The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School district will soon begin clearing the path for a new elementary school in Northside. Local school officials said workers will begin deconstructing several buildings at the site next week to make way for the new school, temporarily called Elementary School 11.
Today could be the last day of jury selection in the case of the man accused of killing former student body president Eve Carson. After getting off to a slow start, Judge Allen Baddour told potential jurors Thursday he is hopeful arguments in the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr.
Seven protesters who were arrested Sunday during the Chapel Hill Police raid on the formers Yates Motor Company building did not enter any plea at a court appearance Thursday, but were scheduled to reappear in court on Jan. 30 at Orange County District Court. The defendants, Monica Ganguly, Ellen Crawford, Jack Jarrell, Eva Jones, David Maliken, Kassandra Ofray, Daniel Regenscheit, appeared in Orange County District Court in Hillsborough Tuesday morning.
In the two days since Chapel Hill police raided the former Yates Motor Company building, Occupy Chapel Hill members say they have seen an increase in local support for their movement.
Chapel Hill is continuing its history of branching out internationally, and town officials hope to see a budding partnership with a town in the Galapagos grow.
Election advertisements are popping up along highways and roadsides in Chapel Hill. Those hallmarks of election season are the product of fundraising — which most of those running engage in. But candidates debate how donations should be raised and how important they are to local elections.
The upcoming municipal election is officially a nonpartisan affair, but town officials and candidates say political parties continue to exert their influence in Chapel Hill.
Alabama Avenue’s close-knit neighborhood feel could be lost if a proposed Family Dollar store passes the town of Carrboro’s approval process.
Local agricultural experts and farmers are optimistic that a program to promote locally grown food can now obtain a grant they say will help it flourish. At Tuesday’s Orange County Board of Commissioners meeting, the board authorized county staff to submit a $148,500 grant proposal to the Golden LEAF Foundation on behalf of the local food branding program Piedmont Grown.
Local officials hope a new downtown Chapel Hill development might fill a void in affordable rental housing.
