This is Alan Rimer, Chair of the OWASA Board of Directors. I want to take this opportunity to discuss our local water supply, which I thought timely as we have all heard about the tragedy of the contaminated water supply in Charleston, West Virginia. As many listeners know, OWASA is the Carrboro-Chapel Hill community’s publicly-owned, […]

This is Brian Thornburg. I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy life in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina, even though I wasn’t born and raised here. We moved our family here in 2006 from Chicago, in search of a better lifestyle, better weather, good people, and, most important, great public schools for […]

This is Lew Margolis. I hope that anyone connected with UNC in any way — faculty, students, staff, administrators, fans of its athletics teams — will agree, without hesitation, that death threats have no place in the university. And yet, shockingly, that is exactly what Mary Willingham, a learning specialist at UNC, has experienced. Why? […]

This is Ellie Kinnaird. One of the joys I had as a legislator was learning about the accomplishments of students in our schools. Last year, I was invited to the demonstration of a project that four bright Phillips Middle School students entered into the Seimens national environmental contest – and won. They had read about […]

This is Lew Margolis. So now we have learned that officials at UNC are engaged in serious discussions about major renovations to the Smith Center or even the construction of a new arena. Before the cranes are erected and the concrete starts pouring, the UNC community should ponder several questions. First, what is the justification […]

This is Lew Margolis. Since 1989, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has worked to ensure that athletic programs operate within the educational mission of their colleges and universities. Following the lead of our late, beloved William Friday, a founding co-chair of the Commission, all who care about the growing harms to the mission of […]

This is Jim Warren. Long-predicted and hopeful changes are quickly occurring in the electric power industry – even as scientists and bizarre weather remind us that dramatic action is needed to avert irreversible climate and economic chaos. Duke Energy – based in Charlotte and serving Orange County – is now the world’s largest electric utility. […]

This is Lew Margolis. The Thursday night football game in Chapel Hill may seem like ancient history, but as a teacher of public health and as one unsettled by the risks of brain trauma inherent in the game of football, my own experience continues to reverberate. For the game, I hand-lettered a sign asking, “How […]

This is Nerys Levy and I am a member of the Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library. Recently the local storage facility where we have been keeping our used books was sold. As a result we have been kicked out of the place where we store our more than 2500 used books. For years many […]

From Kristen Smith Want to spend long hours on Monday evenings discussing and debating meaty issues? Or Tuesday evenings talking and testing theories? Easy, just convince a few thousand folks to vote for you for Chapel Hill Town Council or Carrboro Board of Aldermen! Okay, few of us roll with a crew that deep, so […]