The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to dedicate any funds raised from a quarter-cent sales-tax referendum to schools and economic development.
Author: Susan Dickson
Connecticut superintendent named district’s next leader
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education announced last week that Dr. Thomas Forcella will serve as the next superintendent of the school district.
Phil Blank, April 14, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Lennie and Pete on WCOM
Two of my childhood heroes, UNC basketball legends Lennie Rosenbluth and Pete Brennan, were in town last week.
School board approves budget
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted to approve their budget request last week, with a warning …
County delves into development ordinance
The Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday took its first look at Phase II of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) …
County puts sales tax on November ballot
The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 on Tuesday to put a quarter-cent sales-tax referendum on the November ballot.
OWASA continues work on forestry plan
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority continues to gather public input on a draft forestry-management plan that drew fire from the community after it was released late last year.
The Biggest “Pothole”
OK, so I got beat. Soundly too.
Residents angered by Duke Energy tree-cutting
On Dec. 10, Kimberly Willardson moved her family from a Carrboro condominium to their new home on the corner of Seawell School and Homestead roads in Chapel Hill.
Baldwin Park stream restoration project complete
In 2007, a study funded by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund found 30 sites in the Bolin Creek watershed that were prime spots for restoration projects …
Phil Blank, March 24, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Aunt Roxie, 1940
Several years ago, when I asked my photography students to bring to class a single meaningful family snapshot, Kafi Robinson, then a senior journalism major from Oxford, turned in a photo of her great grandmother, “Aunt Roxie.”
Possible budget cuts opposed
At a public hearing on the 2011-12 school budget last week, parents, teachers and other community members asked the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education not to make proposed cuts …
Board finalizes redistricting
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 6-2 last week to approve a plan that would move students …