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Given the GOP's pick for VP, I am asking if there are those who think being mayor of Chapel Hill or Carboro, both with larger populations than Wasilla, Alaska make them qualified to be a heart beat away from the presidency? Interesting and frightening.
Fiona Morgan, over at the Indy,
reports that the N&O's parent company
McClatchy has the
Chapel Hill News building up for sale.
"I think if we got the right price, we'd be interested in talking with somebody," John Drescher, The N&O's executive editor, said in an interview.
Is this inevitable? Can the Carrboro Citizen pick up the slack? Is it time for more startup papers to run tight ships with old school newspaper values?
I for one am pretty sad it has come to this but am not surprised one bit. For more details see another recent article by Morgan called
What's Up? More bad news at The N&O.
The Durcham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) is beginning the process of seeking public comments on the various transportation Alternatives which it will incorporate into its 2035 plans to be submitted to the federal government later this year. These meetings will be the last opportunities for public comment before the plans are finalized and submitted so now is the time to make your voices heard.
Elon University students created a 15-minute documentary film about WCOM and Low Power FM stations called "103.5: A Radio Community."
The film has also been submitted into the Carrboro Film Festival, but you can watch it right here...
Former Orange County School Board Member Dennis Whitling is now on probation and owes $106,138.24 in penalties after being convicted of embezzling funds from a former employer. His jail sentence was suspended but he'll also have to do at least 100 hours of community service.
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