Chatham County Walmart Open For Business
Chapel Hill has its first Wal-Mart up and running, although it’s not actually located in Orange County or even Chapel Hill proper, and won’t provide taxes to the municipality.
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Local Baker Brings Cookies (And A Message) To Raleigh
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 18, 2013 | State Government
While the “Moral Monday” protests continued in Raleigh, one Chapel Hill baker found a different (and sweeter!) way to speak out.
Read MoreLack Of County Property Tax Increase Could Change
Posted by Staff | May 22, 2013 | Local Government
Orange County’s recommended budget doesn’t include a tax hike, but that might change if county commissioners decide to increase school funding.
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Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 26, 2013 | Community Forum
Officials in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County are gearing up for another round of difficult budget talks—and although the economy may be on the rebound, County Manager Frank Clifton says local governments still have no...
Read MoreNecessary Border Crossing
Posted by Staff | Jun 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
This column was always supposed to be about how and where we spend our money. Many times I’ve expanded my definition to talk about how public money is spent and the choices made by people paid with public money. This edition...
Read MoreChapel Hill is Hemorrhaging Tax Dollars
Posted by The Commentators | Mar 26, 2012 | The Commentators
It’s official! Walmart is coming to town! Well, not our town, but Chatham County, just over the line. And to the victor go all the spoils. Walmart has announced it will build a huge 148,500 square foot store on the 15-501...
Read MoreFramework for Change
Posted by Staff | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
A few weeks back I wrote about how a presentation from Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil had made it crystal clear that services would go down, taxes would go up or we could add to our tax base. With that in mind I...
Read MoreJust Ask us Local Folks
Posted by Staff | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have been mulling my next topic for days… between my previous columns about college football distress locally as compared with the devastating allegations at Penn State, a Congressional Super Committee seemingly as...
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