Updating an August story, the N.C. Utilities Commission ruled Monday that energy created from burning whole trees qualifies as renewable biomass. Photo by Jeremy LangeDuke Energy now can cut down whole trees and count them toward renewable energy standards. The commission was responding to Duke Energy’s request to allow whole trees, and not just wood […]
Joe Schwartz
Bio: Joe Schwartz is a former INDY Week staff writer who works for soccer.com in Hillsborough. He's been a Gooner since he fell for Thierry Henry in 2005, and he still believes in Arsène Wenger.Email: [email protected]
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New downtown plan: promising, but susceptible to “Chapel Hill Syndrome”
Chapel Hill may have uncovered a map to revitalizing Franklin Street, spurring the local economy and renewing a sense of place for a fabled street. Town planners could create new street corners and public spaces. They could increase walkability and redevelop areas where the buildings are worth less than the land they sit on. They […]
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One Nation Working Together
It’s 4:15 a.m. at University Mall in Chapel Hill on Saturday as cars carrying concerned citizens begin to fill a row in front of Dillard’s. Wrapped in blankets, bound with backpacks and powered by hope, they huddle together waiting for the charter bus to arrive. They reminisce about past marches they’ve attended in Selma alongside […]
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UNC nixes plans for Innovation Center at Carolina North
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. “That’s another casualty of the economy. … If the financial […]
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Jimmy Carter falls ill, plans to reschedule Regulator event
Former President Jimmy Carter has cancelled his appearance tonight at Durham’s Regulator Bookshop and will remain in a Cleveland hospital overnight where he is being treated for an upset stomach. (More details from CNN here.) Wander Lorentz De Haas, a manager of the Regulator, says Carter, who was slated to sign copies of his latest […]
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Daphne Athas’ memoir of 70 years in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Chapel Hill in Plain Sight: Notes from the Other Side of the Tracks By Daphne Athas Eno Publishers; 243 pp. See Related Events below. You would think it would be easy to locate Daphne Athas’ house: She lives on Daphne Court, after all. But there’s no street sign, and to get there you have to […]
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Green means go: Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board member resigns one year into four-year term
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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UNC housekeepers demand a break
Odessa Davis opens the closet and tries to strap a Rocketeer-like vacuum cleaner to her back. She jostles it from shoulder to shoulder, but it doesn’t quite fit. Davis was recently reassigned to the building, and the old housekeeper was taller. She points to a shelf crammed with chemicals. Here’s the all-purpose M8 and the […]
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N.C. scrambling to catch up on weatherization goals
What’s up with weatherization? Who qualifies for the weatherization program? Homeowners whose median household income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line are eligible. Priority is given to the elderly, residents with disabilities and families with young children. Applicants must have proof of income, ownership and copies of recent utility bills. How […]
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How much is a pet’s life worth?
Download PDFs The Sheras’ complaint The State’s response The Sheras’ trial brief The following files are previous cases dealing with similar issues as were presented in the Shera case: Phillips v. North Carolina State University Freeman v. Alderman Photo Company N.C. Pattern Jury Instructions—No Market Value American Law Reports, “Damages for killing or injuring dog” […]