Wesley Chapel NewsLocal news for Wesley Chapel, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Looking to speed new road- December 29, 2007 Weddington Mayor Nancy Anderson wants the town to consider lending money to the N.C. DOT to hasten construction of the Rea Road extension.The state has dedicated $2.3 million for the extension, but the money won't be available until 2013. Anderson says the extension, which would connect N.C. 16 to N.C. 84 and help relieve a major traffic problem in southwestern Union County, should be built sooner.Until the funds become available, Anderson said congestion will only get worse as the area...http://www.topix.net/city/wesley-chapel-nc/2007/12/looking-to-speed-new-road?fromrss=1 Our Towns: a safe place for battered women- December 27, 2007 "It's a 30-day program, during which time there is counseling, skill assessment and, with help of (South Piedmont Community College) job training" Consider these United Way statistics: From Jan. 1, 2007, to Dec. 3, there were 59 domestic-violence-related homicides in North Carolina. From July 2006 to June 2007, there were 359 calls to crisis hot lines from women in Union County; 21 of the calls were from a Wesley Chapel ZIP code (28104).Imagine a small, middle- to upper-middle-class community..http://www.topix.net/city/wesley-chapel-nc/2007/12/our-towns-a-safe-place-for-battered-wom... Big Weddington vote coming- December 20, 2007 The Weddington Town Council will vote next month on halting new developments to give the town time to help draft a transportation plan for southwestern Union County.According to the proposed moratorium ordinance, the transportation plan would address the problems facing area roads. Among them: a lack of thoroughfares, improperly located roads and 'inadequacy of existing transportation policies and regulations.'For instance, the proposed ordinance, citing the N.C. Department of Transportation,..http://www.topix.net/city/wesley-chapel-nc/2007/12/big-weddington-vote-coming?fromrss=1 State Law May Be Clarified: Lawsuits heard over Wesley Chapel's power- December 16, 2007 "This is not a case that has anything to do with annexation" A judge heard arguments last week in two complex cases that will decide whether the village of Wesley Chapel has the power to control what gets built immediately outside its borders.The outcome also could answer untested questions in state law.The village wants to use an authority called extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, or ETJ, to determine how the area around it grows.But landowners within the ETJ area have complained they...http://www.topix.net/city/wesley-chapel-nc/2007/12/state-law-may-be-clarified-lawsuits-hea... Baucom new county chair- December 6, 2007 "You also tend to criticize a lot, too. You use this as a bully pulpit. And that's OK, too. I tend to try to take the high road and solve problems instead of creating more tension between this board." The Union County commissioners have chosen Allan Baucom, a farmer starting his second year on the board, to lead them through 2008.Baucom, formerly the board's vice chairman, replaced Kevin Pressley as chairman at Monday's meeting.The role of chairman, a yearlong position, is to moderate meetings.http://www.topix.net/city/wesley-chapel-nc/2007/12/baucom-new-county-chair?fromrss=1 |