Dave Otto, a renowned researcher on the effects of lead and arsenic exposure on humans, and a historian and photographer who charted Carrboro’s earliest years, died on December 4 of lung cancer. At the December 5th Town Council meeting, outgoing mayor Damon Seils remembered Otto for the “great work he [had] done in the community […]
Posted inAdvisory Boards, Planning Board: Chapel Hill, This Week in Planning Commission
A Festivus tradition for the Chapel Hill Planning Commission
Updated! The pole has been delivered. Scroll down to see where! As we all know, planning is a kind of religion in Chapel Hill (worshiped fervently, debated endlessly, and blessed with many niceties of dogma). It seems fitting that we formally recognize this religion each year, and perhaps even more fitting that our Planning Commission, […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council
Liveblogging Chapel Hill’s December 18th town council meeting
Mel: Hello, hello! We’re excited to liveblog tonight’s town council meeting, which will appreciate outgoing council members and Mayor Pam, and deliver oaths of office to incoming town council members and Mayor Jess Anderson. Three blogbloggers will be in attendance at Town Hall, along with some small children and (we’ve heard) possible cake. The events […]
Posted inAnimals, Chapel Hill, From the archives
The Mystery of the Hippo in the Mill Race Branch
On the banks of Mill Race Branch, a tributary of Bolin Creek off Hillsborough Road, not too far from the coal ash pit upon which the Chapel Hill Police Department sits, new development was coming. It was the summer of 1995, and as with so many new developments in Chapel Hill, a controversy was brewing. […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Transportation
Our school district has added afterschool/evening bus transportation. That’s awesome.
Last month, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced that it was adding afterschool/evening bus transportation from every middle and high school into Chapel Hill and Carrboro neighborhoods. The idea was to make it easier for kids who participate in afterschool sports, clubs, arts, and activities to get home. We think this idea is awesome and […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Guide
Organizations and electeds of Chapel Hill and Carrboro: It’s time to get off Twitter. Here’s how.
There’s no denying that for a period spanning more than a decade, Twitter pushed forward our notion of a Digital Public Square. Whether silly or consequential, over the years an expectation developed that people and organizations wanting to communicate with the public needed to establish a presence on Twitter. Many of our electeds and local […]