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Chapel Hill’s taxes likely to go up
Chapel Hill is looking at a tax increase. Major reasons are the increase in town service costs, transit costs, and the cost to build a $31.4 million Municipal Services Center housing a new police and fire headquarters, and other departments. Town Manager Roger...
What can we learn from the elections?
The absence of a local newspaper meant little information about the candidates. Without a local newspaper, there are few opportunities to inform voters about the candidates or to hold a debate and to hear different views. In a vacuum, what's left assumes greater...
Good Transit Matters to Orange County
It’s been a year since the County Commissioners voted to proceed with an expensive commitment to fund the Durham Orange Light Rail Transit, (DOLRT), commonly referred to as the light rail project. We sat down with Orange County Commissioner Earl McKee to ask him for...
“Retirement residences” Removes Seven Acres of Trees
The “Chapel Hill Retirement Residences” will be built on Estes Drive adjacent to the Somerset and Huntington Drive neighborhood and next to Phillips Middle School. The apartments are intended for senior residents, although the company is selling out before...
Love Being Outdoors?
If the answer is yes, the Orange County Department on Aging is seeking your input about Orange County’s OUTDOOR SPACES. The Orange County Department on Aging has working groups that are contributing to the implementation of the county-wide Master Aging Plan for...
Chapel Hill Approves Affordable Housing Bond for Vote
Wednesday, March 2018 Chapel Hill Town Council took the courageous and principled action of voting for a 10 million dollar bond earmarked for providing more affordable housing to our community. Council members struggled with the testimony of people who wanted even...
Save Chelsea Group Reaches Agreement with Current Owners
Save the Chelsea, a group of local film fans, filmmakers, artists and business people has reached agreement with current owners Bruce and Mary Jo Stone to purchase and take over operation of the Chelsea Theater effective March 30, 2018. As a result of a grass roots...
Chapel Hill, Hillsborough forced to sacrifice in light rail funding bid.
In this Herald Sun Article report Tammy Grubb explains how Chapel Hill and Hillsborough were outvoted at the Feb 14th regional Metropolitan Planning meeting and found to their chagrin that funding for their local transit projects was denied in favor of a train to...
Learn About Tiny Homes
CHALT sponsored a public forum on TINY HOMES on February 19th at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Susan Levy, Executive Director Orange Council Habitat for Humanity began the forum by describing the housing crisis for people in low and lower income levels in Chapel...
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