Orange County is still looking for the best short-term solution for its garbage. And so far, there’s snags in all the possibilities. County leaders have decided to close its landfill and possibly truck its solid waste to Durham, but Chapel Hill and Car... »
A new task force will decide how a sewer system and a new community center will be built for residents living near the county landfill. The Orange County Board of Commissioners, Chapel Hill Town Council, Carrboro Board of Alderman and Hillsborough Boar... »
This is the second of two blog posts previewing our lead story in Sunday's Chapel Hill News. What do you think of Mayor Chilton's proposal? Tell us here or at editor@nando.com If Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton gets the elected boards to reopen the transfe... »
The Orange County commissioners closed the discussion on a possible Orange County waste transfer station three years ago. Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton wants to reopen it. Chilton has proposed keeping the Orange County Landfill on Eubanks Road operating ... »
Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton is reminding Occupy Chapel Hill members to obey the law when they protest a local condominium board’s decision to remove a nonprofit serving area Latinos and Burmese immigrants. “Just a quick reminder that the Abbey Court Co... »
TOWN OF CARRBORO RESOLUTIONS REGARDING CHAPEL HILL POLICE ACTION AT THE YATES MOTOR COMPANY The following resolution was introduced by Alderman Coleman and seconded by Alderman Haven-O’Donnell WHEREAS the Chapel Hill police took action to detain and ar... »
The Chapel Hill Police Department’s heavily armed raid on a group of squatters in a vacant building on Franklin Street last Sunday has caught elected leaders’ attenion in neighboring Carrboro. On his Facebook page and local blog orangepolitics.org this... »
Mark Kleinschmidt easily won re-election as mayor of Chapel Hill Tuesday night. Kleinschmidt finished with 5,442 votes, with Kevin Wolff finishing second at 1,243 and Tom Sookram third at 292. Mark Chilton was re-elected mayor of Carrboro, facing no op... »
