Tomorrow night, the Chapel Hill Town Council will decide whether to expand the water and sewage boundary along the 15-501 corridor to the Chatham County line. This is a BFD, and we’ll explain why in a second. But first, some terminology. The service area of our water and sewer services is called the urban services […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Events around town, Things to do with kids
This Saturday! Life on Wheels
This coming Saturday, November 18, from 10 am to 2 pm, the Carrboro Bicycle Coalition and the Town of Carrboro are hosting an event called Life on Wheels. This event is going to be a lot of fun. The purpose is to demonstrate all the ways you can use your bike for day-to-day activities. There […]
Posted inElection 2023, Guide
Did you know? Mayor Pam runs a very efficient political yard sign clean-up effort
They began to appear in late summer. And they have sprouted and multiplied, seemingly daily, up until Election Day. Campaign signs. Now that the election is over, what happens to them? Who can remove them and are there any rules? Up until Election Day, it is unsporting, and illegal to meddle with campaign signs. However, […]
Posted inCarrboro Town Council, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023
This Election Was a Referendum. And a Mandate.
On Tuesday, voters in Chapel Hill and Carrboro made a choice. In each town, there were candidates offering distinct visions for the future of our communities. One vision, whose adherents claimed was “new,” “modern,” or “unique,” was instead just a warmed-over version of the same rhetoric we’ve heard for generations: Let’s protect what we have […]
Posted inTransportation
GoTriangle seeks input on Short Range Transit Plan
GoTriangle, the public regional transit provider, is updating its short-range transit plans and is looking for input from Chapel Hill/Carrboro residents and everyone in the service area (Hillsborough, Durham, Cary, Raleigh, and points in between). Read below for more and learn additional details and provide feedback on the GoForward webpage. The deadline for feedback is […]
Posted inAnimals, Carrboro
A real hoo-dunnit: An owl is stealing people’s hats in Carrboro
A lot has happened this week. People pitched tents on Franklin Street for the grand opening of Raising Cane’s. There was an election. And Jes Boon, a local Carrboro resident, entered their second week without their favorite hat because an owl, pictured below, stole it. (You can see the hat in the owl’s talons.) Jes […]