Henry Haney
Articles
Chapel Hill's Town Manager tells us about leaving Charlottesville & recent protests
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.
Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro make plans for the 164 acres bought 35 years ago
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.
Orange County Commissioners join the national call for Green New Deal
The resolution, which passed 6-1, asks the representative for Orange County to join other U.S. House Democrats in backing the call of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for a Select Committee on the Green New Deal.
There's not enough affordable public housing in Chapel Hill. This program could help:
Chapel Hill is facing an affordable and public housing crisis, but a new program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development aims to help the problem.
The government shutdown v. the Durham-Orange Light Rail project: Which will end first?
The federal government shutdown is affecting the progress of the Durham-Orange Light Rail project, which aims to make transportation from Chapel Hill to downtown Durham easier.
As 2018 ends, N.C. is still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Florence
“We continue to mourn the lives lost to Hurricane Florence as we face the task of recovery with determination and compassion.”
Biking along West Rosemary Street just got a lot safer
Chapel Hill is working to improve their bronze rating by The League of American Bicyclists to a gold.
Aiding the Chapel Hill-Carrboro food desert
In Chapel Hill, 19,000 people live in food deserts, the majority in areas around Franklin Street. Several nonprofits in and around Chapel Hill are pushing programs to help alleviate the issue.
N.C. voters adopt four, reject two of the constitutional amendments
North Carolina voters cast their ballots Tuesday on six constitutional amendments, deciding on everything from voter identification to income taxes.
Anita Earls declares victory in race for N.C. Supreme Court
Earls previously worked as an attorney and civil rights advocate for 30 years. She founded the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, worked in the U.S. Department of Justice during the Clinton administration and worked on the U.S. Supreme Court case Covington v. North Carolina, in which the Supreme Court decided North Carolina's legislative districts to be unconstitutional gerrymandering.
