LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter to the Editor By Adam Searing I have not often been involved in local politics, but currently I am working on greenway connections and preservation…
ORANGE SLICES By Laurie Paolicelli With students and recent graduates all over the country experiencing startup fever, college towns are the next big thing for entrepreneurship. Even though nearly 47% of venture…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor of The Local Reporter: I am writing to heartily endorse Steve Friedman, candidate for the Carrboro Board of Alderman. I have known Steve as…
OPINION Guest Column by Eric Johnson One of the deep oddities of our age is that human attention has come unmoored from human geography. For many of us, the places…
ORANGE SLICES By Laurie Paolicelli New American Legion Club Joins a Growing Corridor in Chapel Hill The new American Legion Club, 3700 NC 54 West, Chapel Hill, is scheduled for…
Losing the eyes and ears
Dear Editor, … When McClatchy closed down our newspaper in 2017 I was bereft. I felt like I lost the eyes and ears that connected me to the community. As the…
THE ABSENTEE GARDENERS By Kit Flynn and Lise Jenkins Many of us look forward to the arrival of autumn with its cooler temperatures and brilliant colors. We know that there is…
[Charles van der Horst, internationally known HIV researcher, esteemed medical professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, committed activist and community leader, died earlier this summer. Shortly before his death, during a marathon swimming race down New York’s
“Let’s play hopscotch. Wait, this isn’t real grass.” – Phoebe Bausell, Durham … “It’s an improvement in that it was often muddy before, and all the picnic tables were warped and horrible to sit at. But…