Town Council resumes meetings tonight, presumably refreshed and rarin’ to go after its 3-week spring break. Tonight’s agenda includes a number of interesting items, and perhaps a little gift. Community Home Trust starts the festivities with a petition for the town to commit to designating 13 of its parking spaces at 140 West Franklin for […]
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Back from break
Posted by Nancy Oates on April 16, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/04/16/back-from-break/
Why not live here?
At last night’s Town Council meeting, town business management director Ken Pennoyer and a band of technology professionals waxed eloquent on the wonders of Gig U, the ultra-high-speed connectivity coming to town. Following the presentation that detailed ways the new service would improve our lives, Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt crowed, “Why doesn’t everyone want to live […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on March 20, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/03/20/why-not-live-here/
Price of free speech
My column in The Weekly last week offended some Hilltop Condo owners. I had chastised the senior citizens who made multiple pleas to council to retain two rogue parking spaces residents had created in a driveway curb cut on W. Barbee Chapel Road so they wouldn’t have to drive two-tenths of a mile to the […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on March 16, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/03/16/price-of-free-speech/
Don’t block the bump
I’ve been pressed gently but relentlessly by people in the neighborhood where I own rental property to sign a petition to install traffic-calming devices on the streets that frame my corner lot. I’ve gently but relentlessly refused. My observation has been that traffic-calming devices – speed bumps, humps, tables, cushions and traffic undulation devices – […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on March 15, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/03/15/dont-block-the-bump/
Fiscally happy New Year
Town manager Roger Stancil must have eaten his New Year’s Day Hoppin’ John on behalf of the town this year. When Town Council resumes meetings tonight, council members will vote on whether to accept money from several sources. The consent agenda asks council to accept $5,000 from OWASA toward Code Red, a service that notifies […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 9, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/09/fiscally-happy-new-year/
2011 highlights
A sign in the window of the tax office at Town Hall, where about a dozen of us were waiting to pay our taxes yesterday around lunchtime, lists various products the town sells to market itself: flags, tote bags, books and ball caps. As I totaled up my various tax bills – vehicle, business, real […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 29, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/12/29/2011-highlights/
“Towing” the line
Donna Bell revealed a pragmatic side at last night’s council meeting. Police Chief Chris Blue opened the meeting with a presentation of proposed changes to the towing ordinance, followed by a parade of people who’d had to endure the expense and inconvenience of having their car towed after parking in one merchant’s private lot and […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on November 15, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/11/15/towing-the-line/
Transit report
Looks like Chapel Hill Transit is spending its Christmas money or maybe leftover TARP funds set to expire. According to a report in chapelboro.com, the town is shelling out $200,000 — perhaps as much as $300,000, depending on which source you believe — to a consulting firm to determine whether the Eubanks Road Park-n-Ride has […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 6, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/09/06/transit-report/
Park your stories here
Downtown San Francisco merchants, fed up that no one in authority in town listened to their concerns about how lack of parking was hurting their business, came up with an idea to get some publicity. They pooled their resources and held a contest for the most outrageous parking ticket story. The prize? The consortium would […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 17, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/08/17/park-your-stories-here/
Double-parked
The Chapel Hill parking superintendent says that leases for residents will be reviewed more thoroughly starting June 30, 2011, due to a violation of the town’s code of ordinances. Brenda Jones verifies parking permits for Chapel Hill residents, which are issued July 1 and expire June 30. This verification process includes the review of leases. […]
Posted by NancyDon on December 22, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/12/22/double-parked/