget for the next fiscal year.
Current public art projects are being integrated into the Chapel Hill community with help from the Percent for Public Art Program.
The project will be a 190 unit retirement apartment development on just under 16 acres of area.
Despite the benefits the Durham-Orange Light Rail will provide on paper, local citizens and groups like Affordable Transit for All have voiced concern over the project's funding.
Since the purchase, the governments have engaged in little substantive discussion about the land, 104 acres of which are jointly owned and 60 of which belong solely to Orange County.
The Tar Heel Mobile Park on the 1200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is potentially undergoing renovations leaving current residents concerned about the future of their homes.
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