Chapel Hill residents push back on proposed cuts to public library

Some Chapel Hill residents are voicing frustration with Orange County leaders over a proposal to cut $621,000 in funding for the Chapel Hill Public Library during the next two years.

Several residents told ABC11 that they are unhappy with the Orange County Board of Commissioners and County Manager Travis Myren, who has suggested that residents can also use the Southern Branch Library in Carrboro.

The county opened that branch in March 2025 as Myren described it in a 12-page memo as providing “robust library services.”…

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