Carrboro News

Chahnaz Kebaier, the woman shot outside a Chapel Hill elementary school Friday, had asked a friend to pray for her as she separated from the man now accused of killing her.

Orange County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on a plan to rezone land in the Eno Economic Development District when the board meetsTuesday.

Chapel Hill police officers collect evidence Friday in the driveway in front of Mary Scroggs Elementary School in Southern Village, where a woman was shot to death just steps from the from door of the school.

By Henry Werrell news@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6630 CHAPEL HILL - The Inter-City Visit and Leadership Conference will bring together leaders of the greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro community to learn from the experiences and inner workings of another community, as well as build a stronger relationship between these two communities.

A Carrboro man was charged with murder Friday in the fatal shooting of a woman in front of Mary Scroggs Elementary School minutes before school was to be dismissed for the long holiday weekend.

BY BETH VELLIQUETTE bvelliquette@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6632 CHAPEL HILL - Each day of the six-week murder trial of Brian Gregory Minton, Steve and Julie Bailey sat in the front row listening to the excruciating testimony of how their 20-year-old son Joshua McCabe Bailey died in the summer of 2008.

Decision time is approaching for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board on the future of the district's dual-language programs - and at Frank Porter Graham Elementary , the controversy continues to rage.

BY BETH VELLIQUETTE bvelliquette@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6632 CARRBORO - The PTA Thrift Shop in Carrboro jumped another hurdle Tuesday when the Carrboro Board of Aldermen unanimously approved the shop's plan to redevelop its retail store site.

By Cliff Bellamy cbellamy@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6744 Dave Buchen unfurls a roll of newsprint containing the words "Le Mort Joyeux" , "L'Albatross" , the names of poems by 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire.

Two Chapel Hill high schools have been ranked among the top 100 high schools in the nation.

I had a funny feeling about this primary election. There were a lot more so-called "X" factors than usual.

I love that Maria Rowan misses two important points in her ramble last week criticizing those we in the Carrboro community entrust with maintaining law and order: 1) The gardening activities of Carrboro Commune were preceded by three incidents of breaking and entering, engaged in by some of the same folks loosely affiliated with Carrboro Commune.

Carrboro's Alabama Avenue residents remain uncertain about the future of their neighborhood after Wednesday's Board of Adjustment special meeting.

"We're not Raleigh and we're not Durham. We're something unique, and I think we're losing it in this rush to grow." - Will Raymond rom this fourth-story perch, high in the ascending structure of Chapel Hill's mighty 140 West project, you can see it all.

After four days of deliberations in Greensboro, the jury is still out on the fate of former Senator John Edwards.

Bank of America has announced it will close its Franklin Street banking center as of September 28 this year.

Alderman Dan Coleman is stepping down from the Board this winter , leaving a vacancy on the Board that needs to be filled.

Chapel Hill's Southern Season has opened a coffee bar and changed its hours to open at 8 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. six days a week.

Residents of Carrboro , especially Alabama Avenue, have waited a week for a chance to speak on an issue they thought they would have already publicly addressed.

Recently, we posted this story about an ALERT sting that cited six local merchants for selling alcohol to underage customers.