Carrboro Archives - Page 120 of 158

Barbara Foushee Running for Carrboro Board of Aldermen

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 28, 2017 | Election

Barbara Foushee announced her candidacy for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in the 2017 election on Tuesday morning. “I am running for the Board of Aldermen because I want to use my knowledge and my community activism experience...

Michelle Johnson Resigning from Carrboro Board of Aldermen

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 28, 2017 | Local Government

Michelle Johnson is resigning her post on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen at the end of May. Johnson announced the move in a release Tuesday morning saying that she will be relocating in June 2017. The release says Johnson...

NC House Bill Targets Orange County School Construction Fees

Posted by Staff | Mar 24, 2017 | State Government

Orange County currently charges an “impact fee” on developers to pay for a portion of the cost of providing public services to the proposed development. But a new bill in the North Carolina General Assembly could end that....

Local Brewery Bouncing Back From Hardships

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Mar 14, 2017 | News Around Town

Beer has brought people together for centuries, but a brewery in Carrboro is fostering social cohesion over more than mere glasses of hearty stouts and crisp ales. After spending over two decades in the real estate industry,...

Road Blocked After Log Truck Overturns in Carrboro

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2017 | Traffic

Highway 54 is closed between Old Fayetteville Road and W Poplar Avenue in Carrboro due to an overturned log truck. Police tweeted just after 9:30 Friday morning asking motorists to avoid the area. Authorities then said the road...

Carrboro Officials Approve Police Body Camera Policy

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Mar 8, 2017 | Local Government

The Carrboro Police Department is one step closer to acquiring new law enforcement tools for its officers after town officials approved a policy last week on body-worn cameras. While ruminating on the cameras during a regular...

A Day Without Women Means No Classes in Chapel Hill – Carrboro

Posted by Staff | Mar 8, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools are closed on Wednesday – a day being nationally recognized as the “Day Without Women.” This event was created to highlight the vital role of women in workforce and, although the school...

Orange County Facing April 30 Deadline for Light Rail Funding

Posted by Staff | Mar 8, 2017 | Local Government

After Orange County committed in December to consider spending an additional $40 million over a 10-year period on the Durham-Orange Light Rail project, the commissioners once again have a major decision to make. The Federal...

Countywide Revaluation Shows Rise in Commercial Property Tax Base

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Feb 27, 2017 | Development

The results of a countywide real estate revaluation were presented to the Orange County Board of Commissioners during a meeting held last week. According to Dwane Brinson, the director of the Orange County Tax Office, the...

Carrboro Police Arrest Man Selling Counterfeit UNC – Duke Tickets

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 24, 2017 | Crime

While attending the UNC – Duke game on March 4 is on the bucket list for many college basketball fans in the Triangle, police are warning those looking for tickets about counterfeits. After UNC sent a caution out earlier in the...

Carrboro

On Air Now: 97.9 FM