Kevin Foy, mayor of Chapel Hill, population 50,000, would like to be Kevin Foy, a U.S. senator from North Carolina, population 9.2 million. It’s quite a leap, but after 12 years on the town council, including four terms as mayor, Foy is flirting with a run to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr in 2010. […]
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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Only two candidates participating in Chapel Hill’s voter-owned elections
It’s socialism. It changes the way democracy can work. It’s a misuse of public funds during a recession. It’s the beginning of the end of big oil and pharmaceutical influence in government. Depending on which Chapel Hill municipal election candidate you talk to, the town’s groundbreaking voter-owned-election program is a lot of things. Still, candidates […]
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An Orange County Emergency, 911 in Limbo
Update: 4:14 p.m. – All systems are go. 911 is back up and operating. Call that number for all of your emergency needs. Someone call 911. Oh, wait. You can’t. It’s down in Orange County. If you have an emergency, hang up and dial 919-732-5658. County information officer Doug David Hunt said specialists are trying […]
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Federal Regulators Order Harrington Bank to Meet Strict Requirements
Chapel Hill-based Harrington Bank ads tell customers, “You deserve banking like this.” In a 28-page report issued July 21, federal regulators disagreed. They notified the bank that it must stop issuing land and construction loans, develop more stringent loan requirements and bolster its capital. Under the supervisory agreement reached with the Office of Thrift Supervision […]
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Chapel Hill, Carrboro Schools Master Their ABCs
Students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district passed the test during the 2008-2009 academic year. All 17 schools in the achieved “Expected Growth” status with all but two earning “High Growth” marks, based on End-of-Grade and End-of-Course exams. High growth means 60 percent or more of the students met growth targets. Culbreth Middle School […]
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No Arrests in Carrboro on Wednesday
All’s quiet on the Carrboro front. Officers in the Paris of the Piedmont filed 12 incident reports and responded to two traffic accidents Wednesday. No arrests were made. Among the incidents (police narratives in parentheses): • an animal call (Complainant states that there is a black snake in front of her front door. On arrival […]
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Councilman saddles Chapel Hill with a doozy of a dilemma
Sitting in his downtown Durham office as the news of Chapel Hill Town Councilman Bill Strom‘s resignation became public, his colleague, and Chapel Hill mayoral hopeful, Mark Kleinschmidt, admitted his surprise. “I always believed that Bill would run for mayor,” said Kleinschmidt, who served alongside Strom for eight years. “I never had a dialogue with […]
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Mayoral candidate Amanda Ashley $20K behind in child support
Carrboro mayoral candidate Amanda Ashley owes more than $20,000 in unpaid child support and has served jail time because of her failure to pay, according to Orange County court documents. In February 2007, Ashley, formerly known as Richard before she began living as a woman, owed $22,522.42 for the two children she had with her […]
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Carrboro mayoral candidate frank about owing $20K in child support
Carrboro mayoral candidate Amanda Ashley owes more than $20,000 in unpaid child support and has served jail time because of her failure to pay, according to Orange County court documents. In February 2007, Ashley, formerly known as Richard before she began living as a woman, owed $22,522.42 for the two children she had with her […]
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Carrboro Turns to Goats for Poison Ivy Answer
There are some awfully strange looking dogs out at the Hank Anderson III Community Park in Carrboro these days. Well, they’re not actually dogs. More like goats really, and they’re spending today and Wednesday at the dog park chowing down on poison ivy. Why? It’s quite simple really. The Carrboro Parks and Recreation Department received […]