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Areas of Hillsborough to Experience Brief Power Outages

Posted by Aleta Donald | Aug 10, 2016 | News Around Town

Several areas of Hillsborough will experience brief power outages at the end of the week, due to repairs of electrical infrastructure. Duke Energy will be repairing failing infrastructure on Thursday and Friday. The repairs will...

Cates Creek Parkway Opens in Hillsborough

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 8, 2016 | News Around Town

Cates Creek Parkway in Hillsborough’s Waterstone development is now open. The Cates Creek Park opened in March but the opening of the roadway was delayed due to a delay in signage being placed on the road by the developer. A...

Go Triangle Extends Bus Routes from Carrboro to Durham

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Aug 7, 2016 | News Around Town

The transportation service Go Triangle will be extending its weekday routes to include stops from Carrboro to Durham on Monday. “We’re pleased to offer this service that meets a need we’ve heard from Carrboro residents,” said...

Hillsborough Town Manager Named to National Government Influencer List

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Aug 4, 2016 | News Around Town

Hillsborough Town Manager Eric Peterson has been named in a top 100 local government influencer list. The organization behind the list, ELGL, originally named Emerging Local Government Leaders, was formed for public leaders to...

Orange County Commissioner Named Chair of National Committee

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Aug 3, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

Orange County Commissioner Renee Price has been named as chair of the Community, Economic and Workforce Development Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties. The National Association of Counties or NACo is the...

Local Communities Prepare for National Night Out

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 2, 2016 | News Around Town

Communities across the nation will gather for the 33rd Annual National Night Out on Tuesday. Officials with the Town of Chapel Hill say neighborhoods are invited to take part in community gatherings from six o’clock until eight...

Carrboro Fire Chief Appointed to International Committee

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Jul 31, 2016 | News Around Town

Carrboro Fire Chief Susanna Williams was recently appointed to the International Association of Fire Chiefs Human Relations Committee. The IAFC is an organization that provides information on how to create, adopt and implement...

Triangle Disability Awareness Council to Celebrate 26 Years of the ADA

Posted by Staff | Jul 28, 2016 | News Around Town

The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law on July 26, 1990. The Triangle Disability Awareness Council will celebrate the law’s 26th anniversary on Saturday at the Chapel Hill Public Library. The event will be...

Chapel Hill Kids Learn the Science Behind Firefighting

Posted by Staff | Jul 28, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

Firefighters are pretty much experts when it comes to teaching fire safety. But math and science might be some of their lesser known skills. “The general population, doesn’t think of firefights as being mathematicians or...

Railroad Maintenance Could Impact Chapel Hill – Carrboro Bikeway

Posted by Staff | Jul 25, 2016 | News Around Town

Regular maintenance is scheduled for the railroad on Main Street that stretches to the University’s Cogeneration Facility in Chapel Hill. The work is expected to begin on Monday and will continue for about two weeks. The bikeway...

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