Two hours, more than a dozen public comments (it seemed more people spoke than didn’t in the packed meeting) and healthy discussion didn’t bring Orange County Commissioners any closer to selecting a waste transfer station site Tuesday night. The board voted 4-3 to consider all four remaining sites with the hope of selecting one by […]
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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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Special Meeting Friday to Set Chapel Hill’s Strom Seat Process in Motion
The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a special closed meeting Friday to discuss acquiring a 70,000 square foot property along Weaver Dairy Road. There’s also the matter of filling the council seat vacated by Bill Strom. The council wasn’t scheduled to meet until Sept. 14, and because Friday’s special meeting is the first since […]
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After Chapel Hill police detain Charles Brown, a call for oversight
He wasn’t jimmying any locks or ramming through any doors, and he didn’t have any suspicious luggage. Charles Brown was just walking home, being black on Rosemary Street on a Monday night in June when Chapel Hill police mistook him for the wrong man, handcuffed him and detained him for an hour. Brown has cut […]
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Northside Residents Advertise Their Greenbridge Anger, Claim Project Will Ruin Neighborhood
A letter distributed by 61 members of the historically black Northside Neighborhood in Chapel Hill-Carrboro, adjacent to the under-construction 10-story mixed-use condominium complex dubbed Greenbridge, urges residents to avoid giving money or support to any Greenbridge Developments venture. The letter, placed as an ad in Sunday’s edition of the Chapel Hill News, claims the development […]
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Chapel Hill To Honor Activists
Leaders will gather at the Franklin Street Post Office in Chapel Hill today to recognize nine local human rights activists. Sponsored jointly by the town and the local NAACP chapter, the event, set for 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., is the first of two honoring Charlotte Adams, Hank Anderson, James Brittian, Joe Herzenberg, Mildred Ringwalt, […]
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Herrera Seat To Stay Open, Haven-O’Donnell Named Mayor Pro Tem
The Carrboro Board of Alderman agreed to leave the John Herrera seat open and to appoint Randee Haven-O’Donnell as mayor pro tem Tuesday at its regular business meeting The board moved swiftly while convening for the first time since Herrera, the previous mayor pro tem, announced he would move to Holly Springs and give up […]
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Pfc. Morris Walker: “He was just a joy”
Morris Walker never wanted a desk job. The former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student enlisted in the military last year and served his country in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Pfc. Walker was killed Aug. 18 when an explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was 23, and one of the 802 […]
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First Weekend of UNC Students Sees Usual Surge in Alcohol Arrests
This weekend’s Chapel Hill police bulletin looks like a guest list for a welcome back party. It is, kind of. The return of UNC students lead to an expected spike in alcohol related arrests in Chapel Hill this weekend with 28 incidents reported. It breaks down to 17 underage possession arrests, four charges of consuming […]
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UNC Student Shot, Killed By Archdale Police
Update: The State Bureau of Investigation says 29-year-old Jeremy Paul Flinchum is the Archdale police officer who shot and killed UNC student Courtland Smith. Spokewoman Jennifer Canada declined to give specifics, but said the SBI is completing an investigation to be delivered to a local district attorney for guidance. “Most departments, if there’s an incident […]
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Herrera Resigns Carrboro Alderman Post
Another one bites the dust. Carrboro Alderman John Herrera is leaving office early, following neighbor and former Chapel Hill Town Councilman Bill Strom out of the area. Herrera, who opted against running for a third election, is stepping down five months before the end of his term. A native of Costa Rica, he was the […]