"Garner Opens 4.2 Mile Loop Of Sidewalks" - Wake County - MyNC.com

Where is the Chapelboroham version of this?

"Safety Group Seeks Ban on Texting While Driving" - NYTimes.com

Bravo!

Why we have to wait weeks more before this is illegal in NC is a mystery to me.

"F.D.I.C. Says Banking Industry Lost $3.7 Billion" - NYTimes.com

I wonder which banks in Chapelboroham might be facing challenges beyond Harrington Bank?

"Unveiling a Plastic Bag Ban in Mexico City" - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

And in Chapelboroham?

"heraldsun.com: St. Mary's celebrates 250 years sin..."

"A Surprise Increase in Jobless Claims" - NYTimes.com

See the reference to North Carolina. Are we all paying enough attention to this and looking for solutions ahead of problems?

"Paris Plans Zero-Emissions Car-Sharing" - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com

And Chapelboroham is out ahead of this exactly how?

"Green Home Projects in a Down Economy" - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

What's been the impact on Chapelboroham?

"John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare" - WSJ.com

I wonder if this reflects the views of the people who work at Whole Foods in Chapel Hill. We should ask them.

"Montreal Exports its Bike-Sharing Program" - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Given the increasing obesity of North Carolinians, might this not be an import worth considering?

NC poll

Do any of the Republicans who answered that they did not think or were not sure whether President OBAMA was born in the US, and did not think Hawaii is a state in the US, live in Chapelboroham? Scarily, I am afraid they do. There is no reason that we should not offer to help these poor souls. They surely need all that we can give.

Retirement options in Chapel Hill

I asked each of the main retirement communities in Chapel what is the average age of their newest residents. Here is the response:

Galloway Ridge – “low seventies”
Carol Woods – 73
Cedars – 74.5
Carolina Meadows - 80

"Trains and Vans May Beat Taxis to the Airport" - NYTimes.com

And in Chapelboroham, what's the trend?

"News Site Keeps Focus on Town’s Recession" - NYTimes.com

Who is doing the best job of watching recession in Chapelboroham?

Make the Varsity a non-profit theater? - chapelhillnews.com

See the third letter on this link advocating non-profit status for the Varsity so as to keep it operating.

I'd say it's a function of commitment; how many people are willing to put up money in the way that Weaver Street Market is organized to support a community movie theater? That's the real issue. There is no reason not to try!

In France, where I spend a lot of time, the city of Nice acquired a theater with many problems and has turned it into a quite successful operation. Instead of concentrating on two screens, tho, the Nice theater has about 6 smaller ones and perhaps 30 films shown over the course of each week.

I think other formulas need to be tried both in organizing the theater and in what and how films are shown. I do not know what the architectural considerations may be but perhaps the same idea would work even better in another space.