The Eagles gas station and service center seems to have given up the ghost and sold out to the “Refuel” corporation. Eagles were originally approved by Pittsboro Town to build, then the Town attempted to rezone the area and pull the permit. Evidently, Eagles fought for their rights granted byContinue Reading
Chatham County Commissioners Approve 2024-30 Capital Improvement Program Why are the taxpayers shouldering 47.6 M to build a new elementary school in Chatham Park. Why are the developers not paying for this? Can someone explain this. Fed up with the ever increasing property taxes while developers get rich. And really,Continue Reading
Hi All, The most important words in our Constitution are: “We The People”. In our Representative Republican, the most important role to fulfill as a member of “We The People” is to vote. Not by party affiliation. Not by how your grandfather or grandmother voted. And not by the lastContinue Reading
Take our survey (poll closes at 9 pm on October 6): Place your guess at https://www.polltab.com/4eUGsAIORPp The following have applied for the District 1 seat: ? Stanley Beeks, who most recently retired as deputy general director from a company that provides products and services in the fields of cryptography, eTravel documents,Continue Reading
Chatham County residents 60 year and better are invited to join us for exciting events at the Western Chatham Senior Center this week! Cooking Class with Chef Minter from Central Carolina Community College on Tuesday, September 27th at 1:00pm. Chef Minter will be teaching us how to make no sugarContinue Reading
For several days now, I have been considering commenting on the gun show being held at the agricultural center and more recently, Gene’s poll on whether or not such events should be allowed. I am glad that I held off in responding because as providence would have it, earlier todayContinue Reading
Take our online poll on gun shows at the Chatham Ag Center HERE. (voting ends on July 4 at 10 pm EDT) A Chatham Chatlist member asked the following question last week – Guess I shouldn’t be shooting off my mouth about this, but was just wondering how proud ChathamContinue Reading
Is anyone else having issues with delivery of mail or picking up mail put in the mailbox from Moncure PO? Yep! So many issues. They delivered a package with a hand written note on the package, in red ink, that said I owed them money. I knew I didn’t soContinue Reading
Recently called Chatham Solid Waste Dept C/O dumps being closed on Sunday. Most tax paying citizens do home and yard work on the weekends. Reasoning. (after explains 4 times that I do know) of shortage of CDL drivers because of his gas lighting). Remember. The trash amount does not decreaseContinue Reading
Pittsboro, NC – Due to a shortage of Commercial Driver License (CDL) drivers, seven Chatham County Solid Waste & Recycling Collection Centers will close temporarily. Starting Thursday, September 23, the following Collection Centers will be closed: Asbury, Bennett, Crutchfield Crossroads, Goldston, Hadley, Harpers Crossroads, and Marthas Chapel. “Solid Waste &Continue Reading
Thank you, Mike. You have been a wonderful leader for your group at the Health Dept. and for Chatham County. This has been a trying year; all of us trying to stay alive against the onslaught of a new disease, caused by a new virus that none of us knewContinue Reading
Stopped by the Pittsboro traffic circle on Monday afternoon. Crew was working on painting lines for the crosswalks. Circle was due to open by the end of the day for car traffic. Ongoing work will continue with intermittent traffic interruptions on the northwest side of the circle by the musicContinue Reading
Hi Chatlisters, I figured I’d share our tax value appeal story, maybe it’ll help someone else. We received our Chatham County tax value reappraisal last week and it had increased almost $120,000 over the 2020 value! We had refinanced our mortgage almost exactly a year ago and, luckily, an appraisalContinue Reading
== Insects == Bronwyn Watson’s post about having to clean her windshield for the first time in a long time reminded me of an article i had read about that same sort of observation.[1] I found it in my notes quickly. Entomologists have noted the “windshield phenomenon” — people realizingContinue Reading
An idea that has been voiced a few times in the past is to split the county. Lee was once part of Chatham. Divide it at the river, Siler City could become the county seat, leaving Pittsboro the seat for the other. Who stays the name “Chatham” could be leftContinue Reading