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Diana McDuffee

Diana McDuffee served on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen from 1995 to 2005, where she worked to preserve the town's village feel and human-scale downtown and supported annexing areas A and B of the Northern Transition Area.

Source: DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, December 6, 2005, p. 7

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  1. Mike Nelson is sworn in as mayor of Carrboro At the Board of Aldermen meeting of December 5, 1995, outgoing mayor Eleanor Kinnaird gave closing remarks and Mayor-elect Michael R. Nelson took the oath of office, along with aldermen-elect Jay Bryan, Hilliard Caldwell and Alex Zaffron. The Board then appointed Diana McDuffee to the alderman seat Nelson vacated. People: Mike Nelson, Ellie Kinnaird, Hilliard Caldwell, Diana McDuffeeTown of Carrboro: Board of Aldermen minutes, December 5, 1995
  2. Diana McDuffee leads the vote for Carrboro aldermen Running for the first time as an incumbent after her 1995 appointment, McDuffee led seven candidates with 1,755 votes. Fellow incumbents Jacquelyn Gist and Hank Anderson were also re-elected, and Allen Spalt was the only newcomer. People: Jacquelyn Gist, Hank AndersonSearch the index · DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, November 5, 1997, p. 3
  3. Hilliard Caldwell announces he will not seek another term as a Carrboro alderman Caldwell said he would not run again and named controlled growth as the board's major achievement. The Daily Tar Heel counted 16 years of service under four Carrboro mayors. People: Mike Nelson, Diana McDuffeeSearch the index · DigitalNC, The Daily Tar Heel, July 29, 1999, page 4
  4. Carrboro aldermen vote 4-3 against renaming themselves the Board of Councillors After months of debate over gender-neutral language, the board rejected a resolution, authorized by a charter change from the General Assembly, to become the Carrboro Board of Councillors. Diana McDuffee, Joal Broun and Alex Zaffron voted for the change.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, August 19, 1999, p. 2
  5. Carrboro switches its town vehicles to biodiesel fuel Carrboro began running its diesel town vehicles on B20, a blend of 20 percent biodiesel, and looked to move to pure biodiesel. Alderman Diana McDuffee had first proposed the fuel after meeting delegates from towns using it at a conference in Seattle.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, September 16, 2002, p. 5
  6. Mike Nelson presides over his last meeting as mayor of Carrboro At the December 6, 2005 meeting the Board of Aldermen approved the November 8 election results, in which Mark Chilton defeated Alex Zaffron for mayor, 1,337 to 776, and outgoing Mayor Michael Nelson gave his parting comments. People: Mark Chilton, Diana McDuffeeSearch the index · Town of Carrboro: Board of Aldermen minutes, December 6, 2005
  7. Bill Thorpe petitions the council to name the post office plaza for local activists Council member Bill Thorpe presented a petition to rename the Franklin Street post office plaza for Charlotte Adams and Joe and Lucy Straley, an idea born at Joe Straley's memorial service. The council chose to hold a public hearing, and its naming committee proposed naming the plaza for an ideal with plaques for local peace and justice activists. People: Joe Straley, Lucy Straley, Charlotte Adams, Diana McDuffeeSearch the index · North Carolina Newspapers: The Daily Tar Heel, March 29, 2006, page 3

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