Last month, we let you know about the new requirements for a photo ID to vote in North Carolina, told you where you can get eligible IDs, and said that at some point in the future you’d be able to get a free photo ID at the Orange County Board of Elections Well, that time […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023
Interview: Chapel Hill Town Council candidate, Jon Mitchell
Jon Mitchell is running for Town Council in Chapel Hill. Mitchell is a lawyer specializing in financial regulation, and a part-time stay-at-home dad. He has served as Chair of the Chapel Hill Planning Commission since 2022. On his website, Mitchell lists some of Chapel Hill’s biggest challenges, including affordability, sustainability, livability, and lack of execution. […]
Posted inJournalism
The Local Reporter is looking for their 7th editor
Carl Blankenship, who served as The Local Reporter’s 6th editor for approximately four months, is no longer listed on the paper’s masthead, and the paper has once again posted a job announcement for the top editorial position on JournalismJobs.com. Blankenship’s LinkedIn profile shows that he is no longer employed by the paper. This switch comes […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, Election 2023
Interview: Carrboro Town Council candidate Jason Merrill
Jason Merrill is running for Town Council in Carrboro. Merrill, who spent spent six years on the Chapel Hill Transportation and Connectivity Advisory Board (two of them as chair), has a long and eclectic history with Carrboro. He’s the founder and former owner of Back Alley Bikes, which he sold in 2022 after 15 years, […]
Posted inBike Beat, Events around town, Things to do with kids
Bike tour of the Uproar Festival of Public Art
The Uproar Festival of Public Art is going on now until August 12. It is a new arts festival taking place throughout Orange County. It’s a bit of a scavenger hunt and you can find works in Hillsborough, Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Being the bike nuts we are, we made a bike map to help […]
Posted inCarrboro, Greenway, Journalism
“Both Sides” Journalism Plagues Indy Week’s Story on the Bolin Creek Greenway
In recent months, Indy Week, our region’s alternative newspaper, has published some terrific investigative pieces, from Lena Gellar’s investigative work uncovering Durham’s city attorney asking Wikipedia to reveal who was editing “unflattering” information about the mayor and two council members, to Thomasi McDonald’s deep-dive looking at Durham Council Member DeDreana Freeman’s alleged physical assault of […]