We’re in the doldrums of summer, but there’s been a number of great pieces published over the past few weeks that deserve your time. In Barry Yeoman’s outstanding, deeply reported piece for The Assembly, he documents how and why the Orange County Schools, the school district for everyone in Orange County who lives outside of […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board candidate Mariela Hernandez
Spanish/Espanol As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Connectivity, Transportation
Bus stop improvements coming to Chapel Hill and Carrboro
If you’ve wandered around Chapel Hill and Carrboro lately, you know that there are many different kinds of bus stops. Some have metal shelters. Some have wooden shelters. Some have a sign indicating a bus stop and no shelter. Have you ever wondered: How does Chapel Hill Transit prioritize bus stop improvements? Why does this […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Entrevista: Candidato a la Junta Escolar de CHCCS Mariela Hernández
English/Ingles Como señalamos en nuestra publicación sobre la evaluación de los candidatos a la junta escolar, hemos enviado cuestionarios a cada candidato a la junta escolar y los estamos publicando en el orden en que los recibimos. Las preguntas fueron compiladas por miembros de la Junta de Triangle Blog Blog y Bridging the Gap, así […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board candidate Rani Dasi
Spanish/Espanol As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on […]
Posted inCarrboro, From the archives
Enacting Main Street: a Partial History of Naming, Making, and Multiplicity
This piece was originally published on the excellent Stand in the Place Where U Live website published by Dr. Sharon Holland’s students in American Studies 701 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is republished with permission of the author, Josh Parshall, who is now the Director of History at the Goldring/Woldenberg […]