It looks like the Carrboro Board of Aldermen may proceed with tonight's public hearing on the CVS rezoning, despite the developer's request for another delay.

"The public has already been notified and informed and they are prepared to speak at the hearing on Tuesday," Alderwoman Michelle Johnson told Town Manager David Andrews in an email.

"I think this is unfair to the public who has been waiting for a year to be heard. As you all recall, the applicant requested to postpone the public hearing last April indefinitely," she added.

Andrews responded that he thinks the board has the option of holding the hearing as advertised. Alderwoman Jacquie Gist then asked if the developer has been notified the board intends to hold the hearing, further suggesting that's what the aldermen will do when they meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Town Hall.

The latest request to postpone the hearing until April comes after the Planning Board voted 4-3 against recommending the rezoning request for 201 N. Greensboro St. to a conditional business zoning.

The Planning Board found that "the requested change in zoning would not advance the public health, safety, or welfare and would be inconsistent with the community’s vision for creative and ample commercial development in downtown Carrboro."

The CVS project has been controversial. The developer says they have outgrown their store in the Carr Mill shopping center. Neighbors and some community activists have said the proposed 24/7 store at the corner of North Greensboro and Weaver streets would harm the historic mill house neighborhood.

Correspondent Sarah Mansur contributed to this post.

Triangle drugstores have several good deals this week, including bargains on Gevalia coffee, Carmex lip balm, Colgate toothpaste, Mentos, Blue Diamond almonds, Edy's ice cream, Brach's jelly beans, Softsoap hand soap, Kleenex, General Mills cereals, Scrubbing Bubbles and Advil cold medicine.

You can also pick up a free ThermaCare heat wrap and free Advil cold medicine at CVS, free Nivea lip balm and free Poise products at Rite Aid and free Colgate at Walgreens.

Keep reading for all the top deals at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens this week -- with coupons and without.

CVS, which generously rewards shoppers who use their own shopping bags, is ending the popular "Green Bag Tag" program.

For several years, CVS has given shoppers what amounts to a 25-cent bonus each time they tote their purchases home with their own bags.

To receive the credit, shoppers must first swipe a leaf-shaped green tag at the register. After four swipes, the register churns out a $1 Extra Care Buck, which can be used like cash at CVS.

The "Green Bag Tag" program will end later this year, company spokeswoman Erin Pensa said Tuesday in an email.

Triangle drugstores have several good deals this week, including bargains on Eucerin, Aquaphor and Clean & Clear skincare products, Arm & Hammer spinbrushes, Renuzit Adjustables, toilet paper, Coke 12 packs or 2 liters, M&M's, Ragu pasta sauce, Lean Cuisine Salad Additions and Kraft dinners.

You can also pick up a free trial size package of dark chocolate at CVS.

Keep reading for all the top deals at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens this week -- with coupons and without.

Several retailers have deals this week on discounted gift cards -- a great way to score a triple play in the savings game.

Your initial savings is on the discounted gift card. Pay $40, for instance, on a $50 gift card, and you've already saved 20 percent.

Then, use that gift card to purchase items that are on sale -- your second layer of savings.

And finally, be sure to use coupons, and you've achieved a triple play in couponing.

In case you missed them, here's a round-up of the various discounted gift card deals available:

The drugstores have several good deals this week, including bargains on Charmin toilet paper, Coke, Planters and Hershey's products, Hall's and Ricola cough drops, John Frieda hair care and Dove and Degree products.

It's also a great week for freebies:
You can snag free Colgate toothpaste at both CVS and Rite Aid;
free Lindor Truffles, Zyrtec, Skintimate and Edge shave gel, Tresemme hair products and GE CFL light bulbs at Rite Aid;
and free Mitchum and Chlorospetic Spray at Walgreens.

Keep reading for all the top deals at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens this week -- with coupons and without.

There's a hot coupon available on the Lindt Chocolate USA Facebook page -- $3 off a bag of chocolates.

Snag it before it reaches its limit and disappears.

Then take it to Rite Aid, where Lindt Lindor truffles are on sale this week for $2.99.

That's free chocolate.

Or take it to CVS, where the Lindt Lindor truffles are $3.50 for some chocolate on the cheap.

Either way, it's perfect timing for Valentine's Day.

The drugstores have several good deals this week, including bargains on toilet paper, shampoo, toothpaste, 2 liter sodas, Renu eye solution, Glad trash bags, M&M's and olive oil.

You can also snag a number of freebies, including Listerine, Keri Lotion, Stayfree pads and ThermaCare heat wraps.

Keep reading for all the top deals at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens this week -- with coupons and without.

The drugstores have several good deals this week, including free Chex Mix at Walgreens and 12-cent Children's Advil at CVS, along with good deals on Dawn dish liquid, Puffs tissues, M&M's, Ragu sauce, Quaker Oats, Blue Diamond Almonds, Pepsi, Gillette razors and cartridges, Tide detergent and Charmin toilet paper.

You can also pick up milk at Walgreens for $2.99 per gallon, if you missed out on the $2.57 milk special at Harris Teeter on Saturday.

Keep reading for all the top deals at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens this week -- with coupons and without.

CVS customers have a new way to earn Extra Bucks, the paper rewards you can use like cash to make purchases.

Customers will now be rewarded for filling prescriptions, getting immunizations and signing up for pharmacy emails and texts.

For example: