A campus event at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill led students to realize that being black in Chapel Hill is like living in a bubble. On Wednesday, the Carolina Union Activities Board and Carolina Association of Black Journalists showed “Black In America,” a CNN series of documentaries about issues faced in black […]
All posts for the month January, 2011
Black in Chapel Hill
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 13, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/01/13/black-in-chapel-hill/
A dandy place for a shelter
As I looked over the Planning Board Shelter Committee’s summary of recommended guidelines for where to put prospective shelters for the homeless, I had a rare moment of insight: Why not move the shelter for the homeless to University Mall instead of the library? Keep the library where it is and put the shelter in […]
Posted by Don Evans on January 12, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/01/12/a-dandy-place-for-a-shelter/
Gimme shelter redux
With last night’s Town Council meeting cancelled due to adverse weather, my mind had time to wander and ponder other options for the location of the Community House, the proposed shelter for homeless men that the town would like to site on Homestead Road, where it would be clustered with other social service facilities. The […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 11, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/01/11/gimme-shelter-redux/
Order in the court
Last week the N.C. Court of Appeals vacated a child custody order issued by Chief District Court Judge Joe Buckner in 2007, on the grounds that Buckner’s order contained “patently false” information. The decision written by N.C. Appellate Court Judge Rick Elmore noted that Buckner entered the custody order without hearing any evidence. Elmore also […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 4, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/01/04/order-in-the-court/