Updated every 2-3 days Early voting is underway in Orange County for municipal elections in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and the school board race. Early voting will take place through November 4 at five sites. You can go to any site during early voting. (Early voting information from Orange County.) You can also register to […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, Election 2023
Should Carrboro carry out the objectives described in its 2022-2042 Comprehensive Plan, which the council unanimously adopted last year?
We are beginning a new series to consider policy questions that will be addressed by the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Town Councils in the next two years. As we always do at Triangle Blog Blog, we will offer our opinions, but we’ll also point you to primary source documents so you can make your own […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023
Our council is finally working together. We need them to finish the race.
For too many years, the Chapel Hill Town Council has had trouble coming to agreement on what they want our future to look like. During campaign season, everyone seems to agree, even if our election contests are heated. We want to protect the environment, build affordable housing, and support great parks, libraries, and social services. […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Downtown, Economic development, Small business
Smoothie Operator: Purple Bowl Finds New Digs
Big big news from the Town Council email inbox—next summer, Purple Bowl will be moving out of its spot at 306 West Franklin, where it’s been since it opened in 2017, and moving down the street. This clears the way for the redevelopment of the 306 West Franklin Site for Longfellow Real Estate Partners’ proposed […]
Posted inElection 2023
Watch: All candidate forums for Chapel Hill and Carrboro municipal elections
There have been a number of candidate forums for candidates in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. We are in the process of creating transcripts for some of these, and will post them as they are available. Democratic forum for Chapel Hill candidates The Democratic Women of Orange County, UNC YoungDems, and the African American Caucus of […]
Posted inTriangle Blog Blog
Triangle Blog Blog: Accept No Substitutes
We named ourselves triangleblogblog.com for a few reasons. One, we wanted a unique name that was easy to remember. Two, we thought it was funny. Three, we wanted to make it clear we were a blog. And at the time, practically-speaking, the domain triangleblog.com was taken. TriangleBlogBlog became our name. Two days ago, we googled […]