Orange Slices

Spring is here, finally, which means many things: locals, having hibernated for winter, cautiously begin exploring and smiling again.

Anyone who loves food and who has lived in Chapel Hill — or North Carolina for that matter — knows Bill Smith.

There is something to admire about people who are so passionate about history and “protecting sense of place” that they get almost giddy when talking about it.

Every year, millions of tourists visit the Research Triangle Park and the Orange County communities.

Orange County’s social calendar reflects its culture.

The great cities of the world have at least one distinguishing quality, without which they would cease to be truly great.

Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough have long been known as a musical mecca, an oasis, a vital stop on the Silk Road of song.

Meadowmont attracts people from all occupations and all parts of the country. And then there are the restaurants.

What is unique about MLK Day when compared to other federal holidays is that it’s the only holiday designated as a National Day of Service.

Small towns, no matter how big they become, are defined by a crossroads marking the heart of the place.

For Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver, community has always been at the heart of her governance philosophy.

When customers walk into an eclectic retail shop in Chapel Hill, they eventually forget about the outside world.

ORANGE SLICES By Laurie Paolicelli In September, after 25 years in operation, the Maple View Farm and Milk Company closed its doors. Owners said the cows were going to a…

Later this month, Lydia Lavelle will no longer be mayor of Carrboro, a position she has occupied since 2013.

Leaves are falling, vaccines are going in arms, sports fans are talking about the college basketball season — after a cold, dark, drained-of-feeling year, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough are re-emerging, puckishly.

Hillsborough has a bar as distinctive and interesting as the town itself. It’s called Yonder.

Marcus Ginyard has been gone for a long time. The first thing we wanted to know is if he enjoyed his years playing basketball in Europe.

With a downtown historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places and more than one hundred buildings dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, Hillsborough has been called a museum without walls – and rightly so.

November in Chapel Hill and Orange County is a succession of days that can feel almost too perfect.

Restaurant News Momo’s Master is set to open at 110 N. Columbia St. near West Franklin Street in November. The restaurant will feature various kinds of made-to-order momos, a type…

Now in its 27th year, the 2021 Orange County Artist’s Guild Studio Tour is back and will take place the first two weekends in November – the 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th.

Look at this. It’s tough to get the word out about even the best things…

Carrboro is a safe harbor for all the arts. At any given time of year there will be a festival celebrating one or the other of them, perhaps most famously music and film….

North Carolina barbecue benefits from a wide variety of influences, from Native Americans, to European settlers…

For most Hillsborough residents, it’s hard to…

August marked a reopening of the Orange County Visitors Center, located at 501 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, and clearly, it has been missed. This is…

Mack Brown enters his 33rd season as a head coach in 2021, the third year of a second stop with the Tar Heels. North Carolina brings a top-ranking, a first-round quarterback and the expectation to challenge…

The premise is simple but profound: a group of artists decide…

Chapel Hill and, in fact, all of Orange County, is well-known for the superfluity…

There’s a story behind every historic marker too…