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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.

A three-story apartment building in the 600 block of Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro caught fire on Monday, May 24, at 6:10 a.m. Members of the Carrboro Fire Rescue Department responded to the fire. 

Why does it matter if child-care centers stay open? Perhaps a better question would be: Why does it matter if they don’t? Staffed by essential workers, child-care centers…

Sandra J. Strong, a certified animal welfare scientist, has been named as the next director of Orange County Animal Services.

$3.4 billion. That’s how much bad roads and congestion in North Carolina costs its drivers in higher vehicle ownership costs, according to a report commissioned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP has named activist and UNC professor Deborah Stroman the branch’s 2021 Woman of the Year. Stroman will now vie for Woman of the Year at the N.C. NAACP state level…

A draft of UNC-Chapel Hill’s air permit renewal was released last month, which will allow for the continued use of its coal plant without a heat input limit…

When a call comes in for Orange County Emergency Medical Service, paramedic Rachel Thomas relies on the technical knowledge…

I think everyone has heard of the Boys & Girls Clubs, especially if you watch sports programs and see their advertisements. But many people don’t know that we now have two Boys & Girls Clubs in Chapel Hill…

We are saddened and appalled by the senseless mass shooting in Atlanta that claimed eight lives, including six Asian American women. 

The BIPOC elected officials of Orange County are deeply saddened by the growing harassment and hatred of our Asian sisters and brothers.