Down the Road a Piece

April 17, 2021

Our Southern Spring Unfolds

I love the long unfolding of our Southern springs. My daughter, Lilli Brown, and I recite all the multisyllable Greek goddess-like names of the flowers as they emerge — camellia, hellebore, forsythia, daffodil, narcissus and wisteria.

Blossoms Blooms on Elliott Road

Fitness and Friendship in the Time of COVID-19

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… And you can read it, too. Take the pulse of the community by reading email that people have sent to our elected officials. Learn what’s on the minds of residents and what local governing boards may be discussing soon by scrolling through the email archives of the governing boards.

Access Chapel Hill town council email archives at: https://councilmail.townofchapelhill.org/searchform.do.
Access Carrboro town council email at: http://archive.townofcarrboro.org/searchform.do.
Access the Orange County commissioners’ archive at: https://groups.google.com/g/ocbocc.

April 16, 2021

John News v50: 4/16/21

Direct from his Chapel Hill home, it’s “John News,” a video podcast written, produced and performed by 8-year-old John Wortman, a second-grader at Ephesus Elementary School. The Local Reporter is proud to present the weekly “John News” to help, in John’s words, “bring some happiness to people during these trying times.”