Weeks after Orange County residents approved a quarter-cent sales tax increase, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is looking into a new half-cent tax. The sales tax would require a referendum vote and would help fund new alternative transit options that could include a light rail system between Durham, Wake and Orange Counties and expanded bus routes.
Lori Burgwyn had only a few chances to talk with Eve Carson, yet she took a lead role in promoting her legacy Friday night. Nearly 300 people donned costumes, danced and celebrated at the third annual Eve Ball with a goal of preserving Carson’s memory underlying the festivities.
With Halloween three days away, students say town regulations and its Monday night date have them less excited about the event than in the past. What used to be one of the largest annual events in Chapel Hill has declined in size in the past few years.
Occupy Chapel Hill enters its ninth day today with nearly a dozen camping tents still pitched in Peace and Justice Plaza. The protest began as an extension of Occupy Wall Street but is now focused on bringing the movement to the local community by encouraging an open dialogue with residents.
Parishioners who transcend religious backgrounds and an architect whose dying wish was for the opening of a Buddhist meditation hall will have their hard work fulfilled Saturday.
Some big retail stores might be arriving in Chapel Hill soon as part of a new development project off Eubanks Road, near Interstate 40.
A highly controversial Chapel Hill homeless shelter is in the spotlight again, but this time the heat is focused on a neighborhood planning committee.
