You hold in your hands the inaugural edition of The Carrboro Citizen. (You folks reading from afar on the Web, well, you’ll just have to imagine it.) This is not the first newspaper based in Carrboro. Roland Giduz rang us up the other day to talk newspaper history and remind us that he had a…
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Town looks at changes in rules for downtown projects
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen set the date on a public hearing on proposed changes to the town’s land use ordinances that could ease the way forward for residential and mixed-use projects downtown. The board is studying a revision that would swap requirements for open and recreational space for residential developments downtown for “urban amenities 
Schools lay out construction, repair needs
Representatives from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools on Tuesday presented their capital funding needs to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Steve Scroggs, Chapel Hill-Carrboro superintendent of support services, projected that CHCCS will need $136 million over the next ten years to keep up with growth in the district. Orange County Schools…
Aldermen ready moratorium plans
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will open a public hearing Tuesday on plans for a six-month development moratorium on nearly 4,000 acres north of town. The hearing is scheduled during the board’s regular meeting at Town Hall, which begins at 7:30 p.m. (Check www.carrborocitizen.com for exact times and details). Mayor Mark Chilton said the moratorium…
Local folks say war no more
 As the war on Iraq entered its fifth year this week, our community observed this somber occasion with several actions. On Monday night, a vigil was held in front of the post office on Franklin Street. Carrboro Citizen photographer Isaac Sandlin was there. He tells us: “It was really quiet out there. The people…
Market time
Alamance farmers Alex and Betsy Hitt look over seedlings in their greenhouse. Sheila Neal is as calm as a mother can be while her son Hank, an affable toddler, sends the last few carrots on his plate floorward. And she’s remarkably calm when you consider the pace she been keeping in preparation for the opening…
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Board of Aldermen March 20 agenda
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen meet Tuesday ,March 20 at Town Hall, 301 West Main Stree. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. Audio, video and action summaries for past meetings are available on the town’s Web site within 12 to 18 hours at http://www.townofcarrboro.org/BoA/Agendas/boaAgendas.htm. Tuesday’s agenda includes: REQUESTS FROM VISITORS AND SPEAKERS FROM THE…
Dionaea muscipula Ellis Venus flytrap
Photographed in late September in the Croatan National Forest in an area that had been burned in the late spring.
History project
The latest issue of the Carrboro Commons includes this look at a history project to document and produce a play about the Pine Knolls and Northside neighborhoods in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Also history related is this story on Fitch Lumber. A few Fitch facts: Fitch Lumber was started in 1898 when A.B. Fitch, Mac’s…