Reminder Alston Chapel Neighborhood Meeting on Thursday

Please remember that the second neighborhood meeting about a rezoning proposal for 63 acres of wooded property on Alston Chapel Road will be held Thursday evening at 6:00 pm at the Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center.  All neighbors and concerned citizens are encouraged to attend. At the first neighborhoodContinue Reading

Saving Pittsboro’s Trees: A Community Call to Action

At Pittsboro’s First Sunday, vendors were in the hot black parking lot instead of along the sidewalk of our main street. With no trees to offer shade it was sweltering. On WRAL May 3 evening news,when she was discussing “heat islands”. the reporter said pavement can heat an area 20 degreesContinue Reading

Help box turtles cross the road

This morning on 87 and Silk Hope, I saw a blue pickup with a trailer hit a box turtle trying to cross the road. If you can safely stop and pick the box turtle up to move it to the other side, that would respect nature. Big pickups have thatContinue Reading