Workers were chiseling away on the final touches of the state seal outside the General Assembly last week when the Indy sat down with Speaker of the House Joe Hackney. The Orange County Democrat previewed the short session with us, speaking about the budget, education and ethics. Independent Weekly: How can citizens grade the work […]
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]
Posted inNews
Jacobs savors his victory in Orange as McKee, Pendergrass, Piscitelli, Medenblik, Stephens and Coffey also win races
HILLSBOROUGH — “You killed him, it’s an official landslide,” Barry Jacobs supporter Paul Falduto related, peering over a laptop and a burrito to announce that the incumbent had fended off challenger Joe Phelps for the Orange County Commissioners at-large seat. Jacobs, who earned 53 percent compared to Phelps’s 32 percent, was stationed at Pacific Rim […]
Posted inNews
Marshall, Cunningham set for June runoff in race for U.S. Senate seat
Elaine Marshall is celebrating a victory tonight while Cal Cunningham is predicting one for himself in seven weeks. Today’s statewide primary election didn’t give the party a nominee, but it did cut the field down to the secretary of state and the former Lexington lawmaker who are slated to compete in a June 22 runoff. […]
Posted inNews
Orange County ballots trickle in as one unaffiliated voter reports problem
Orange County Board of Elections Chairwoman Tracy Reams says it’s quiet at her office this Election Day, though she’s still hoping to eclipse the 13.25 percent turnout mark in the 2006 primary, the last mid-year tally. “Things started out slow but it’s been picking up,” she said. “It’s steady but not very busy. We’re hoping […]
Posted inNews
UNC task force says campus should end use of coal by 2020
CHAPEL HILL — UNC should go coal-free by 2020, 30 years earlier than the school’s current carbon-neutral target, according to a preliminary report adopted Wednesday by the Energy Task Force appointed by Chancellor Holden Thorp to identify ways to curb campus carbon emissions. “What we’re saying is 2020 is as long as this should continue […]
Posted inNews
Magistrate rules in favor of Children’s University teachers
HILLSBOROUGH — The seven Children’s University of Chapel Hill teachers who sued owner Lisa McEntyre for unpaid wages won rulings in their favor Tuesday. Whether they’ll receive money is an entirely different story. “A judgment is a piece of paper; it means nothing other than it a piece of paper saying she owes the money. […]
Posted inCulture
RailHawks, Mexican Olympians play to 1-1 draw
CARY — Carolina RailHawks brass surely will be happy to see the attendance figures more than doubled this week, with 3,687 paying customers coming out to WakeMed Soccer Park for the Sunday night friendly against the Mexican Olympic team. Unfortunately for them, most of the spectators were supporting the opposition. Even Swoops, the team mascot, […]
Posted inNews
Chapel Hill behaves like deer in headlights on bowhunting issue
CHAPEL HILL — Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt stopped on his way to the bathroom at Town Hall on Monday to thank a young girl for voicing her opinion on the local deer population. “Thank you for coming tonight,” he said, hunched over. “I’m 5, and I know you don’t kill deer,” Daisy Mozgala said. […]
Posted inUncategorized
Children’s University closes after money troubles, state investigations
Download PDFs Arrest report Compliance history ESC court papers SecondHome lawsuit State visit reports Teacher lawsuits This is an updated version of a story that was originally posted on the Indy‘s Triangulator blog on Friday, April 16. Seven former teachers of the Children’s University, a five-star preschool in Chapel Hill, showed up at an Orange […]
Posted inNews
Coal companies play “definitions game” with UNC
UNC leaders acknowledged today that some of the coal they use at the campus Cogeneration Plant comes from mountain blasting, but said it would take $1 million per year to stop it. The news comes as UNC places orders for new coal contracts, effective July 1. Matt Wasson, director of programs for Appalachian Voices, told […]