Carrboro
Are the County and Towns Tracking Our Cell Phones?
Blog entry Submitted by Damon Seils on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:09pm.In August 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina Foundation filed public records requests with all 100 North Carolina counties and all police departments in municipalities with populations larger than 30,000. The requests were part of a nationwide effort coordinated by the ACLU to determine under what circumstances law enforcement agencies are tracking cell phones. Both the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Chapel Hill Police Department received the requests, and here's what the ACLU found.
Carrboro Bicycle Coalition Celebration & Fundraiser
Event Submitted by Damon Seils on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 12:15pm.From the Carrboro Bicycle Coalition's spring 2012 newsletter:
Join us at the newly-expanded Looking Glass Café at 601 W. Main St. on Friday, April 13, from 5:30 to 9:30. Ride your bike if you can! We’ll have food trucks and activities (including the bike blender for you to make your own smoothie), and we’ll once again be raffling off many great prizes from local merchants! We’ll have T-shirts to sell, and there’ll be music, too. The funds we raise will go toward several projects—see our "year in review" article to see what we've been up to so far, and what we hope to accomplish. We may have a cruiser ride after the fundraiser ends, so come prepared. Hope to see you there!
Chapel Hill/Carrboro CROP Hunger Walk - March 25
Event Submitted by rexmercer on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 6:08pm.
Merritt Crossing Redux
Blog entry Submitted by Mark Chilton on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 10:45am.Yesterday I received a call from a woman who lives in a tent she assembled in the woods east of the railroad tracks near land that Chapel Hill purchased from the estate of Leo Merritt. I have known her for several years and she has been a part of the downtown Carrboro community for a long time. I had mixed emotions about what she had to say. She is moving next month to be with another member of her family in a nearby state. On the one hand, I am happy for her that she will (presumably) have more formal housing arrangements, but on the other hand I will miss seeing her around Carrboro.
CVS neighborhood meeting
Event Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 5:37pm.From CarrboroCitizen.com:
Neighbors of 201 N. Greensboro St. are invited to a meeting on Feb. 8 from 7-9 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall to discuss the proposed CVS development project.
This will be the last neighborhood meeting before a public hearing. Attendees will be updated by developers on plans for the second floor and will hear answers to questions and concerns addressed at the previous meeting in December.
To ensure all questions will be answered at the meeting, email any questions you might have to Chris Bostic at chris.bostic@kimley-horn.com.
Building Occupied! - blog post from triANARCHY
Blurt Submitted by BrianR on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 7:49pm.carrborocommune Livestream - live audio broadcast from inside CVS building
Blurt Submitted by BrianR on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 7:43pm.Carrboro aldermen vote 4-3 to rezone 500 N Greensboro Street for potential "Shelton Station" mixed-use project
Blurt Submitted by Damon Seils on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:42pm.Carrboro to Consider Resolution Against Corporate Personhood
Blog entry Submitted by Damon Seils on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 7:31pm.Alderman Dan Coleman plans to introduce a resolution against corporate personhood to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. In an e-mail to his colleagues on the board, Coleman asked that the draft resolution be added to the board's January 17 agenda. The resolution responds to the 2010 US Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, which essentially cleared the way for unlimited election spending by corporations and other groups.
Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro 2.0: The Next Phase
Blog entry Submitted by Geoff Gilson on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 11:27am.On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro will make history by becoming one of the very few, longstanding Occupy encampments in the country to peacefully and voluntarily transition to a new phase in its evolution.
Members of OCHC are planning a special day in celebration of the power and potential of the 99% movement. And they have invited the whole community. That means YOU!!
The day’s events will kick off at 3 p.m. with taking down tents and cleanup of the Peace and Justice Plaza, 179 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill. Press are welcome to attend. This will be followed by a press conference at 4:30 p.m., at which Occupiers will present plans for the future. A General Assembly will be held at 6 p.m. at the Plaza.
Following the General Assembly, OCHC will be hosting a dance party at the Plaza, starting at about 8 p.m.
