Today we are publishing the second in a four-part series written by students at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism. They spent the past semester digging into one of Chapel Hill’s great mysteries: What happened to Que Chula’s chairs? Part One: The journey of Que Chula’s chairs: symbols of Mexican culture and resilience By Lulu […]
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Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
CHCCS budget cuts: Here’s what doesn’t make sense to me right now
On Wednesday, the school board held a special meeting to discuss their plan to eliminate administrative and staff positions in order to balance the budget, which is in pretty dire shape. The vote was 4-3, with Fedders, Fornville, and Dasi opposing the plan. Chapelboro’s Brighton McConnell has a great straight news write up of the […]
Posted inChapel Hill Transit
Improving Chapel Hill Transit for teenagers
Chapel Hill’s relatively robust and comprehensive transit system is popular, offering service to tens of thousands of diverse people. Everyone from college students to working adults to senior citizens takes advantage of the transportation that our town offers, and with good reason— it covers nearly the entire city, provides fast and reliable service, and employs […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Election 2023
Should Chapel Hill commit to building a Complete Community, as its town council resolved to do in December 2022?
This series considers 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 judgment. See our series overview […]
Posted inCarrboro, Connectivity, Greenway
Great news! The Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club supports the creekside alignment of the Bolin Creek Greenway
In March, we reported that the Orange-County chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club looked likely to support the Bolin Creek Greenway. Today, the chapter sent a letter to Carrboro’s town council detailing their support of the Bolin Creek Greenway and the creekside alignment. Here are the highlights What is the Sierra Club? The Sierra […]
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Election 2023
Scoop: The $120,000 PAC is back. And they’re giving their money to CHALT.
On September 12, the Daily Tar Heel reported that the $120,000 PAC led by Julia Grumbles would not be forming. In an email sent by Grumbles to neighbors on September 18th, the reason becomes clear: instead of forming a new PAC, they plan to donate tens of thousands of dollars to the existing CHALT PAC, […]