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 ... »
Monday night's Town Council meeting went too late to get the whole Yates Motor discussion in. Please read staff writer Katelyn Ferral's story in today's N&O here. The issue moves to the citizens police advisory council at 7 p.m. tonight at the Hargrave... »
From correspondent Brooks Dareff The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will discuss a proposed charter school that targets the school district’s achievement gap during its meeting tonight. (See agenda here.) The Howard and Lillian Le... »
Predictably, the editors of the News & Observer believe that the state should deny the charter school application submitted by representatives of the Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars Charter School in Chapel Hill because the school would “lessen diversi... »
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... »
