An interfaith group of North Carolina clergy members will deliver a petition at Lowe’s headquarters in Morrisville Mooresville on Tuesday demanding that the home improvement giant apologize for removing ads from TLC’s All-American Muslim TV show. The petition, which organizers say has 200,000 signatures, will be presented at 11:30 a.m. at 1000 Lowe’s Boulevard. TLC’s […]
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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Human Rights Center to be evicted from Abbey Court
How to help HRC The center is looking for space near Abbey Court—a home or land on which to build one. Contact David Rigby at 828-545-7375 if you know of property that could house the center, or if you are willing to help build. Attend a house-hunting session with Occupy Chapel Hill from 11 a.m. […]
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Anti-death penalty advocates to kickstart campaign
From Intern Jason Lee The People of Faith Against the Death Penalty will begin a new major grassroots campaign Friday aimed at getting hundreds of resolutions in support from religious, business, community groups and local governments. The Kairos Campaign, named after the Greek word meaning “special time,” will begin at 10 a.m. at Martin Street […]
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Meet 22-year-old Lee Storrow, your Chapel Hill town councilman
Lee Storrow isn’t certain what questions will arise at one of the most important events of his life, so he studies everything. He reads textbooks from the UNC School of Government. He recalls the Town Hall meetings he has attended for weeks. He asks neighbors for their opinions. He memorizes all he can. Most people […]
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Anti-lingering ordinance rescinded in Carrboro
The Carrboro Board of Alderman voted unanimously to end the town’s anti-lingering ordinance Tuesday, ending a four-year old rule that restricting anyone from standing or sitting at the corner of Jones Ferry and Davie roads between 11 a.m. and 5 a.m. The ordinance, passed in 2007, applied to the corner where Latino day laborers congregate […]
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Chapel Hill: A call for review, a march forward
When protesters overtake a private, vacant building and are rooted out at gunpoint, how does a community heal? Stunning images, incendiary chants, finger-pointing, media spotlight and public outrage have tested Chapel Hill in the week since the illegal occupation and overzealous raid of the former Chrysler Building at 419 W. Franklin St. Now a divided […]
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Chapel Hill weighs Northside, Pine Knolls plan
Chapel Hill rolled out a proposed Community Plan for Northside and Pine Knolls on Monday that leaders hope will help combat a student-rental takeover that is pricing out the town’s black and working class residents. The plan comes during a six-month moratorium on development in those neighborhoods meant to buy time to craft a plan […]
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Chapel Hill to talk food trucks again, eyes January vote
Update: The Chapel HIll Town Council recessed its meeting at 11:30 p.m. Monday and opted to delay food trucks debate until Nov. 28. A protracted decision on whether to allow food trucks in Chapel Hill is expected to inch closer tonight as the town council holds another public hearing on proposed rules for mobile food […]
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Chapel Hill protesters to demonstrate at police station, Town Council meeting Monday
A group of Occupy Chapel Hill members plans to gather at the police station at 6 p.m. Monday and march to Town Hall and the Town Council meeting at 7 p.m. in opposition to last Sunday’s raid at the Chrysler Building. Mike Connor, who was handing out flyers that read “Protest Police State Chapel Hill” […]
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Chapel Hill: cops vs. anarchists and no one wins
Documents Timeline(s) of events, according to Occupy Everything and according to Chapel Hill Police Occupy Everything’s press release from the night the group claimed the Chrysler Building Occupy Everything’s “experiment” flyer, including a proposed floor plan for the building Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt’s statement and Chapel Hill Police’s statement from the night of the arrests Mayor […]