The Carrboro Town Hall will host a community forum July 29 at 7 p.m. entitled “Environmental Issues in the 2008 Elections.” The event is sponsored by the Town Hall and OWASA precincts of the Orange County Democratic Party. Daniel Whittle, staff attorney at the N.C Office of the Environmental Defense Fund, will lead the forum and discuss key local and national environmental issues, including Duke Energy’s Cliffside coal plant, offshore drilling and global warming. For more information, see www.owasadems.org.

By Taylor Sisk
Staff Writer

The Board of County Commissioners reviewed site selection criteria for a solid-waste transfer station this week, settling on a process that starts by eliminating environmentally sensitive areas and that looks for sites close to major roads and heavy trash generation.

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