Many will have money on their minds this week as the county and Chapel Hill work out next year’s budget details.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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The Orange County Board of Commissioners pushed back a pending countywide revaluation Tuesday night to Jan. 1, 2017.
Published: May. 11, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Workers lined up to sign a Carolina blue beam before hoisting it into place Thursday atop the new UNC hospital south of Hillsborough.
Published: May. 2, 2013 7:06 PM | Full story
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The Orange County Board of Commissioners want town leaders to consider two recycling options.
Published: Apr. 29, 2013 10:39 AM | Full story
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Two pieces of furniture owned by the Town of Hillsborough and recently on display at the N.C. Museum of History are being featured this spring in Washington, D.C.
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Maple View Farm is voluntarily recalling pint containers of Cookies & Cream, Carolina Crunch and Cookie Dough ice cream because the products contain allergens that were not declared on package labels.
Published: Apr. 26, 2013 5:52 PM | Full story
The city of Durham is taking steps to provide water and sewer service to a planned economic development district next to the city limits in Orange County. Under city policy, an actual utility extension would mean annexation across the county line.
Published: Apr. 20, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Todayis the last day POP-NC, a regional nonprofit, will spay and neuter dogs and cats at the Orange County Animal Shelter.
Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday to levy a $250 park-and-ride fee in three town-owned lots starting Aug. 15.
Published: Apr. 11, 2013 2:46 PM | Full story
The Orange County commissioners narrowed their options for handling recycling and solid waste to three Tuesday night, discarding a controversial franchise proposal.
Published: Apr. 11, 2013 12:58 PM | Full story
Business owner says small private haulers could be at risk if the county franchises curbside trash and recycling.
Published: Apr. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Jurina Vincent-Lee, who worked for the N.C. Central University police, was driving west on Old N.C. 10 Saturday night when she crossed the center line and hit an oncoming car, according to the State Highway Patrol.
Published: Apr. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Although sales taxes went up a half-cent Monday for transit, and vehicle registration fees will soon follow, riders won’t see any big changes for months.
Published: Apr. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Orange County residents will spend an extra 50 cents for every $100 purchase when the sales tax rate rises Monday to pay for transit improvements.
Published: Mar. 31, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens called 2013 the year of connections in his annual State of the Town Address on Monday night at the Town Barn.
Published: Mar. 29, 2013 2:03 PM | Full story
Author Jill McCorkle finds stories in the aisles at Harris Teeter and among the spectators at professional wrestling shows. In other words, anywhere and everywhere.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Five minutes with… John Claude Bemis: John Claude Bemis has been named the 2013 Piedmont Laureate, a role he hopes will take him not just to schools and libraries but to music festivals and other community events to promote the literary arts.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education approved the hiring of three principals at its March 7 meeting. Jillian La Serna was named principal of Carrboro Elementary School, Dr. Janice Croasmun was named principal of Rashkis Elementary School and Sulura Jackson was named principal of Chapel Hill High.
Published: Mar. 14, 2013 1:12 PM | Full story
Town Manager Eric Peterson has recommended no change in property tax or water rates in the town’s draft budget workbook for next year.
Published: Mar. 8, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story
A summary of government activities in Chapel Hill and Orange County
Published: Feb. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Re-enactors braved snow and freezing temperatures to recreate life in a British camp during Hillsborough’s annual Revolutionary War Living History Day on Saturday.
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Opera may be better known for high drama, but then Bizet never met Laura Ingalls Wilder. This weekend’s ballet version of “Little House on the Prairie” has a blizzard, near downing and raid of green leotard locusts.
Published: Feb. 13, 2013 6:20 PM | Full story
Nearly every time Mary Todd Lincoln appears in Steven Spielberg’s film “Lincoln,” a woman is at her side. In real life, the woman was the First Lady’s best friend, a dressmaker who spent her teenage years as a slave in Hillsborough – and later bought her own freedom on her way to the White House.
Published: Feb. 3, 2013 12:49 PM | Full story
Property owners could pay a slightly higher tax rate next year under a preliminary budget provided Friday at the Orange County commissioners annual retreat.
Published: Feb. 1, 2013 12:05 PM | Full story
A new nicotine replacement therapy option for Orange County smokers will combine medication and counseling, which federal researchers say can work better than either option alone.
Published: Jan. 29, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The workers behind the post office counter could not hear the giggles around the corner and down the long hallway.
Published: Jan. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
North Carolina played a vital part in the ratification of the Bill of Rights. On a day set aside to honor the document, one community honors the state with bells.
Published: Dec. 16, 2012 4:00 PM | Full story
The Board of Commissioners gave its blessing Nov. 24 to a new Community Giving Fund operated in partnership with the Triangle Community Foundation.
Published: Dec. 4, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Two Hillsborough Police Department investigators were awarded Advanced Law Enforcement Certificates from the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission in November.
Published: Dec. 1, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
The Orange County Commissioners voted 6-1 Tuesday to ban smoking in most public places, effective Jan. 1. The ban is aimed at cutting the effects of secondhand smoke, reducing cigarette butt litter and discouraging young people from smoking.
Published: Nov. 21, 2012 2:02 PM | Full story
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