This is wild. Final early voting numbers from Orange County, NC are in: 2021: 6863 (source)2023: 8684 (source)2025: 4219 (source) Please look at our voting guide and get to the polls on Tuesday.
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Elections
CHALT’s PAC has officially disbanded and donated its $ to…
In July Indyweek’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur noted the absence of the Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) in this year’s local election cycle. We, too, were wondering where CHALT (and its PAC, the Chapel Hill Leadership PAC) had gone. They’ve been very quiet! Last week, we got some answers. CHALT officially filed […]
Posted inElection 2025
2025 Election Guide: Candidates, Endorsements, and Where to Vote
Hello, and welcome to your better-late-than-never voting guide for the 2025 local elections on Tuesday, November 4. We have a complete roundup of everything that’s been published about and from all of the candidates. Where do I vote? The Orange County Board of Elections has a complete guide to voting locations and sample ballots. Please […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Gardening
People are really working through their feelings about Chapel Hill’s new leaf collection policy
The Town of Chapel Hill recently revised its leaf collection policy to require leaves to be put in containers to be picked up (no more vacuuming – the one truck for this is at the end of its useful life, which prompted the change). Starting next year, the town will only pick up leaves in […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Connectivity, Guide, Things to do with kids
Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s best-designed neighborhoods for trick-or-treating
Repost from 2022 When we first posted this, we were making a point, and being typical TBB silly and constructing our own, made up walk score. It’s not a real metric, but it ought to be. And this is where we get to why this matters: Parents flock to places like Southern Village and maybe […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, Economic development
Carrboro deserves a plaza on Weaver Street. Let’s make it happen!
The Town of Carrboro’s planning process continues to move forward toward pedestrianization of the 100 block of East Weaver Street, creating a true public plaza in the heart of downtown Carrboro. As the town moves closer to forming concrete plans, and definitive decisions on whether to keep the project moving forward, opposition is making itself […]