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After 75 Years, Freedom Riders Vindicated in Orange County
Chapel Hill, Carrboro Residents Rally for Juneteenth Event at Hargraves Center
Juneteenth Celebrations on Tap in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
March for Our Lives
First Annual Pride Promenade Celebrates Local LGBTQIA+ Community
Freight Train Blues Concert Series
Habitat and Hope Celebrate Funding Windfall
Season Finale
Carrboro’s East Main Street Parking Garage Offers Teens a Social Gathering Place
Growing up in Carrboro, I can’t remember the first time I hung out with friends at the 300 East Main Street parking deck next to the ArtsCenter.
Carrboro Farmers’ Market to Host Tomato Day, Other Special Events for First Time in Two Years
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market, home of a stunning variety of local food and artisan products, is hosting special events like Kids Seedling Day, Strawberry Jamboree, and Tomato Day for the first time since 2019.
Hundreds of Chapel Hill Youth Volunteer to Beautify Booker Creek
Quiet, relaxing, with greenery underfoot, all around and above. At Booker Creek in Chapel Hill, you can easily find a place in the woods to sit down and absorb the beauty of nature.
Pulling Down the Purple Reign
Invasive wisteria is a “severe threat,” according to the North Carolina Native Plant Society. It grows fast and has no natural controls. As a result, wisteria is not just taking over wooded areas, it is actively killing trees….
Heart of the Hill Walking Tours Resume
Ready to fall in love with Chapel Hill – all over again?
The War in Ukraine: How to Help
COMMUNITY By Michelle Cassell Images of a horrific war thousands of miles away in a once-peaceful country have dominated the media daily since the unprovoked Feb. 24 Russian invasion of…
Chapel Hill Parks and Rec Provides Valued Service, Works Toward Greater Inclusion
On a recent Wednesday evening, a small crowd of spectators gathered in the Rashkis Elementary School gymnasium…
Who Makes Chapel Hill Work?
The subjects in the photos are not prominent celebrities, but they play an important role in the work of the Town of Chapel Hill.
Site Improvements Underway at Legion Road Property While Land-Use Plans Remain on Hold
COMMUNITY By Pamir Kiciman On a warm January afternoon following a weekend of snow and ice, Colony Woods residents Bill and Anne Brashear accompanied a local reporter on a tour…
Pedestrian Safety Measures Coming to Estes Drive
Improved crosswalks with flashing beacons and median islands are among the pedestrian safety measures soon to be added to Estes Drive in Chapel Hill.
Three Pedestrians Injured, One Gravely, in Two Separate Car Accidents on Estes Drive
Two middle-school students were struck by a car while they were in a crosswalk on Estes Drive December 31
As Pickleball Grows in Popularity, Some Tennis Players Feel Underserved
Pickleball — a sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong — is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.
Firefighters and First Responders Rally to Support Colleagues Battling Work-Related Cancer
The intersection of Franklin Street and Church Street in Chapel Hill resounded with country music and revelry Friday night, all in the name of a noble cause.
TLR Marks Its Second Anniversary
It started with a sense of loss. Over the last dozen or so years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community had experienced the disappearance of a number of local newspapers — The Chapel Hill News, The Chapel Hill Herald…
Chapel Hill Historical Society Seeks New Home
The Chapel Hill Historical Society (CHHS) is looking for a new home. According to Richard Ellington, CHHS’s vice president, the Society’s space in the Chapel Hill Public Library (CHPL)…
Share Your Photos of the Community Response to 9-11
To mark the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attack, we invite you to share photos of how our community responded in the weeks and months following the event.
Evoking Wonder and Building Community with Cardboard, Cloth and Clay: A Conversation with Paperhand’s Donovan Zimmerman
Large-scale puppetry as an artistic medium for community and social justice has a long history. In the United States, the Bread and Puppet Theater…
Remembering Martha “Marty” Mandell
Martha “Marty” Mandell was one of the guardians of Carrboro’s sense of place and its commitment to environmental activism and social justice. With her indomitable spirit, she helped to shape the town that she called home for many decades…
UNC Scholar-Athlete Natalie Chandler Headed to Scotland
It may surprise some that the success of the UNC women’s soccer program owes almost as much to Calvin & Hobbes as it does to Mia Hamm and Crystal Dunn….
UNC Getting Out of Housing Business
A back-to-school story problem: UNC has 3,744 beds in dorms designated for first-year students. All first-years are required to live on campus.
Watching Our Wasteline
After 34 years and three months it’s finally time to hang up my recycling hat. When the Town of Chapel Hill first hired me in May 1987 to initiate public recycling programs…
UNC Professor Launches New Local History Website
As new townhomes and modern apartment complexes spring up around Chapel Hill, professor John Sweet is taking a look into the town’s past…
Applicants Needed for Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions
One way residents can have a positive impact on the future of Orange County is to volunteer to serve on an advisory board or commission.
Hiring Now!
Many local businesses are actively recruiting for open positions in a variety of careers and are holding the following job fairs…
From Tiny Wood Scraps, Mighty Breadboards Grow
Gregory Georges, a recreational woodworker in Chapel Hill who has gained considerable expertise building his own furniture and other special projects, wanted to save wood remnants…
Turkish Cultural Center a Model of Sustainability
After over a year of social distancing, a new, sustainable development offers residents of Orange County a chance for cultural connection. Construction is now complete on the Sancar Turkish Cultural and Community Center…
Timeline Unveiled to Honor Juneteenth
Say Their Names, a public art project, is an artistic expression of history we must remember and never forget. It is a 4-foot-tall, 22-foot-wide timeline depicting a legacy of struggle for respect, humanity and justice.
Where Do We Go When We Die?
Finding a traditional burial plot in Chapel Hill can be quite the challenge, while finding one a few miles west, in Carrboro, is significantly easier. However, each town offers alternatives to traditional burial plots that give residents more options to choose a place for their remains.
OWASA Honors Longtime Crew Leader
The OWASA Board of Directors recently honored longtime OWASA Team member Sherman Betts for his years of service to OWASA and the Carrboro-Chapel Hill-Orange County community ahead of his retirement at the end of May.
Watching Our Wasteline
Orange County Solid Waste Management partnered with Climate Reality Orange County and the farmers markets of Eno River and Chapel Hill to open two new food waste collection sites…
A.D. Clark Pool to Open Saturday, May 29
The A.D. Clark outdoor swimming pool, located at the Hargraves Community Center at 216 North Roberson St. in Chapel Hill, is scheduled to open on Saturday, May 29, and operate through Labor Day weekend.