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Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board sets FPG magnet school vote

“I believe we need to have a magnet,” Chairwoman Mia Burroughs said. “I believe it needs to be at FPG to expand the services.” Published: May. 19, 2012 1:57 PM | Full story

Language debate brings out big crowd

With the fire chief’s limit of 180 people inside the council chambers, almost as many people occupied the foyer and waited their chance to get in, or watched Thursday’s Board of Education meeting on a live feed in two other rooms set up to hold the spillover crowd. Published: May. 19, 2012 1:51 PM | Full story

Carrboro alderman Coleman to resign for family move

jo25qh89 Dan Coleman’s term expires in December 2015. Once he leaves, a special election will be held to choose someone to fill his seat. Published: May. 19, 2012 1:33 PM | Full story

The future is abstract, says 2020 contest winner

CH2020B -CHN-051612-HLL Sara Mitchell didn’t know anything about Chapel Hill 2020 when her mom suggested she and her younger sister enter its art contest. Published: May. 19, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Chapel Hill 2020 ready for review

Chapel Hill 20200 will be “a living document,” says Assistant Planning Director Mary Jane Nirdlinger. Comprehensive plans today “are not just plans you pick up every 10 years. They’re really becoming more of the day-to-day work of the town.” Published: May. 19, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Orange County budget projects no tax increase, employee raises

Orange County Manager Frank Clifton has proposed a no-tax increase budget that gives a pay raise to employees but less money to the school systems than they asked for. Published: May. 18, 2012 12:00 AM | Full story

Carrboro could decide Family Dollar store fate May 23

Stronach Properties’ experts spoke for more than two hours Wednesday night and were frequently interrupted by shouting when opponents disputed what they said. Published: May. 17, 2012 5:56 PM | Full story

Kids plus dogs equals ‘magic’

Several dozen students in the Orange County school system benefit from Pet Pals, a nonprofit therapy program founded by clinical social worker Wendy Stewart that brings dogs into the schools to help children with academic and emotional needs. Published: May. 15, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Carrboro board considers contentious Family Dollar proposal

In a move unusual for Carrboro, the developer, Stronach Properties, has asked that written public comment be withheld from the materials presented to the Board of Adjustment. Published: May. 15, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Proposed Chapel Hill budget raises tax rate, reinstates fireworks

After three years of no tax-rate increases, Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil is recommending a half-cent property tax increase to help fund Chapel Hill Transit in the 2012-13 fiscal year budget. Published: May. 15, 2012 8:32 AM | Full story

Chatham backs voter ID bill, 3-2

“We made sure that the resolution clearly states that any voter identification requirements should be fair, reasonable and readily accessible to all voters,” commissioners Chairman Brian Bock said. “This is an important step in our view to retain public confidence in election results.” Published: May. 15, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Occupiers gear up for next phase

Look beyond the public assemblies, and you see a core group of Occupiers connecting with each other, reaching out for training from thought leaders and labor organizers, and gearing up for activism long-term. Published: May. 12, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Life in prison for ‘cold-blooded killing’

While they agreed Minton was guilty under the felony murder rule, they were split 9-3 on the question of malice, premeditation and deliberation for first-degree murder. Published: May. 12, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

System failed Josh Bailey, until verdict, adopted father says

Josh Bailey had bipolar and post traumatic stress disorders. The system had failed him time and again, yet he had overcome abandonment and abuse, and after 13 years of treatment, was trying to get into a treatment program before he disappeared, Steve Bailey said. Published: May. 12, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Bloomberg to send off UNC grads

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will speak, and he and four other luminaries will receive honorary degrees During UNC’s commencement ceremony today. Published: May. 12, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Anti-amendment vigil Wednesday night in Chapel Hill

“We are aware of the special pain that comes with reading quotes like, ‘God’s mercy prevailed.’ Not only is this hurtful to the LGBTQ community, but also to the integrity of God’s word and God’s love,” say pastors Jill and Richard Edens Published: May. 9, 2012 2:34 PM | Full story

Orange County Commissioners Race: Dorosin, Rich in for District 1, Price moves on to November

Mark Dorosin and Penny Rich have won seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners, defeating incumbent Pam Hemminger in the Democratic primary. Published: May. 9, 2012 12:24 AM | Full story

Orange County Board of Education: Incumbents Halkiotis, McKnight win with Sanders

Incumbents Stephen Halkiotis and Tony McKnight will retain their seats on the Orange County Board of Education, joined by newcomer Lawrence Sanders. Published: May. 9, 2012 12:26 AM | Full story

Minton guilty of first-degree murder in Josh Bailey slaying

Judge calls murder of Josh Bailey as “cold blooded a killing as I have seen.” Published: May. 8, 2012 8:52 PM | Full story

Judge puts brakes on Chapel Hill cellphone ban, towing ordinance

Judge Orlando Hudson granted a preliminary injunction, delaying enforcement of the town’s towing ordinance and cellphone ban, which would prohibit talking on a cellphone while driving in town limits. Published: May. 8, 2012 8:18 PM | Full story

Ceremony honors UNC’s Confederate war dead

The short service, with three uniformed soldiers and a lone trumpeter, drew 10 people to the Confederate War Monument, better known as Silent Sam, on Polk Place off Franklin Street. Published: May. 8, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Minton jurors to resume deliberations Tuesday

After a long day of closing arguments in Orange County Superior Court, Judge Orlando Hudson told jurors Monday they must decide if Minton is guilty of first-degree, second-degree or felony murder; first-degree or second-degree kidnapping; and conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping. Published: May. 7, 2012 7:41 PM | Full story

County officials don’t see end to same-sex benefits

In Durham a unanimous vote came after speakers, including two county employees, expressed concern about the future of domestic partner benefits after Tuesday’s vote on Amendment One, Published: May. 7, 2012 4:52 PM | Full story

Ross makes case for new personnel system

UNC President Tom Ross and Board of Governors Chairwoman Hannah Gage met with critics of a plan to move university employees now under the State Personnel Act into a new personnel system created and maintained by the UNC Board of Governors. Published: May. 7, 2012 3:39 PM | Full story

Chapel Hill-Carrboro dual-language debate continues

Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board member Jamezetta Bedford apologized at the beginning of Thursday’s meeting for fears caused by a staff report recommending changes in the district’s Dual Language program. Published: May. 6, 2012 11:12 AM | Full story

Bids exceed

The town has reopened bidding for construction of the Wilson Park Multi-Use Path after receiving eight bids that exceeded an engineer’s estimated cost of $236,468. Published: May. 6, 2012 11:07 AM | Full story

Jurors in Bailey murder trial could begin deliberations Monday

Defense attorney James Glover said there’s no doubt Brian Minton drove Bailey to the murder site against his will, but he did not shoot Bailey or go with the intent to kill him. Published: May. 6, 2012 11:06 AM | Full story

Neighbors protest planned Family Dollar store in Carrboro

Larry Worth’s family has lived in the Alabama Avenue neighborhood of Carrboro for generations, he told the town’s Planning Board Thursday night. Published: May. 6, 2012 12:37 AM | Full story

Children find calm and companionship at Pittsboro cat refuge

Half a dozen kids knelt on the floor around a cage in the kitten house at Siglinda Scarpa’s Goathouse Refuge, peering at the litter of four-week-old kittens and mama cat inside. Published: May. 6, 2012 8:48 PM | Full story

Crime Notes

Published: May. 5, 2012 8:20 PM | Full story


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