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Developer Falsely Claims Aura Project will Solve Traffic Problems on Estes
Chapel Hill does not needs another project made up of expensive rentals. At a recent Council economic development meeting a consultant told the Chapel Hill Town Council the Town has an oversupply. Rentals will go for around $3000. a month according to the Texas based...
AURA Proposal Endangers Mobility on Estes Drive
Elementary and Phillips Middle School families, thirteen+ neighborhoods, and commuters will be harmed by traffic at AURA and future projects. Aura is a major housing development proposed by Trinsic Residential Group, a Texas- based developer, for the clear-cut land...
Time to get a COVID vaccination if you are in Group 4…
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. Feb. 24 2021 ― Orange County Public Health announced Feb. 24 that pre-K through grade 12 and childcare workers are eligible to receive a COVID vaccine. Other frontline essential workers listed in Group 3 will become eligible March 10. Caveat: Trials...
Short-Term Rentals in Chapel Hill
After studying the growing short-term rental (STR) industry with a diverse study group for two years, we believe that a fair regulation can be written to apply to all short-term rentals in Chapel Hill which would allow owner operated STRs to function within a...
UNC- Chapel Hill delays start of in-person classes
UNC announces that classes will still begin on Jan. 19 as planned, but they will not be in-person on campus because of the record COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in North Carolina and nationally. The new start date for in-person classes is Feb. 8. Read the...
Orange County Health Department Moves into Phase 1B of COVID Vaccine Effort….
Orange County Health Department Prepares to Move into Phase 1B of COVID Vaccine Effort North Carolina has moved into Phase 1b Group 1 of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Individuals 75 and older are now eligible to receive the vaccine. Post Date: 01/07/2021 10:15 AM...
12/25 North Carolina Hits Record Hospitalizations for COVID
At least 494,511 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus and 6,360 have died, according to state health officials. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday reported 5,609 new COVID-19 cases, up from 5,255 the day before....
Hamlett Chosen New Chapel Hill Carrboro Schools Superintendent
Dr. Nyah Hamlett is set to become the latest superintendent for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system. Full article in Chapelboro. The CHCCS Board of Education unanimously approved Hamlett’s hiring and contract during Monday night’s specially-called...
Annex on South Columbia
South Columbia Street Annex The application for the Columbia Street Annex was finally approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council in February 23rd, 2021. The owner and developer requested a zoning change from residential 2 to mixed use village conditional...
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