It’s your Monday roundup. Locally: Fall council season kicks off this week, with meetings in Chapel Hill on Wednesday at 6 (agenda) and in Carrboro on Thursday at 6 (agenda). There’s also an OWASA meeting on Thursday at 6 (agenda), and various advisory board meetings (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Orange County.) State-wide: Highly recommend subscribing to […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Connectivity, Development review, Housing
Looking at 860 Weaver Dairy Road
It’s September, which means Carrboro and Chapel Hill Town Council season is starting up again, which means a bunch of letters are rolling into the town council public inbox trying to stop proposals to build new housing. The project in question is at 860 Weaver Dairy Road and was previously called Lullwater. Next week, the […]
Posted inGardening, North Carolina
Exclusive: We interview the guy with the #1 Venus Flytrap License Plate
If you read the blogblog (hi!), you know that we have been obsessively following the plight of our state’s Venus Flytrap license plate, which got caught up in a weird statehouse snafoo and was rescued by our own Rep. Allen Buansi (District 56). Yesterday the license plate started making its way into the hands of […]
Posted inChapel Hill, UNC
Winners, losers, and remaining questions concerning Flagstock
Yesterday morning, the New York Times published a pretty long story about Flagstock, the “rager” that was promised to frat boys at UNC-Chapel Hill for raising the American flag during a protest on the UNC campus last April 30. The piece, when first published, stated that organizers predicted between 2,500 and 3,000 attendees. By Monday […]
Posted inElection 2024
Let’s celebrate freedom this Labor Day, North Carolina!
Freedom is on the ballot this election in North Carolina. If you want the freedom to thrive, to make your own choices and live life on your own terms, the choice is clear–the Democratic party is on your side. Democratic candidates want to increase people’s freedom–to read books of their choosing, to have (or not […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Interview: One hour with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board Chair George Griffin
I spoke with School Board Chair George Griffin on August 28, 2024 for an hour about a wide range of issues, including recent personnel cuts the district has made, the forthcoming school bond, and district enrollment trends. Questions were supplied by me, Whitney Robinson, Martin Johnson and Geoff Green. All four of us are parents […]