Carrboro CVS is occupied, closes up parking lot

It’s not that I don’t have sympathy for the Occupy people. I spent a good deal of my college career in sit-ins and various student protests.  But in those days we were protesting a war that was killing hundreds of thousands of people. The little town of Carrboro is famously liberal, having had one of the [...]


Carrboro advisory boards weigh in on the Carrboro CVS

I am a bit late with this news, but on May 5th the developer of the proposed new CVS building in Carrboro presented the concept of the new store to the town’s advisory boards.  (You can read my earlier comments on the new CVS building here.)  A brilliant synopsis of the advisory board comments can [...]


The new Carrboro CVS is one step closer to reality

What’s the controversy over CVS in Carrboro? CVS Caremark has formally submitted plans to develop the northwest corner of West Weaver Street and North Greensboro Street into a mixed use building which will ultimately house a CVS drugstore.  CVS currently has a store across the street in the Carr Mill Mall complex next to the [...]