The Board of Aldermen is being advised to open the public hearing Tuesday on Elementary School No. 10 (which we can only hope has a new name someday soon). According to the agenda items, the design of the school and the site plan have not gotten rave reviews from the town’s Transportation Advisory Board and [...]
CONSENT AGENDA
Appointment to Carolina North Fiscal Impact Analysis Monitoring Committee
Additional Agenda Item Attachment
Decision on Draft Ordinance Amending the [...]
For the Heels the ACC starts up with Florida State. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Smith Center.
Links from around the wires via Tar Heel Daily
The official word on what to watch out for from Roy via Tar Heel Blue:
“We’ve got the worst matchups this weekend we could ever have. Uche (Echefu) and (Al) [...]
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Your mill should be too if possible.
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I dunno, maybe a big story fell through and they had to think of something quick, but the front of today’s Life section of the N&O–The Seven Wonders of the Triangle–was l-a-m-é. Their picks: RTP, Cameron Indoor Stadium, that damn Acorn in Raleigh, Cameron Village (note obsession with things named Cameron) and a few others. [...]
Today in Raleigh at 1 p.m., the House Select Commitee on Captial Punishment is holding a public hearing on the Death Penalty. Chapel Hill council member Mark Kleinschmidt writes about it on his blog. The big question is whether Orange County Rep. Joe Hackney can finally muster up enough votes for a moratorium. Last session, [...]
Home game tonight starting at 8 p.m.
Hosting the Penn Quakers.
Links to previews via Tar Heel Daily
Sorry to be late, just wrapped up a long listen of the legislative hearings by the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging. The state is looking at a number of models for improving and streamlining services—a good idea since the population boom in retirees is accelerating. Some quick facts from UNC’s Institute on Aging (click [...]
In case you’re wondering:
New Year’s Schedule for Landfill and Recycling Services
Curbside recycling will not be collected on Monday, January 1, New Year’s Day. Routes that would normally be collected on that day will be collected the Saturday before, on December 30.
Have your recycling bin to the curb by 7:00 a.m.or put it out the night [...]
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One story that hasn’t gotten much attention in all the holiday hub-bub is the rise in the unemployment rate. The rate in Orange County for November rose from 3 percent to 3.4 percent—a pretty big jump— according the latest figures released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the state’s Employment Security [...]
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Now let’s talk about the weather. Bolin Creek was running full tilt earlier today thanks to about about a half-inch of rain since midnight. And get ready to usher back in another cold front. This week, it’s [...]
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