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Carrboro aldermen to hear CVS plans Tuesday

Billy Ball — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:18:24 -0500

Much-discussed plans for a two-story CVS in downtown Carrboro will be back before town leaders Tuesday night.

The pharmacy bigbox's latest plans for a 24,590 square-foot store at the intersection of Greensboro and Weaver streets are likely to draw the usual share of ire from some Carrboro protesters, who argue the store will clog the town's center with traffic congestion, destroy historic homes and otherwise disrupt town life.…

Carrboro to mull Rogers Road sewer

Billy Ball — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:47:20 -0400

After years of much-bemoaned inactivity on the touchy subject of Rogers Road, leaders in Orange County seem to be on the move these days.

Two weeks ago, Orange County commissioners passed a sweeping resolution to pledge $500,000 for a long-sought community center in the low-income neighborhood vexed by an aging landfill.…

Carrboro Family Dollar hits another snag

Billy Ball — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:46:08 -0400

Carrboro planners may have rebuffed a Family Dollar developer's designs for settling in an Alabama Avenue historic neighborhood, but local opponents of the discount store aren't breaking out the party hats and streamers just yet.

"We've been having these small victories," said community resident Anissa McLendon.…

A boom, a flash, then the wood flies at Weaver Street

Lisa Sorg — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:01:00 -0400

Update: Tuesday, July 24: Weaver Street officials say the tree expert was hopeful; he painted on some pesticide to stop insects getting in the tree's wounds.

Update, Friday at 4:15 p.m.: A Carr Mill Mall representative is having a tree expert assess the damage.…

Lee charter school unlikely to open this year, applies for 2013

Joe Schwartz — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:59:38 -0400

The Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars Charter School is a long shot to open in August. Its founders are struggling to find a suitable temporary location for the school as they navigating the zoning approval process for a permanent site.…

Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA ends formal discussions with YMCA of the Triangle

Joe Schwartz — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:56:00 -0400

Young man (and other concerned parties), there's no need to feel down. The Chapel Hill Carrboro YMCA announced Friday that it ended its pursuit of a formal relationship with the YMCA of the Triangle.…

In "Carrboro Commune" CVS takeover, no arrests, no SWAT team, plenty of controversy

Joe Schwartz — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:00 -0500

A group of 20 anti-capitalist protesters occupied CVS-owned in property in downtown Carrboro for three hours Saturday night before walking out at the strong encouragement of town police and Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton, who each told them they would be charged with breaking and entering if they did not leave.

The demonstration concerned a forthcoming rezoning application from CVS to build a two-story, 24,000 square foot building at 201 N. Greensboro St., to house a 24-hour drug store and office space.…

Breaking: Anti-capitalist occupiers say they've taken new Carrboro CVS

Joe Schwartz — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:24:13 -0500

Press release below. More to come, I'm sure.…

Orange County talks trash, next steps when landfill closes in 2013

Joe Schwartz — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:43:33 -0500

The Orange County Board of Commissioners are committed to closing the local landfill, a burden that the Rogers Road-Eubanks community has been saddled with for 40 years now, in June 2013.

But, at last night’s Assembly of Governments meeting, leaders from the three Orange municipalities who dump garbage there as part of an interlocal agreement said they want to work together but differ on how to move forward.…

Occupy Chapel Hill-Carrboro, 2.0

Jason Y. Lee — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:29:00 -0500

The band of people that descended upon and dismantled Occupy Chapel Hill was friendly, and also a bit sentimental. About a dozen Occupiers showed up Tuesday afternoon to remove the tents, tarps and random detritus that had sat with them in Peace and Justice Plaza since Oct. 15.…

Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro going tentless

Joe Schwartz — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:31:00 -0500

Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro will enter its second phase next week when the group removes its tents from Peace and Justice Plaza on Franklin Street, according to press release issued this morning.

Occupiers have been holding camp in front of the Post Office there since Oct. 15, but amid the coming cold, and safety and morale concerns drawn from sleeping on the street in close quarters each night, the group is shifting strategy.…

Anti-lingering ordinance rescinded in Carrboro

Joe Schwartz — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:16:00 -0500

The Carrboro Board of Alderman voted unanimously to end the town’s anti-lingering ordinance Tuesday, ending a four-year old rule that restricting anyone from standing or sitting at the corner of Jones Ferry and Davie roads between 11 a.m. and 5 a.m.

The ordinance, passed in 2007, applied to the corner where Latino day laborers congregate to seek work. Neighbors complained that men, most who were not day laborers, would hang out there, drink and create trash.…

Group calls for end to Carrboro's anti-lingering ordinance

Joe Schwartz — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:27:00 -0400

Three dozen Carrboro community members, including social justice activists, day laborers and elected officials, assembled in solidarity at the corner of Davie and Jones Ferry roads Tuesday morning and called for an end to the town’s anti-lingering ordinance.

