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By D. Lars Dolder, Chatham News + Record Staff After a crippling year for the restaurant industry, Greg and Maria Lewis — former owners of the defunct Pittsboro Roadhouse — are back on their feet and set to unveil a new fine dining experience by month’s end. The Sycamore, a gourmet steakhouse featuring dry-aged beef from […]
By D. Lars Dolder, Chatham News + Record Staff It’s not often businesses host ribbon-cutting ceremonies for their lavatories, but last Wednesday’s Bath House reveal at The Plant on Lorax Lane matched the site’s commitment to “quirkiness.” The new Bath House isn’t what it might sound like — it’s not a meeting place for public bathing, […]
By D. Lars Dolder, Chatham News + Record Staff As aggressive expansion barrels on in Pittsboro, the cost of running the town’s government is surging. To meet rising costs of infrastructure development and broaden the scope of town services, Pittsboro’s tentative budget for fiscal year 2021-22 proposes a 43% increase in total municipal spending as compared to […]
By D. Lars Dolder, Chatham News + Record Staff The Pittsboro Police Department has concluded its investigation into an April 11 incident involving three off-duty law enforcement officers, according to a PPD press release, charging two of them. The three officers — two of whom PPD identified as now-former Chatham County Sheriff’s Office deputies Alexis Bonilla and Gregory D. […]
By D. Lars Dolder, Chatham News + Record Staff Town leadership, including the board of commissioners and town staff, have worked behind the scenes for more than a year to resolve Pittsboro’s worsening water contamination issues. A lack of transparency, though, has veiled their intentions and left many residents unsure of the town’s progress, according to Town […]