Commentary: During the last several Chapel Hill budget cycles, the Town Council has debated the sustainability of our fare-free regional bus system. They have discussed the increasing cost of diesel fuel for 99 buses, the likely cutback of federal and state support and the high unfunded future benefit costs for 210 transit employees.
Published: Apr. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: I’m not the only student who can claim to have done the Harlem Shake. However, I’m one a select few who can say that I’ve done the dance with the president of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim.
Published: Apr. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The other day I was trying to give someone from out of town directions on how to get to my house in Carrboro. In the past, this has not been much of a problem. The landmarks were fairly clear and they stood out.
Published: Apr. 6, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Schools throughout the United States are implementing new and creative ways of educating children. One such change in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is the movement toward educating children in two languages.
Published: Apr. 6, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: In the context of a $20 billion biennial state budget, $10 million here and there doesn’t rank high in the great scheme of things. Unless that $10 million is likely to have a slash-and-burn impact on the state’s high-tech aspirations, which is the case with proposed cuts at the N.C. Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park.
Published: Apr. 6, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Having a library firmly nestled in a bustling hub of activity (e.g., University Mall or downtown Carrboro) is obviously preferable to having a stand-alone that you have to drive to.
Published: Apr. 6, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The Second Amendment is being presented as a holy principle, a lofty thing to die for. But as we see, in practice, armed militias may be lowly things, the instruments of tyranny, of slavery, civil war, the KKK and domestic terrorism.
Published: Apr. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The budget is a spending plan that’s based on an estimate of revenue to the state. A lot of the focus whenever the document is released is on spending – who gets more, who gets less and who gets zeroed out.
Published: Mar. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: If we want to support our local businesses and decrease our dependence on cars, we need to support public and private development in places that serve these goals.
Published: Mar. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The N.C. Odyssey of the Mind Eastern Regional Tournament occurred March 2 at Chapel Hill High School and Smith Middle School. A group of seven fifth-grade boys from Morris Grove Elementary won first place.
Published: Mar. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The Uglies are not just repulsive looking; they are a roly-poly menace underfoot. But what’s really maddening about this fruit is its apparent ability to reproduce instantly. No lie.
Published: Mar. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: In a small passageway between galleries in the middle of the Ackland Art Museum, two identical clocks by artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres – placed side by side and touching – hang on the wall just to the left and above the Ackland’s sculpture Spanish Dance by Degas.
Published: Mar. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Last week a guest columnist questioned the data the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber provided during a recent Town Council discussion regarding a student housing project.
Published: Mar. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: With the landfill finally closing, Orange County is taking a needed look at its entire solid waste and recycling operation.
Published: Mar. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
On Facebook: You can read and comment on more local news on my Facebook page.
Published: Mar. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: As an alumnus of UNC and a proud Tar Heel, I want to add my voice to the growing chorus asking the UNC Board of Trustees to divest the university’s endowment from coal.
Published: Mar. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Over the next few years, our community will experience continued growth. It is up to us, the residents and business people of this community, to determine our fate and how we will accommodate that growth and change.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: This is a small but remarkable story about a small but remarkable beagle who was lost and frightened.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: On any given day, reaching into the mailbox is sure to retrieve appeals for donations from nonprofit outfits of every stripe. So last Tuesday’s mail brought an officious envelope from Orange County Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass telling me why I should support the North Carolina Sheriff’s Association.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Orange County takes great pride in our recycling program. Annually, due to the dedication of our knowledgeable staff and dedicated populace, we deflect about 16,000 tons from the landfill into productive uses through recycling and composting. ... So why are we changing a successful system?
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: In school year 2013-14 Frank Porter Graham elementary school (FPG) will become a dual-language magnet school. After three years of dual-language immersion, my twin 8-year-old girls will be transferring from Carrboro elementary school to FPG. They are delighted to be a part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools dual-language program, and here’s why.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Step by step, George Throop is setting an example for healthy living on his “Walk of Inspiration Across America.”
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
We desperately need a clear, comprehensive, collective, transformative vision for public education, and we need it now.
Published: Mar. 13, 2013 1:38 PM | Full story
Commentary: A March 2 article in the Chapel Hill News cited Professor Hodding Carter III, the distinguished journalist and former Assistant Secretary of State, and Aaron Nelson, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, as having reached such diametrically opposed conclusions about student housing in Chapel Hill.
Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: A question: Shouldn’t Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange county residents, their elected officials, and UNC’s employees (even its voting students) care enough to create equitable transportation rights for all of our area’s disabled, rather than primarily for those who are physically and mentally able to work for their living?
Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Come on, admit it ... you’re curious to know what it is like to be a police officer.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: A massive rally of 50,000 people (35,000 according to the Washington Post) gathered in front of the Washington Monument on Feb. 17, a frigid and blustery day, to test the president’s resolve by urging him to reject approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. More than 100 concerned citizens from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community participated in the protest.
Published: Mar. 6, 2013 4:46 PM | Full story
Commentary: Chapel Hill ignored its southern ETJ for decades, because there weren’t enough homes to warrant what the town would have to spend on infrastructure and services. But now that Chapel Hill has dug itself into an $880,000 hole and the number of homes in the ETJ has blossomed to where the town can make a healthy profit off the increased tax base, all of a sudden it’s a good idea to tap that money keg.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The fact is, EZ Rider could help me, and others like me.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: We are very excited about our findings and hope that other schools can follow this model sustainability initiative. Imagine the amount of trash we can divert from going to landfill when 12 elementary, four middles schools and three high schools start using our model.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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