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 […]
Posted inCarrboro, From the archives
The history of Carrboro’s World War II munitions plant
The Town of Carrboro, known for its grocery co-op, arts festivals, and farmer’s market, and led by a council that just last year passed a resolution describing the town as a “peace-loving community” opposed to “tyranny, unprovoked aggression, and war,” today feels like an extremely unlikely home for a defense contractor to set up shop. […]
Posted inEvents around town, Gardening, Guide, Things to do with kids
Free Vermicomposting workshop coming on December 16
We ran into Tom Smith at the Carrboro Music Festival, where he was demonstrating his project. We asked him to write an article about his first workshop. That was so popular, Tom is back, and here is a writeup on his second workshop. Check it out Learn to produce the world’s best soil amendment, help […]