Here is a look at some of the local government meetings scheduled for this week, May 23-27, 2022: Chapel Hill Town Council The Chapel Hill Town Council will be holding a virtual work session on Wednesday (May 25) at 6:30 pm — view the agenda here, access the Zoom here if you want to comment, and it’s […]
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Chapel Hill and Carrboro: A field guide to local news and information
Over the past few years, we’ve started compiling where local political and news conversations are taking place, in addition to traditional sources like WUNC, the News and Observer, the Daily Tar Heel (which has excellent local coverage) and WRAL. Here’s a starting list for where we recommend getting high-quality news from social media and newsletters […]
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The Local Reporter, CHALT, and editorial integrity
The Local Reporter is about to appoint a fourth editor. There have been many examples of non-disclosure over the paper’s existence.
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Sylvan Esso Played a Live Show in My Neighborhood
I am lucky to live less than a mile from the downtown center of a mid-sized, American city (Durham, NC). My neighborhood (Duke Park) is even closer to a downtown-adjacent part of the city colloquially known as the “DIY District.” I don’t think there’s much DIY-ing there these days, but it still retains colorful vestiges […]
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Flipping the Script: Understanding Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety in Chapel Hill-Carrboro
We are reprinting select articles from Carolina Angles, which is brought to you by the Carolina Planning Journal based out of the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill. The blog publishes outstanding academic, critical, and creative work by students, practitioners, and academics with the mission of providing a platform for conversation in the planning […]
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Lunch Links: May 20, 2022
Happy Friday, y’all! Here’s what we’re reading as we wait for the clock to strike 5PM (or 4:50…or noon…). @ad_mastro is making us think about ways to preserve our sense of community while still making space for new neighbors. I wrote about a great comment I received, on the inkling that a certain variety of […]