Chapel Hill Begins New Planning Effort

 David Adams, resident of Colony Woods, sent this letter  the Mayor and Council, Dear Mayor Hemminger and Chapel Hill Town Council members, Mayor Hemminger, Council Members, and Consultant Keesmaat: I attended the Town Council work session on June 21st in which you...

Get Outside! Enjoy Our Wildlife

Photos by Mary Sonis One of the best ways we’ve found to maintain good humor and balance during this stressful time is to limit news to prescribed times of day and get outside to take walks to enjoy the gift of a beautiful North Carolina spring and summer. Walks...

First Results: January 2022 Subscriber Survey

In January 2022, we asked subscribers to the Chapel Hill Matters newsletter to answer a 5-minute, confidential feedback survey. We wanted to know – what’s important to readers, and how are we doing? (Please note that newsletter subscribers ≠ CHALT...

CHALT asks for correction in N&O article

Dear Editors,  Your October 8th article mischaracterizes the relationship between The Local Reporter and CHALT. CHALT has expressed the harm done to civic life in Chapel Hill by the loss of our local newspaper and the hope that a replacement could be found. We have...

The Legacy of George Floyd

Syrian artist Aziz Alasmar paints a mural of George Floyd on the remains of a collapsed building in Binnish, a town in Syria’s Idlib province.  Mohamad Jamalo The Global Legacy of George Floyd — Rev. William Barber –  “If we take time to listen to...