Environment

May 20, 2020

Brown Bequest to Help Preserve County Land

Joyce Brown’s advocacy for the environment is continuing even after her death. The estate of the former long-time Chapel Hill Town Council member has made a nearly $2 million bequest to the Eno River Association to maintain and purchase land and easements in Orange County within the Eno River basin.

UNC Sued Over Coal-Burning Plant

CHCCS Student Climate Activism Takes Many Forms

Journalists Travel to Chapel Hill to Discuss Climate Change

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… And you can read it, too. Take the pulse of the community by reading email that people have sent to our elected officials. Learn what’s on the minds of residents and what local governing boards may be discussing soon by scrolling through the email archives of the governing boards.

Access Chapel Hill town council email archives at: https://councilmail.townofchapelhill.org/searchform.do.
Access Carrboro town council email at: http://archive.townofcarrboro.org/searchform.do.
Access the Orange County commissioners’ archive at: https://groups.google.com/g/ocbocc.

April 16, 2021

John News v50: 4/16/21

Direct from his Chapel Hill home, it’s “John News,” a video podcast written, produced and performed by 8-year-old John Wortman, a second-grader at Ephesus Elementary School. The Local Reporter is proud to present the weekly “John News” to help, in John’s words, “bring some happiness to people during these trying times.”