I wanted to share information about a new policy pending adoption by OWASA, which would increase water/sewer connection fees adjacent to large pipelines installed after September.
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Local resident David Adams provides his comments on the Chapel Hill town budget currently under discussion.
“Why should I vote?” is a question we ask, and unfortunately, our answers often are reflected in low voter registration and turnout.
The NCGA continues its political shenanigans and disregard for our state’s most vulnerable children and young adults.
Thank you for your continued coverage of local news and the South Creek development.
What a disappointment to see TLR rerun press releases (Town of Chapel Hill on proposed tax hike) instead of writing news stories.
As former members of the Orange County Board of Education, we write to support the re-election of Carrie Doyle and Jennifer Moore to the Board and the election of Wendy Padilla for a first term on the Board.
UNC Pregnancy Discrimination/ Forced Unpaid Leave.
The forest to be destroyed for Jay Street Apartments was purchased by the town of Chapel Hill with bond money for the stated purpose of keeping open space.
December 1 is World AIDS Day
Letter to the Editor.
I attended the Chapel Hill Town Council meeting on Wednesday, March 9, and I spoke out in response to Discussion Item 8 on the Agenda.
In 2017, after saving for many years, I bought my first home.
The series Michelle [Cassell] recently completed [on Carrboro affordable housing] is quite informative and well-written.
I wanted to provide some additional information about a defining aspect of this council-led process that will set it apart from the town’s previous efforts.
While I respect everyone’s right to have an opinion, I did want to add some clarifying facts.
I’ve followed The Local Reporter since the beginning, and it is getting better all the time.
In the 1960s and 1970s, 1000 homes were built on a toxic waste dump created by Hooker Chemical Company, which had been “capped” and was sold to the public school system to avoid any liability.
By Blair Pollock Over the past 35 years, since the beginning of public recycling here, our community has heartily embraced this simplest and most popular environmental act. An early…
In the winter of 2008, I met and fell in love with Renee.
“Over the past two years, the Town Council and our staff have worked hard to adapt our meetings and our own individual situations to Zoom.”
The hugely successful recycling center at University Place is going to vanish January 31.
Thank you for pulling all the candidates for Mayor together for us readers. The compilation of questions presented to each candidate were well thought out, relevant and timely…
The News & Observer/Herald-Sun recently published an article that calls into question The Local Reporter’s (TLR) independence and promotes allegations that TLR is slanted toward the views of the Chapel Hill Alliance…
I am pleased to write in support of Karen Stegman’s reelection to the Chapel Hill Town Council. As a former Mayor, I very much appreciate what she has accomplished on the Council…
I am pleased to write in support of Karen Stegman’s reelection to the Chapel Hill Town Council. As a former Mayor, I very much appreciate what she has accomplished on the Council…
At Orange County Living Wage, we’re proud to partner with local employers, employees and community members to fight for living wages in our county.
Not to continue to beat a dead horse — I promise this will be my last comment on the subject of Buc-ee’s — but I write because this happens over and over in Orange County.
A recent N&O reader exulted in the defeat of the Efland Station Buc-ee’s proposal as a victory for Orange County environmental protection. But what was lost should temper the exuberance.
The Chapel Hill Town Council has had a vacant seat for nearly a year. It is the council’s duty to appoint another council member.
July marked the retirement of Ed Kerwin as executive director of OWASA, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority.
The Paul Green Foundation, which makes grants to diverse organizations working in the arts and human rights, stands with those who peacefully protest the brutality inflicted on our citizens of color by police and other authorities.