The power of incumbency, the promise of youthful energy and a targeted campaign to raise taxes to support jobs and schools carried the Election Day in Orange County. In Chapel Hill, incumbents Donna Bell, Matt Czajkowski and Jim Ward will be joined by Lee Storrow, 22, who ran a fierce campaign. Carrboro returned Dan Coleman […]
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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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Carrboro’s anti-loitering ordinance under scrutiny
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a not-quite-ripe pear are rarely as controversial as when Stephen Dear ate them earlier this week. Dear, a Carrboro resident for 21 years and executive director of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, was munching his lunch at the intersection of Jones Ferry and Davie roads to […]
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Group calls for end to Carrboro’s anti-lingering ordinance
Three dozen Carrboro community members, including social justice activists, day laborers and elected officials, assembled in solidarity at the corner of Davie and Jones Ferry roads Tuesday morning and called for an end to the town’s anti-lingering ordinance. The controversial local law, which passed in 2007, forbids anyone from standing, sitting, reclining, lingering or otherwise […]
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Bower bows out of CHCCS race
Brian Bower, who said his top priority if elected to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board would be “to pick my jaw from off the floor,” removed that possibility Wednesday night by dropping out of the race. Bower, a UNC graduate student who was running primarily to establish in-state residency and earn lower tuition costs, […]
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Chapel Hill food truckin’, What a long strange trip it’s been
Chapel Hill inched closer to allowing food trucks within town limits Monday night at a Town Council public hearing. Council members received a proposed ordinance, already approved unanimously by the town Planning Board, which would: -allow food trucks to be located downtown in private lots, at least 100 feet away from a restaurant entrance, as […]
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Bedford no longer running unopposed, faces seven competitors in CHCCS race
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Chairwoman Jamezetta Bedford thought she had no opponents in her re-election bid. Today, eight days before the polls open, she learned she has to contend with seven other candidates also running for school board seats. Photo courtesy of Jamezetta BedfordJamezetta Bedford now finds herself fighting for one of five seats instead […]
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Consultants underscore UNC housekeepers’ claims; housekeeping director leaves
Documents PRM Consulting’s full 121-page report UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp’s memo A seven-month, $104,000 investigation by a Washington, D.C., consulting firm confirmed last week what UNC housekeepers have been saying for months through rallies and petitions: “Change in the Housekeeping Department is necessary and must begin immediately.” “While some amount of conflict is inevitable in […]
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UNC housekeeping report reveals “lack of trust, overall frustration,” Thorp offers changes
Update: Former Director of Housekeeping Services Bill Burston “is no longer employed” by UNC as of Wednesday, a campus spokeswoman confirmed Friday. Burston was removed from his director role in June amid employee complaints and reassigned to a new role. University Mail Services Director Lea Holt was named interim. The school will begin a search […]
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Bricks will be thrown, warns David Simon, creator of The Wire
[UPDATE 9/30/2011: Video of the full lecture is now embedded at the end of the story.] David Simon warned Monday night that America’s “great engine is beginning to rust,” the middle class is being destroyed, the poor are cast aside and the sale of the political system to the highest bidder along with wars on […]
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With DADT now history, Isaacson eager to return to UNC, honor military commitment
Sara Isaacson, the former UNC ROTC cadet who was told to repay $79,285.14 in federal scholarship money after she informed her commanding officer that she is a lesbian, said she is relieved that the wait is complete and she is ready to re-enroll after Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed Tuesday. File Photo by Jeremy […]