Halloween night is almost here. And every year, people flock to Southern Village to trick-or-treat or to check out the decorations. Some families go all out, setting up haunted houses in their front yards, including scary music and fog machines. The sidewalks are crowded with both neighborhood kids and kids from the greater Chapel Hill […]
October 2022
Posted inElection 2022
Graduate Students: Please vote in this election!
Early voting is open across North Carolina – and grad students should pay attention. The last contest for Chief Justice of the NC Supreme Court, between Cheri Beasley and Paul Newby, was decided by 401 votes. That’s less than 5% of the graduate and professional population at UNC. Graduate and professional student votes could determine […]
Posted inSatire
Triangle Blog Blog Halloween Spirit Costumes: Chapel Hill edition
Halloween is just around the corner, and people are working on their costumes. We’ve seen some scary costumes — headless horseman, Freddy Krueger wannabees…spooky characters. Those are all pretty scary, but nothing can match the scariness of an angry NIMBY at a public meeting. Some of us have experienced firsthand some pretty angry people. In […]
Posted inChapel Hill
An over-reliance on conditional zoning is holding back development in Chapel Hill
This is part of our harder truths series. North Carolina’s 552 municipalities operate under charters granted by the North Carolina General Assembly, which gives them the powers and authorities granted to them by the state constitution and state statutes. But municipalities in NC have limited “home rule,” which means that they can only adopt policies […]
Posted inBike and Walk
How National Walk and Bike to School day can be improved in Carrboro and Chapel Hill
October 12 was National Walk to School Day. Hooray! We believe it is great to recognize the goodness and need for children to exhibit some independence and safely walk or bike to school. However, do these events send mixed signals? We think they do. From The Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation The goal should be […]
Posted inTriangle Region
Triangle Blog Blog’s Guide to the Raleigh Mayor and City Council Elections
It may be the midterm elections in North Carolina, but for fans of local politics there’s much to write about, at least in the left half of the Triangle. Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Durham all have odd-year elections (which suppresses turnout), so after the spring primaries for statewide elections things are a little sleepy […]