The long awaited $1.4 Billion light rail transit line project that will span Chapel Hill and Durham is finally getting underway. But it could be another decade before the first rail is laid. That’s what came out of the first standing room only public hearing with officials of Orange and Durham Counties on the proposed […]

Re: About last night’s Council meeting, and my statement from last night, (Monday January 9) regarding the Yates incident. At the bottom of this message is the text from my statement last night, with a few additional lines I had omitted to save time. I encourage you to read this whole message, as I and […]

Groups that promote guns to children as a way to deal with problems with authority should be considered potentially very dangerous and treated with extreme caution.  I am disappointed that the Carrboro Aldermen apparently disagree.   Approximately two years ago, I was walking on Main Street in front of the then Kentucky Fried Chicken.  On […]

For the past, five years, I have been involved in the Orange County Department of Social Service’s Toy Chest. The program, a part of the department’s annual Holiday Program, provides toys, food and clothing to thousands of Orange County children who might not otherwise have a holiday. Each year, parents line up hours before the […]

 About twenty-five years ago, I was a young girl attending Carrboro Elementary and listened to my dad record a PSA in support of funding for our schools on this radio station. I never would have guessed that twenty-five years later, I would be doing something similar. However, I want to tell you about an opportunity […]

All concerned parties, As of October 19, 2011 I have officially withdrawn my candidacy for one of the seats on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. This message has been or will be sent to all of the Board of Education candidates including the current chair of the CHCCS Board of Education, Ms. […]

To the Editor: When deciding for whom to vote for local elected office, we look for brains and the guts to use them. Donna Bell has demonstrated on the Chapel Hill Town Council that she considers each issue in front of the council carefully, asks the right questions to fully understand the issue, and votes […]

As I’ve gotten to know James Barrett and where he stands on the issues facing Chapel HIll-Carrboro schools, several things stand out. I know of his background working with Justice United on their education agenda. I know that he wants to create a better system for all of our students by focusing on metrics to […]

When Orange County created its Economic Development Districts in the early 1990’s, the purpose was to designate non-residential zones that would serve “for the next fifty years.” The districts were created along interstate highways to benefit from obvious transportation advantages. Orange County, with its support for quality education and environmental awareness, provides a great place […]

Gay marriage a deviation from the biblical ideal? Really? Read the Bible. The biblical ideal of marriage is one man, lots of wives, concubines, bride prices and arranged marriages. Is this what we are defending? If our society’s ideas of marriage have changed, why are some so intent on returning to the past? The past […]