Barbara Foushee is the sole candidate running to be Mayor of Carrboro. Foushee has served on the Carrboro Town Council since 2017. Shehas also served on the Town of Carrboro’s Human Services AdvisoryBoard, the Community Home Trust Board of Directors and theOrange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors and is thecurrent chair of the […]
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Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Orange County, UNC
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center is in trouble
We were horrified to see the WRAL story earlier this week that reported big budget cuts are coming to the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. We reached out to OCRCC’s board member, Anna Lynch, to learn more. Tell us a little bit about the history and services of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. OCRCC […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Connectivity, Transportation
Bus stop improvements coming to Chapel Hill and Carrboro
If you’ve wandered around Chapel Hill and Carrboro lately, you know that there are many different kinds of bus stops. Some have metal shelters. Some have wooden shelters. Some have a sign indicating a bus stop and no shelter. Have you ever wondered: How does Chapel Hill Transit prioritize bus stop improvements? Why does this […]
Posted inCarrboro, From the archives
Enacting Main Street: a Partial History of Naming, Making, and Multiplicity
This piece was originally published on the excellent Stand in the Place Where U Live website published by Dr. Sharon Holland’s students in American Studies 701 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is republished with permission of the author, Josh Parshall, who is now the Director of History at the Goldring/Woldenberg […]
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 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 […]