The controversial local law, which passed in 2007, forbids anyone from standing, sitting, reclining, lingering or otherwise remaining on that corner after 11 a.m.…

Bower bows out of CHCCS race

Joe Schwartz — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:06:20 -0400

Brian Bower, who said his top priority if elected to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board would be “to pick my jaw from off the floor,” removed that possibility Wednesday night by dropping out of the race.

Bower, a UNC graduate student who was running primarily to establish in-state residency and earn lower tuition costs, is withdrawing from the race both because of the “remote possibility that my candidacy might jeopardize the re-election of Ms.…

Bedford no longer running unopposed, faces seven competitors in CHCCS race

Joe Schwartz — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:41:29 -0400

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Chairwoman Jamezetta Bedford thought she had no opponents in her re-election bid. Today, eight days before the polls open, she learned she has to contend with seven other candidates also running for school board seats.…

A year on, Chapel Hill still doing prep work on food trucks decision

Joe Schwartz — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:47:00 -0400

If Chapel Hill were a restaurant, it would be dawdling in the kitchen while diners impatiently waited for their meals.

After 11 months of deliberation, town officials still may not decide on legalization of food trucks until an Oct. 17 public hearing, at the earliest.…

King of Carrboro honored by those who knew him best

Joe Schwartz — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:05:00 -0400

Books, countless Johnny Cash CDs, PTA Thrift Shop jewelry, harmonicas, gently used guitars, bicycles, unpackaged single lightbulbs.

The overwhelming majority of the room, packed with folks sitting atop the counter and on the floor where they couldn't find seats, recalled the gifts that Robert Harman, the King of Carrboro, gave them over the years.…

Challengers join the fray in Orange County elections

Joe Schwartz — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:46:32 -0400

The candidate-filing period opened with a flourish Friday in Orange County as mayors from Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough all signed up to defend their seats and challengers emerged in the Chapel Hill Town Council and Board of Alderman races.

In Chapel Hill, Lee Storrow and August Cho filed as expected, and Laney Dale, a tech entrepreneur who moved to town four years ago, joined the race for the four open positions on the nine- member, including the mayor, council.…

Barrett announces run for CHCCS board

Joe Schwartz — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:07:56 -0400

Chapel Hill High School alumnus James Barrett announced today his candidacy for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.

“We as a community share a set of goals and values for our school district.…

State investigating dry cleaning chemical contamination near Weaver Street business

Samiha Khanna — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:23:32 -0400

UPDATE, 4/7/11: Carrboro town officials released another statement Thursday afternoon to note that N.C. DENR will soon announce a public information session on the contamination issues. N.C. DENR will also contact property owners, businesses and residents of potentially affected properties to coordinate additional environmental testing and mitigation measures at no cost.…

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House Republicans target illegal immigrants with ID ban, expand gun laws

Samiha Khanna — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:35:28 -0400

Leaders in the state House of Representatives passed two controversial bills Wednesday afternoon, sending both to the state Senate for consideration. One of the bills (HB 33) rules out documents from the Mexican Consulate for North Carolina issued to Mexican residents in our state as a valid form of identification or proof of residency.…
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UNC nixes plans for Innovation Center at Carolina North

Joe Schwartz — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:50:10 -0400

The Innovation Center that UNC leaders had heralded as the first building to be built at Carolina North is unlikely to be constructed, Carolina North Executive Director Jack Evans said Wednesday night.

“I would simply summarize by saying that it’s unlikely to happen,” he said.…
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Green means go: Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board member resigns one year into four-year term

Joe Schwartz — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:19:00 -0400

Last November, as well documented by the rousing "Green Team" video below, Joe Green won a seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Election.

"We’re hopefully going to work hard for the school board and do a great job,” he says in the video, a thank you to voters and his campaign team.…
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El Centro Hispano to celebrate new Carrboro branch

Joe Schwartz — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:20:07 -0400

Leaders at El Centro Hispano and the Latino Credit Union are set to celebrate the opening of their Carrboro branch one week from today.

Mayor Mark Chilton and U.S. Congressman David Price will speak at the event, slated for 9:45 a.m. on Aug. 13 at the Carrboro Plaza site of off N.C. 54.…
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Pedersen: 2010-11 school year will be my last with CHCCS

Joe Schwartz — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:21:09 -0400

As expected, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen announced tonight that his 19th year at the helm will be his last. Pedersen, the longest serving head in the 101-year history of the district, will step down June 30, 2011.…
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