Edith Wiggins News Today

The 5:00 News: The Greene Tract and Remembering Edith Wiggins 97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell shares the latest local news around the community on Thursday, April 8. The Chapel Hill Town Council passes an interlocal agreement on the Greene Tract, meaning the local government can move forward with Carrboro and Orange County on the property’s future. Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver speaks out against state bills aiming to limit resources to transgender youth. And the community rec...

To begin its meeting on Wednesday, the Chapel Hill Town Council held a moment of silence for long-time Chapel Hill community member Edith Wiggins, who died on Sunday, April 4. Wiggins, who retired from the council in 2005, lived in the town for decades and helped usher in many changes as an elected official and community leader. She moved to Chapel Hill for graduate school in 1962 after being raised and going to college in Greensboro. As the social worker remained in the area, she became more a...