“We really like to encourage folks to leave the leaves where they are,” Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils said. “It's better for the environment, it's better for wildlife in the area and it's also cheaper and has a lesser environmental impact.”
The Town will display green lights on Carrboro Town Hall from Nov. 6-12 to honor veterans through Operation Green Light, asking residents to do the same in the windows of their homes or businesses.
Walk & Roll to School Day is an annual event organized by the National Center for Safe Routes to School that encourages students across the country to use alternative forms of transportation to school. Carrboro Elementary School students and families participated on Wednesday by coming together to bike, walk or roll to school.
S.B. 749 would remove the governor's power to appoint a member to each county board, decreasing their size to four members. The governor also currently has the power to appoint the five members of the State Board of Elections. The bill would shift this appointment power to the legislature and increase the number of members to eight.
Following former owner Alan Cohen's retirement in August, new owners Michele Kowal and John Sullivan have taken the mantel of Crazy Alan's Emporium. They will focus on making the store accessible, including new local inventory and hosting community events. The store has been in business in Chapel Hill for 20 years.
Many candidates at the forum agreed that something needed to be done about community affordability, issues associated with urban sprawl and problems with the Chapel Hill Transit system. Chapel Hill municipal elections will take place on Nov. 7.
