Last year, I attended my first Community Dinner with my family. I was intrigued by the tagline – “Sit down with a stranger and leave with a friend” – and knew that the program had been running for over two decades. The tickets were cheap and the event promised food from around the world. It […]
Posted inElection 2024
Athletes 4 Justice statement on Mark Robinson
We, the undersigned, join to publicly share our longstanding hope for a caring, diverse, equitable, and fair-minded state of North Carolina. We announce our support for political candidates who share these same values and discourage those who believe and do otherwise. To that end, we are certain that our current Lieutenant Governor, Mark Robinson, is […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council
Chapel Hill Faces Tough Choices on Budget, Bond
This week, the Chapel Hill Town Council will be meeting to discuss two major items. First, the council is considering its annual budget, which will likely include a small tax increase, and help the town continue to support ongoing projects. Second, the council will debate whether to advance a $50 million bond this year, and, […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Downtown, Gardening
Floraffiti: Bringing Words to Life and Life to Words
Floraffiti is growing strong and April is Poetry Month! In Carrboro and Chapel Hill, each bright green, growing word carries a message written as a poem about the climate crisis and environmental justice as experienced locally. Nineteen poems were created by local community members who participated in workshops held by Carrboro Poet Laureate, Liza Wolff-Francis […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Now recruiting: candidates for SIT and PTA officers in CHCCS district
In mid-summer of 2023, Triangle Blog Blog sounded the alarm about the lack of candidates in the CHCCS school board race. In response, over 50 people answered the call, and close to 20 officially filed to run for office. I was delighted to know that so many community members are committed to our schools. Now […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council
Tonight’s Carrboro Town Council meeting will be in English and Spanish. That’s a big deal.
Tonight Carrboro Town Council meeting will live interpreted in Spanish. This is a first and really awesome. How it will work We asked Catherine Lazorko, the town’s Communication Director, how this will work tonight. She said this: “We will have interpretation headsets available for anyone who requests them. We’ll offer some headsets at the dais […]