Chapel Hill Town Councilwoman Sally Greene won’t seek re-election and will instead endorse colleague Donna Bell and planning board member Jason Baker, she announced this morning via her personal blog. Photo courtesy of Town of Chapel HillCouncilwoman Sally Greene was first elected in Chapel Hill in 2003. Greene served two terms, eight years on the […]
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Challengers join the fray in Orange County elections
The candidate-filing period opened with a flourish Friday in Orange County as mayors from Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough all signed up to defend their seats and challengers emerged in the Chapel Hill Town Council and Board of Alderman races. In Chapel Hill, Lee Storrow and August Cho filed as expected, and Laney Dale, a […]
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Wilmington couple continues legal fight to determine how much a pet’s life is worth
Herb and Nancy Shera’s beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Laci, would have been 17 today. Instead the retired Wilmington couple is still grieving and fighting for a change in state law after an N.C. State veterinarian misplaced a feeding tube, placing it in Laci’s lungs instead of her stomach, causing her death. Photo courtesy of the […]
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Jason Baker enters Chapel Hill Town Council race
Jason Baker announced today his run for Chapel Hill Town Council and is the first candidate thus far to opt in to the Voter-Owned Elections public financing in this campaign. He joins Augustus Cho, Jon DeHart and Lee Storrow in seeking one of four seats on the line in the November election. Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt […]
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Study: Asheville, Durham, Carrboro lead N.C. in same-sex couples per capita
North Carolina is home to 27,250 same-sex couples, 7.28 per 1,000 households, according to a 2010 Census-driven study released today by the UCLA Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Law and Public Policy. The report, part of a larger effort focusing on all 50 states, found that Buncombe County (15.52 couples per 1,000) and […]
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Cracked, stacked and packed: Initial redistricting maps met with skepticism and dismay
More info Public comment forms are available at www.ncleg.net. The public can also access a computer terminal at the Legislative Building to view data and print maps. What’s next? July 1: Proposed congressional maps released July 7: Public hearings held statewide July 11: New legislative maps released July 13: Public hearings held statewide July 21–23: […]
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Candidates gearing up for Chapel Hill Town Council race
One week before the candidate-filing period officially opens for municipal elections contenders for Chapel Hill Town Council are lining up for the campaign season. Four council seats are up for grabs: Donna Bell, Sally Greene, Matt Czajkowski and Jim Ward all must defend or give up their slots. Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt also is up for […]
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Moratorium halts development in Chapel Hill’s two historically affordable African-American neighborhoods
Chapel Hill leaders raced against state legislation this week to enact a moratorium on development in the town’s two historically affordable African-American neighborhoods. The move, expedited as the General Assembly ratified a bill awaiting Gov. Bev Perdue’s signature to limit the authority of towns to freeze building, halts most construction until 2012 and creates a […]
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Chapel Hill freezes Northside, Pine Knolls building for six months
As promised, the Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to enact a six-month moratorium on residential development in Northside and Pine Knolls, the town’s two historically African-American downtown neighborhoods. Courtesy of the Town of Chapel HillThis map outlines the area that will be subject to the moratorium. The moratorium, taken up in response […]
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Republican leaders announce redistricting timeline in tense joint committee meeting
Republicans leading North Carolina’s redistricting process announced today, at a joint meeting of the House and Senate committees charged with drawing districts, that preliminary proposed maps will be released no later than Monday, with the full versions for N.C. House, N.C. Senate and U.S. Congressional districts to be unveiled July 1. House Redistricting Committee Chairman […]