THIS MONTH’S THEME: TIME FOR SCHOOL AND THE SUMMER DROUGHT’S CONSEQUENCES
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
Habitat for Humanity Talks Affordable Housing
BOLD Construction: Building Homes — and Relationships
Carrboro Development Trends: Growth Pressures, Affordability Goals and a Community in Transition
Chapel Hill Development at a Crossroads: Housing supply, affordability strategy, transit-oriented growth, and the shape of a changing community
ARTS & CULTURE
A Season of Wonder: 2026-27 Preview of Programming at Carolina Performing Arts
Media Preview: Ackland Art Museum Opens Two New Exhibitions Showcasing Latest Additions to Collection
A Chat with Tom Meltzer About His First Solo Album Nice Things
Kelariz Keshavarz and The NEFES Ensemble Make a Strong Case for Multiculturalism While Delighting the Senses
COLUMNS
My Two-Wheeled Teacher
One of the first things I learned from cycling was that I could travel far enough under my own power to get in trouble.
Naming Names
We recently adopted a trio of mature hens from a friend who was moving to a less chicken-friendly place. We named them Coffee, Latte and Cocoa, primarily because of their colors and in honor of two of our former chickens.
Decrypting Your New Phone Bill
I have some questions about my new phone bill, which my phone company, which prefers to be called my wireless carrier, prefers to call my billing statement, because it’s clearly too difficult for my communications company to communicate clearly.
Financial Reckonings – The collected works of Buffet and Munger
Every year around this time Warren Buffett publishes his annual shareholder letter as part of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual report. Its publication becomes an event in the financial media, and rightly so.
FORE!!!
Hello again to all you avid golfers in Chapel Hill and the surrounding towns and counties.
Losing a Support System
My support system is rapidly disappearing – and I’m finding this very disconcerting. How can all these people who are there to assist me even contemplate their retirement before I’m out of commission?
UNC $30 Billion Ripple Effect
Quick pop quiz: how much is a university actually worth to a state? For UNC-Chapel Hill, the answer just got a lot more specific—and a lot more impressive. UNC alumni working in North Carolina generated more than $30 billion in total economic activity during fiscal year 2025.
Window Wildlife Watching
Not everyone can go out to walk in nature and sometimes those of us who are usually mobile may be confined to home for some reason. But that needn’t mean we can’t start or continue watching wildlife through a window or from a balcony or porch.
A grandfather’s homecoming
“Sometimes it takes a journey to come home.”
Town and Country: The Dark Side of the Fourth
May 4, 1970, four college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guard troops.