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Haw River Celebration in Saxapahaw
Join us next Saturday, May 4, from 4 - 8 pm for an afternoon in the country to celebrate the Haw River Festival in Saxapahaw. A perfect way to spend a Saturday with the family. Join River/creek Lovers from Haw River and Friends of Bolin Creek and other watersheds...
A perfect Spring morning along Bolin Creek
A beautiful cool Spring morning kept spirits high as about 30 folks explored the banks of Bolin Creek Saturday looking for spring wildflowers. As our guide Dave Otto pointed out the flowers are a bit behind schedule but in the next two weeks we should see some...
Birders rewarded
Birders from Friends of Bolin Creek and New Hope Audubon were rewarded on our March 3 bird walk with several sightings of the pileated woodpecker -- on the ground pecking ants in old logs. Mary Sonis took this photo of the pileated on a tree in 2012. ...
Paved path proposal through conservation area?
Here is a laudatory article in the Chapel Hill News about the new greenway to alleviate the hazards of biking on Greensboro St - a project which we supported. However, there are also some discomfiting quotes from Carrboro planner Jeff Brubecker about another greenway...
Update on Claremont South and NHA charter school
We have learned that National Heritage Academies has pulled out of buying the property located on Claremont South. This for-profit company had planned to develop and run the charter school with the public funds (seven million dollars) as required by state law....
Update on Chapel Hill’s look at stream buffer rules
Where is Chapel Hill in its quest to review the Town's stormwater ordinances known as the Resource Conservation District? First, here's a bit of history: In 1985, Chapel Hill established the Resource Conservation District (RCD) as an overlay zoning district to put in...