97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Every month, Aaron welcomes Mebane public information officer Kelly Hunter for “Positively Mebane,” a look at what’s going on in Mebane and what folks can see and do while they’re there.

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Kelly arrives on the heels of an eight-hour city council meeting, where town officials approved a giant Buc-ee’s gas station along the interstate. She discusses the details of the plan and what Buc-ee’s did to accommodate residents’ concerns and objections. Also: a salute to the longtime owners of Martinho’s, who are headed into retirement (though the restaurant isn’t going anywhere); the city moves to expand its water resource recovery facility; and Mebane celebrates its auto-racing history.

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