Government

Chapel Hill has a dedicated group of individuals that make up a 24-hour emergency response team helping local citizens and police officers in times of crisis.

On Monday, June 20, the Town of Chapel Hill named the transit facility on Millhouse Road in honor of Howard and Lillian Lee.

Climate activists, concerned residents and an elected official gathered virtually Wednesday evening for an information session regarding the potential development of a parcel within Chapel Hill that contains coal ash. 

Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council and town residents offered feedback on a number of developments currently working their way through the municipal review process during the body’s regular meeting on June 15.

The Chapel Hill Town Council approved its budget for the next fiscal year Wednesday evening.

With an upcoming vote for next fiscal year’s budget looming, members of the Chapel Hill Town Council worked to clarify some last-minute details on how the fiscal year 2022-2023 budget during the council’s regular meeting on June 1.

Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council received a heavy dose of community feedback Wednesday evening.

Money talks, and was much talked about at Wednesday’s meeting of the Chapel Hill Town Council. 

In a decision heavy evening, Chapel Hill Town Council members took some initial steps Wednesday toward improving road safety and made a potential stride toward expanding affordable housing opportunities.

Initial consideration of money and who gets it made up the majority of discussion at the Chapel Hill Town Council’s work session Wednesday.

Chapel Hill’s elected officials Wednesday evening discussed parts of town less often in the limelight including the contributions of local African American leaders and the plight of local mobile home park residents.

Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council approved a memorandum of understanding regarding the development of a land parcel that houses a police headquarters and contains coal ash.

Issues around housing and development in Chapel Hill were the focal points of the March 9 Town Council meeting.

The Chapel Hill Town Council heard more information regarding the next steps for redeveloping a coal ash site during a single-issue work session Wednesday evening.

In a session addressing some leftover business from 2021, the Chapel Hill Town Council Wednesday evening talked about money and the type of housing downtown does not need.

The emotional core of Wednesday evening’s Town Council session saw elected officials dissect issues regarding multiple pedestrian and bicyclist safety incidents.

The Chapel Hill Town Council discussed potential improvements to Franklin Street and reviewed community feedback regarding incoming federal funds during a work session Wednesday evening. 

At the Jan. 26 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting, the development team of Belmont Sayre presented options for redeveloping the coal ash dump where the police station sits.

Council members met Wednesday evening to give feedback on a proposed housing project to be built on undeveloped land in southern Chapel Hill, across 15-501 from Southern Village.

In its first working session of 2022, the Chapel Hill Town Council discussed projected housing needs and excess funds from the 2021 fiscal year. 

The board of directors for the Orange Water and Sewer Authority took aim at a long-range planning project Wednesday evening that has been decades in the making. 

The Chapel Hill Town Council voted Wednesday evening to approve a building some elected officials are calling one of the most important development projects in decades. 

In one of its last meetings of 2021, the Chapel Hill Town Council approved several measures Wednesday evening.

The Chapel Hill Town Council discussed two options for increasing affordable housing in its session Wednesday, along with approving a conditional zoning application for a mixed-use development along Erwin Road. 

Building height and doing construction projects right were two main topics of discussion for the Chapel Hill Town Council at its Wednesday Oct. 27 meeting.

While there were officially three items of discussion on the docket for Wednesday’s Town Council meeting, the only real issue at hand was water….

Between a police station and plenty of coal ash is the predicament the Chapel Hill Town Council found themselves in on Wednesday evening. An updated report found that an over 50-year-old coal ash dump poses no threat to public health in its current state.

Two of Chapel Hill’s community advisory boards met this week to discuss major redevelopment projects currently making their way through the Town’s review process….