OC Commissioners Delay Property Tax Revaluation
Orange County Commissioners voted on Tuesday to delay the next property revaluation, despite evidence that the housing market is on the rebound.
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Location Change For NAACP Tuesday Rally
Posted by Staff | May 7, 2013 | Local Government
RALEIGH – There’s been a location change for the NC NAACP’s candle light vigil tonight in Raleigh. Due to possible inclement weather, it’s been moved from outside the NC General Assembly to the Martin Street Baptist...
Read MoreTimberlyne Post Office To Remain Open
Posted by Ran Northam | May 7, 2013 | Local Government
Postal service should not be effected due to the shift of carriers from the Timberlyne office to Carrboro.
Read MoreOC Commissioners To Discuss Tax Revaluation
Posted by Staff | May 7, 2013 | Local Government
The next tax revaluation in Orange County is scheduled for 2015, but Commissioners could decided to push it back further due to lack of data.
Read MoreAldermen To Receive 2013-14 Budget Tuesday
Posted by Staff | May 7, 2013 | Local Government
No property rate increases, and a $50,000 loan to Cameron’s among the budget discussion in Carrboro Tuesday night.
Read MoreLocal Residents Question Fracking Monitoring-Standards
Posted by Staff | May 5, 2013 | Local Government
CHAPEL HILL – State residents will have to wait to find out whether the state’s first rule surrounding hydraulic fracturing will be approved—and in the meantime, some local residents are afraid oil industries might have...
Read MoreSocial Media Uses In Local Gov’t Vary
Posted by Staff | May 5, 2013 | Local Government
As technology becomes increasingly important, some local government offices are turning to social media to communicate, but some aren’t.
Read MoreTown Trims Hybrid Parking in Library Lot
Posted by Staff | May 3, 2013 | Local Government
CHAPEL HILL- Town Manager Roger Stancil says hybrid-only parking at the Chapel Hill Public Library has been reduced by nearly two-thirds, at the request of library patrons. Stancil says he took down eight of the eleven signs in...
Read MoreObey Creek Neighbors Fight For Representation
Posted by Staff | Apr 29, 2013 | Local Government
CHAPEL HILL- More than thirty concerned citizens showed up at Monday’s Chapel Hill Town Council work session, an unusual turn-out for the less formal meetings that take place beyond the TV cameras. Even more unusually, the...
Read MoreObey Creek Planning Focus Of Monday’s Work Session
Posted by Staff | Apr 29, 2013 | Local Government
The Obey Creek development would be the first to use a mixed-use development agreement much like the build-out of Carolina North with a private developer.
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