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Man who tried to kidnap jogger pleads guilty
The man who pepper-sprayed a female jogger and then tried to kidnap her from downtown Chapel Hill in 2010 has pleaded guilty to all the charges associated with the assault.
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General manager of General Store Café hopeful for new owner
The General Store Café in Pittsboro, a community hub for art, live music and food consumers, closed last month as the operators could no longer sustain the business under a debt they’d taken on for an expansion planned when times were good.
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Democratic primary for board getting crowded
A former Carrboro Alderman, a technology consultant and a student filed to run for election Monday for seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the N.C. General Assembly.
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Council to consider cellphone ban next month
A vote by the Town Council on whether to ban motorists’ use of cellphones and other handheld devices could come as early as next month.
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State official supports town’s proposed ban
A proposed ban on motorists’ use of cellphones is getting a lot of attention beyond town limits, and in high places. Last week, Deborah A. P. Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), wrote Councilwoman Penny Rich a letter in support of the Town Council’s efforts to enact a cellphone ban on Chapel Hill roads, calling the town a “catalyst for this important change.”
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Council to consider driver cellphone ban
The Town Council could move a step closer Monday to adopting an ordinance banning motorist’s use of cellphones and other handheld devices while operating a motor vehicle.
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More candidates file for election
After the initial rush of people to sign up to run for office in Orange County, just a few have registered to run in the past several days.
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Suppressed confession enhances Dalzell’s sentence
A murder confession made by a Carrboro murder suspect came back to bite him during a sentencing hearing for a completely different case in federal court.
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I get letters (and really great chili)
Do you remember the scene in “Miracle On 34th Street” when Santa is on trial? The courtroom doors open, and mailmen bring in what has to be truckloads of letters addressed to St Nick. Writing a weekly food column, I get mail as well. While the jolly fat man’s haul could fill up a couple of warehouses, my take might fill a shoe box -- for Barbie shoes. A few of my notes are sent to point out my grammatical errors (yes, I know gotta and jillio...
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Town expects fewer federal dollars for affordable housing
Another round of federal belt-tightening will mean fewer dollars flowing into town from the Community Development Block Grant Program for fiscal year 2012-13. Town officials said this week that the town’s annual grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been slashed 22 percent over the previous year’s allocation.
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Watching our Wasteline: New recycling bins arrive; it’s comp...
Town of Chapel Hill crews have installed along downtown Franklin Street 13 new recycling containers to collect conveniently cans and bottles that previously were mostly thrown in the trash. Another four recycling containers have been placed in Southern Village’s central business area. Orange County’s Solid Waste Department Recycling Division will collect the recycled materials under contract to the Town.
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The Chapel Hill Herald | Nancy Oates <br> Tar Heel Tattoo owner James Padilla and Meghan Thayer, who handles the business side and now is learning to do tattoos, are working to integrate to the shop into the community. Padilla wants the shop to be seen as more than a tattoo business, but as a place for artists from different walks of life.
Living artwork: Tar Heel Tattoo finding home in Chapel Hill
Tattoo artist James Padilla takes the Second Friday Art Walk literally. Every new work of art he completes walks out the door, permanently installed in the skin of its new owner.
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Van Name in his own space as 1,000-point scorer
No guy in the five-year history of Carrboro High School basketball has poured in more buckets than Keenan Van Name, who this season -- his senior season -- scored the 1,000th point of his career.
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Students test their reasoning at Ethics Bowl
Reason and logic were the names of the game at the second annual Triangle High School Ethics Bowl as 14 teams of high school students spent last Saturday exploring various moral quandaries.
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Council makes changes to towing rules
Motorists unlucky enough to have their cars towed from a downtown business will at least have the benefit of whipping out the plastic to pay for their misfortune.
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Rich files for County Commissioners seat
The surprises in Orange County politics continued this week when City Councilwoman Penny Rich filed for election to a seat on the Orange County Commissioners. Rich, 52, was elected to the Town Council in 2009. Her term ends in 2013, so she will not forfeit her council seat if not elected to the county board.
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Comprehensive plan centerpiece of State of the Town
The town’s ongoing effort to rewrite its comprehensive plan emerged as a dominate theme Monday in Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt’s State of the Town address.
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Three file for House seat
Orange County Commissioner Valerie Foushee has filed to run for the District 50 seat in the N.C. House of Representatives instead of filing to run for re-election to the Board of Commissioners.
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Special to The Herald-Sun | Mark Dolejs <br> Laura Tapp and Troy Marshall of Vintage Bees shown with one of their products, a chocolate creamed honey, at Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center in Hillsborough on Tuesday.
Local producers present at Orange ag summit
The growth has been dizzying for Vintage Bee’s creamed or whipped honey business, said Jack Tapp, a company co-owner.
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New rules for Peace and Justice Plaza
When members of the local Occupy movement set up shop on the town’s Peace and Justice Plaza for a long-term stay last fall, the group was technically in violation of town rules against such actions.
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