Community Notices
Community notices which will be updated frequently, so be sure to check back!
Read MoreCommunity notices which will be updated frequently, so be sure to check back!
Read MoreGrowing 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.
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.
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.
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….
Ready to fall in love with Chapel Hill – all over again?
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…
On a recent Wednesday evening, a small crowd of spectators gathered in the Rashkis Elementary School gymnasium…
The subjects in the photos are not prominent celebrities, but they play an important role in the work of the Town of Chapel Hill.
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…
Improved crosswalks with flashing beacons and median islands are among the pedestrian safety measures soon to be added to Estes Drive in Chapel Hill.
Two middle-school students were struck by a car while they were in a crosswalk on Estes Drive December 31
Pickleball — a sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong — is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.
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.
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…
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)…
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.
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…
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…
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….
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.
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…
As new townhomes and modern apartment complexes spring up around Chapel Hill, professor John Sweet is taking a look into the town’s past…
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.
Many local businesses are actively recruiting for open positions in a variety of careers and are holding the following job fairs…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.