“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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“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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Open Enrollment for Medicare began on Oct.15 and will run until Dec. 7. Each year, this is the only time customers can change their plans with the program. The Senior’s Health Insurance Information Program, or SHIIP, helps to provide information on different cost benefits to senior citizens throughout Medicare's enrollment period.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools approved their Strategic Plan for 2022 to 2027 earlier this year. The plan is a roadmap outlining the district’s core values and goals for the next five years. Key priorities include creating a culture of safety and wellness, investing in CHCCS educators and strengthening family and community engagement. “The elephant in the room for us is that we have a very high-performing school district for a lot of students, and that’s been the history of CHCCS for decades," George Griffin, a member of the CHCCS Board of Education, said.
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University Baptist Church is hosting the Franklin All Nighter, where participants will walk and run a one-mile loop around Franklin Street, starting on Nov. 5. The fundraiser will help raise money for mental health services in the area, including UNC Counseling and Psychological Services and Orange County's Street Outreach, Harm Reduction and Deflection Program (SOHRAD). The event will run from sunset on Nov. 5 to sunrise on Nov. 6, but participants don't have to walk or run for the enitre night.
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A new Arts + Transit program is looking for two artists to design art for the ceilings of Chapel Hill buses. The application is open to artists living within a 40-mile radius of Chapel Hill, and will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 7.
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The Orange County Board of County Commissioners had a joint meeting on Tuesday with the Police Chief’s Association of Orange County Police Academy and multiple county fire departments to discuss special operations team updates, equipment delays and staff shortages.
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Planned Parenthood Votes! South Atlantic and Planned Parenthood Action PAC North Carolina announced in a press release on Oct. 7 that it would begin a $5 million campaign to promote pro-choice candidates in North Carolina.
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On Oct. 14, Gov. Roy Cooper announced that more people rode North Carolina’s intercity rail service during September than any other month in the past 32 years of NC By Train's existence. According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, 48,488 passengers rode trains in September — an increase of more than 50 percent from last September.
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As Halloween approaches, Franklin Street will be closed for the first time in two years for the holiday festivities. There are also several events for all different age groups in Chapel Hill and the greater Orange County area.
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New bus tracking modems have been delayed a second time, and are now expected to arrive sometime this November. The previous tracking system operated using 3G networks, which have started to be phased out by cellular companies.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been replaced by the newer bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines as the authorized booster dose for children.
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The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency awarded the Chapel Hill affordable housing project Re-imagine Trinity Court a nine percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit worth over $10 million. The award will pay for about 70 percent of the development cost of the project.
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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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October is National LGBTQ+ History Month, a time to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ individuals throughout history. Organizations and businesses across Chapel Hill have highlighted the LGBTQ+ community in different ways this month – as well as all year.
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The North Carolina Forest Service announced on Oct. 10 that the fall wildfire season has started in North Carolina and that people should take precautions during recreational burning. The NCFS works to protect and provide valuable forest resources and runs programs for wildfire prevention and reforestation.
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The Exceptional Children Educator of Excellence award is given out by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. A teacher for 11 years, Torry said she has been a special education teacher at Northside Elementary School since 2015.
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State Republicans gained a partial legal victory in a court ruling on Oct. 13, which adjusted laws concerning poll observers at voting sites.
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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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According to state data, the number of absentee voters for the 2022 midterm election has significantly increased compared to the number from the 2018 midterm election.
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