Last month, we reported that The Local Reporter was looking for an editor after their 6th editor abruptly left the paper days after our deep dive into the paper’s problematic political coverage. They’ve since hired Julia Runk Jones, previously the paper’s dog columnist, to temporarily lead the organization. But issues with the paper’s coverage persist. […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Connectivity, UNC
UNC is hosting their annual bike auction on September 26
You made it to campus, but you didn’t bring a bike from home, and now you are regretting that decision. Or, maybe you don’t have a bike yet. I was at the Pit a few weeks back with the Bicycle Alliance of Chapel Hill for Cyclicious and encountered some students who needed a cheap and […]
Posted inCarrboro, Greenway
Thank you for quickly fixing the greenway we use to get to school!
We live in north Carrboro, about a mile from our kids’ schools. And while I’m sure both of them wish we dropped them off in the car lanes more often than we do (anything for some extra screen time), we really have no excuse. That’s because our neighborhood (and several of the neighborhoods around us) […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023, Housing
$120,000 PAC: We asked Chapel Hill candidates what they thought
Last week we broke the news that a group of wealthy local homeowners were organizing to dump $120,000 into a single-issue Political Action Committee (PAC) to support Adam Searing’s mayoral campaign by piggybacking onto his and his like-minded council candidates’ vehement opposition to Chapel Hill’s mild housing reforms adopted in June. We wondered what the […]
Posted inTriangle Blog Blog
Donate to help Triangle Blog Blog embark on a big project
Hello friends! We are writing to ask you to make a financial contribution to Triangle Blog Blog to help us elect progressive candidates in Chapel Hill and Carrboro during the 2023 municipal election cycle. As a young organization, this is our first foray into local elections and we need your support to reach a wider […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board Candidate Barbara Fedders
Spanish/Espanol As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on […]