A lot has changed since we last reported on Tropical Storm Chantal flood damage at Eastgate Shopping Center. Situated at 1800 E. Franklin St. in Chapel Hill, this center has been one of the most affected commercial zones. Numerous businesses have resumed operations while others remain permanently closed.
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CHAPEL HILL – On July 6, 2025, Tropical Storm Chantal caused significant damage to local homes and businesses. One of the hardest-hit commercial areas was Eastgate Crossing, located at 1800 E. Franklin St. in Chapel Hill.
CARRBORO – Last year, Carrboro revised its business loan policy to attract more applicants — but so far, the results have been disappointing.
Market and Moss, a local restaurant in the Southern Village community, recently announced that it will be closing later this week.
This week, TLR spoke with Chef Alfrederick Coleman, also known as AC, who owns Chef On The Go in Hillsborough.
WomanCraft Gifts, a beloved local business, has relocated and is set to hold a grand reopening this weekend, May 3-4.
Deep Reflection, Inc. is one of the premier janitorial service & supply companies in western North Carolina.
Chapel Hill’s East Franklin Street is about to have another national fried chicken chain restaurant located within its iconic stretch of storefronts and businesses.
A few years ago, Meital Cohen was in New York supervising a bakery team making hundreds of cakes and cookies daily.
Orange County residents are experiencing price increases when they fill their tanks.
Scott Conary says jumping from a career in biochemistry to a career in coffee isn’t as unusual as it sounds.
Members of the local Chamber of Commerce gazed skyward as the Morehead Planetarium full dome theater filled with the sight and sound of a massive rocket launch.
Selling cheese is like matchmaking, cheesemongers Michelle and Stevie Lee Webb say.
The Oasis Cigar Lounge vacated its South Green Shopping Center premises last Monday.
When Kris Chellani reopens Franklin Street’s Classic Carolina store this Saturday, he’ll be following in his father Dhruva Chellani’s footsteps.
Nearly three and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the country is facing what may be called the beginning of an office space crisis.
The bar called The Library on Franklin Street closed due to the pandemic and it appears it will never reopen.
Alan Cohen says it took a change of name to make his Chapel Hill pen, gift and office-supply store a success.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents have been experiencing “gas pump shock” when they stop to fill their tanks.
Two Chapel Hill stores in the Eastgate Crossing shopping center have changed ownership.
There’s a road less traveled in Chapel Hill, paved with 100 million tons of rock, leading to 83 acres of what is becoming a healing sanctuary for animals and youth.
A 43-acre development across from Southern Village, received a unanimous green light from Chapel Hill Town Council last week.
Snooze, an A.M. Eatery, is opening a location in Eastgate Crossing, marking the growing company’s entrance to the Triangle.
Never let it be said that Shake Shack, a fast casual restaurant chain, doesn’t have a devoted fan base.
Carrboro’s Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26 joins a long-standing sequence of special days tied to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Let the chips fall where they may, but if they’re in your debit or credit card, you may have a long wait to replace one.
An Orange County Democratic Party meeting in early 2015 led to a discussion of how to help community members working full-time jobs who were still living in poverty.
Vimala Rajendran, the namesake of Vimala’s Curryblossom Café — an institution in downtown Chapel Hill since 2010 — understands that sometimes you have to fight for what you believe in.
Nestled between brick stores, bright flowers decorate Cha House on 318 W. Franklin St. Milk tea, brown-sugar boba tea, hot tea — it’s all offered at this tea house.
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit North Carolina, and travel ground to a halt, the hotel business took a nosedive. Now, however, Chapel Hill hotels are dealing with the opposite problem…
It’s not a secret: In the construction trade, practically a whole gender is missing. Women make up only 1.5 percent of the entire U.S. construction workforce, according to the National Association of Women in Construction.
Tony Hall & Associates operated out of the little gray house at 311 West Rosemary St. for 26 years until Feb. 18, when the real estate company moved to 901 Willow Drive in Chapel Hill.