Frank Clifton Jr. had his interim tag removed last night and now serves as the Orange County manager. Clifton, who gained unanimous approval from the Orange County Board of Commissioners replaced Laura Blackmon who left in June and will earn $161,200 annually. Clifton is charged with overseeing daily county operations and carrying out policy decisions […]
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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NAACP makes demands in Charles Brown matter
The Town of Chapel Hill and its police department hoped an internal investigation clearing officers of racial profiling accusations would be enough to end the Charles Brown controversy. Then state NAACP President the Rev. William Barber came to town and along with local leaders demanded a chance to tell their side of the story, a […]
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N.C. State loses first road, ACC test
ESPNU – Russell Wilson’s interception-free streak was broken and missed tackles again plagued N.C. State as the Wolfpack went down 30-24 to Wake Forest on Saturday in the team’s first road and conference game of the year. The contest ended up a shootout between Wilson and Demon Deacon signal-caller Riley Skinner, who ended the game […]
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Executives and Inmates Have Much in Common
From the it-depends-which-way-you-interpret-it file, UNC will host a speech by Catherine Rohr, a former Wall Street investor who founded the Prison Entrepreneurship Program after learning that “executives and inmates have more in common than you might think.” Enron, anyone? Surely, she means that prisoners have upward mobility in today’s society, but the flip side is […]
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N.C. State Hits the Road to Begin ACC Play Against Wake Forest
N.C. State (3-1) vs. Wake Forest (2-2) [3:30 p.m., Saturday, BB&T Field, Winston-Salem] Video on ESPNU, Audio on WRAL-FM 101.5 Key stats … Four games into the season and the Wolfpack finally leave Carter Finely Stadium and enter ACC play. The in-state rivalry game also is big for Wake Forest, which is coming off a […]
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In Latest Chapel Hill Mayoral Twist, Wolff Calls on Czajkowski to Drop Out; Czajkowski Determined to Keep Campaign Issues Based
Chapel Hill mayoral hopeful Kevin Wolff is calling on competitor Matt Czajkowski to drop out of the race in a half-page ad in today’s Chapel Hill News. Czajkowski isn’t budging, but declined to fire back. The 5A advertisement is a letter addressed to voters and asks them to, “keep Matt where he’s at.” Czajkowski, the […]
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In Chapel Hill mayoral race, conservatives try to upend the liberal front-runner
Hey slacker, have you voted? Time’s running out. As of Monday at 5 p.m., just 453 of 139,378 voters had cast ballots in the Durham city primarya minuscule three-tenths of 1 percent. (Download PDF of Durham voter registration stats) And in Wake County, where there are elections for school board, Cary Town Council and Raleigh […]
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NAACP Responds to Chapel Hill Police Charles Brown Report, Which Found No Wrongdoing
The local NAACP chapter has issued a response to an internal investigation by the Chapel Hill Police Department, which found officers had acting appropriately in detaining a black Chapel Hill barber because he looked similar to a suspect. A statement from the chapter called the investigation ” a strong argument for the immediate establishment of […]
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Chapel Hill Leaders Clear Officers in Charles Brown Complaint
Chapel Hill officials found no wrongdoing after investigating a complaint by Charles Brown, the black barber who was confused for another suspect and held by police. After hearing a closed session report at last night’s meeting, the Chapel Hill Town Council released a memorandum today saying that all officers involved should be exonerated. “This investigation […]
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N.C. State Rallies to Beat Pitt, 38-31, But Don’t Tell That to Tom O’Brien
RALEIGH Maybe I walked into the wrong press conference. I thought I came to listen to a coach beaming about scoring 21 unanswered points to barnstorm Pitt 38-31 and close a shootout of a game. A coach who’d be happy about his team’s turnaround and its first win against a Football Bowl Subdivision team. N.C. […]