After the 2018 election cycle ended with a solid defeat for CHALT’s clerk of court candidate, CHALT’s post-election newsletter recap noted that they were interested in launching a local newspaper. Several months later, the non-profit newspaper The Local Reporter launched with a board entirely made up of CHALT leaders. Over the years, we have covered […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Chapel Hill, UNC
Pedestrianization: What can Chapel Hill learn from Cardiff?
St. Mary’s Street in Cardiff, Wales, has stood in some form or another for hundreds of years. It is recognized by many as being the “main street” of the capital city, and is synonymous with the history of Cardiff itself. It was for decades a congested thoroughfare of cars passing from the highway which came […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Connectivity, Orange County
Expanding the water and sewage boundary imagines a future complete community
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 […]