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Inexpensive Fixes to Sweeten the Ride
It’s hard for a cyclist to complain about Weaver Dairy Road. A rebuild eight years ago created wide bike lanes on each side, from Martin Luther King Boulevard…
Leave Your Leaves
When we were kids on our family farm, we’d all line up with our rakes and pull back the leaves in a long roll on the big lawn.
The Dread Goblins of October: The FAFSA and the Profile
It’s October again, the days are growing shorter, the nights crisper, leaves are changing colors and falling to the earth, it’s many people’s favorite time of year. But however much…
RDU Cab Ranks Active Again
Heading into Thanksgiving week and the holidays next month, travellers using Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) have more options for ground transportation than since the start of the pandemic.
Comfort Foods – Vegan Style
It is said that food is medicine. But food also brings with it powerful connotations and memories that may be unrelated to health.
A Holiday Recipe
A classic Thanksgiving dish, updated for these perilous, angry times (heartburn included).
Chapel Hill Tigers Open Season with 27-21 Win over Orange High
Issac Marsh’s first win as Chapel Hill High School football coach came at Auman Stadium Aug. 27, 2004. It couldn’t have gone any better. The Tigers defeated Orange 48-0 when quarterback Kyle Holland threw for over 300 yards…
Mastering the Art of Growing Dahlias
When I didn’t know any better, I planted three dahlias of uncertain parentage – and they managed to return year after year.
John News v82: 11/26/21
Direct from his Chapel Hill home, it’s “John News,” a video podcast written, produced and performed by 8-year-old John Wortman, a third-grader at Ephesus Elementary School. The Local Reporter is proud to present the weekly “John News” to help, in John’s words, “bring some happiness to people during these trying times.”
Movie Night! Magical Realism, Joaquin Phoenix and West Side Story
Every other week, our Movie Night! column previews the best upcoming films showing in Chapel Hill theaters – for those who still like to go out to the movies.
Chapel Hill and Orange County, North Carolina: It is Time to Shop
Leaves are falling, vaccines are going in arms, sports fans are talking about the college basketball season — after a cold, dark, drained-of-feeling year, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough are re-emerging, puckishly.
A Home for the Holidays?
It seems to start earlier and earlier each year. For some it happens as early as October, even before Halloween and trick-or-treating.
Advocating for Trees and Leaves
This week, the town of Chapel Hill is celebrating Arbor Week, culminating in a Nov. 19 ceremony where Mayor Pam Hemminger will read an Arbor Day Proclamation and accept the Tree City USA Award from the N.C. Forest Service.
Road Warriors in the Time of Covid
On the kitchen table sprawls a Rand McNally map of the United States, the size of a college dorm room poster.
Vegan Table for Two
If you are vegan, as I am, you may have felt that little pang of anxiety when going to dine at a restaurant. Will they have something on the menu you can eat?