Laurie Paolicelli is executive director for the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, a position she has held since 2005. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Communications from the University Wisconsin-Superior and graduate certification in Technology In Marketing from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
The following Orange Slices stories have been published by the Chapel Hill/ Orange County’s Tourism Department through its Communications Division and includes interviews with the subjects and repurposed material from website content and press releases provided by local partners. For more information, visit www.visitchapelhill.org or contact Laurie Paolicelli.lpaolicelli@visitchapelhill.org
- Sculpture in the Garden Returns: Where Nature Frames Art in Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill Raised a Governor
- Looking Back, Moving Forward: Why Stories Matter
- UNC $30 Billion Ripple Effect
- Chapel Hill’s Bob Slater Offers a Thoughtful Conversation on Living Well
- Carolina’s New Chapter: Fall 2026 Arrives in Chapel Hill
- We Can’t Keep This Brochure on the Shelves
- Why Advertising Still Matters: The Med Deli Story
- Tar Heels, Horned Frogs and a Whole Lot of Ireland
- Orange County to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday with Stories, Music and Community Reflection
- Orange Slices: Updates at the North Carolina Botanical Garden
- Daniel, Scott and Driade
- Orange Slices: From Franklin Street to Film: How Chapel Hill Shaped Luchina Fisher’s Voice
- Orange Slices: Where the Burrito Meets the Soul
- Orange Slices: Orange County at 250
- Orange Slices: Last Fridays in Hillsborough: One of the Best Free Nights Out in Orange County
- Orange Slices: The South’s Enduring Love Affair with the Land
- Orange Slices: Dad, You Should Take That Call: The inside story of how a college sophomore helped land UNC its next basketball coach
- Orange Slices: Get Ready for Yellow, and We Don’t Mean Pollen
- Orange Slices: Life and Death, Naturally
- Orange Slices: Donovan Livingston
- America 250: Orange County’s Changing Local Media Scene
- Mama Dip’s Legacy Lives On: How the Council Family Continues to Shape Chapel Hill’s Culinary Soul
- Native Americans in America’s 250th Year
- Orange Slices: Spotlight: Chapel Hill Resident Freddie Kiger
- Savannah Bananas
- From Hillsborough to the Front Lines of Public Health
- A New Chapter for Carrboro’s ArtsCenter
- Chapel Hill Stories – Spotlight: Parker Zinn
- Sally Smith: A Life of Care, Curiosity, and Community
- Orange Slices: CareYaya
- From Resistance to Recognition: The LGBTQ+ Movement in Orange County
- America 250 Years: A Look at the Changing Hospitality Industry
- America Celebrates 250 Years: Orange County Looks Back at Dean Smith
- Acts of Service
- Pinching Pennies — and Turning Them Into Gold: The Story of Piedmont Pennies
- Has Chapel Hill Become an Innovation and Tech Hub?
- The Magic of Open Doors: Orange County’s Artist Studios
- How the Orange Partnership’s ADAPT Program is Creating a Sanctuary for Youth Development in Orange County
- Savannah Bananas Take Over Chapel Hill: April 11–12, 2026
- Salt & Smoke & Sound
- Roots Run Deep: Hal Crowther’s Life Among the Trees and Truth
- The Countdown to Holiday Celebrations Begins
- Carrboro Music Festival
- Orange County, North Carolina: Ushering in America’s 250th Birthday
- Holden Thorp: Wisdom on the Spectrum
- Scott Conary and the World of Coffee
- “A Gathering of Voices” Chronicles 50 Years of Change in Orange County
- Back to School
- Despite the Debilitating Effects of Chantal, the Uproar Festival of Public Art Will Run Through August 23
- Free Trolley Rides in Chapel Hill and Carrboro This August
- From Founding Fields to Playing Fields: Explore the Legacy That Shapes Us
- Evelyn Lloyd of Hillsborough
- Pulitzer-Winning Historian Kathleen DuVal Rewrites American History in Native Nations
- Meet The Don, Chapel Hill’s Don Pinney
- Uproar Festival of Public Art – 60 Bold Works Transform Orange County This August
- A Ballad for Rachel Crook
- Grit, Soul and Food that Slaps
- Sporting events to Bring High Traffic to Chapel Hill in Coming Days
- Today’s Carrboro
- Author Daniel Wallace
- El Centro Hispano: Preserving Traditions and Family Traditions for Future Generations
- El Centro Hispano: Preservando las Tradiciones y Valores Familiares para las Futuras Generaciones
- Bluegrass Comes Home: Carrboro Gears Up for a Festival to Remember
- An Orange County Mayor talks about leadership, preservation and navigating life after a brain tumor
- The Southern Part of Heaven Welcomes Bill Belichick
- Where Coffee Meets Whiskers: Chapel Hill’s Cat Café Charms Visitors
- Sculpting Nature: Sculptor Tinka Jordy Celebrates Three Decades of Art in the Garden
- The Archaeologist’s World: Jodi Magness and Her Ancient Discoveries
- From Mama Dip to Tonya’s Café: A Southern Culinary Legacy Continues
- Governor Josh Stein
- March on
- Teen entrepreneur brings vegan bacon to North Carolina tables
- America’s Big 250th birthday: A celebration of history and progress
- Robert Wayne Drakeford
- Mike Nelson, the Gray Nomad
- Staying on top of the Midway
- Let us hear from you
- Chapel Hill leader Chris Blue set to retire
- Ivy Ruth Taylor
- Jacob Boehm & Snap Pea
- Honoring the legacy of changemakers
- Jay Miller is sharing his vision
- Shop local this holiday season: unique gifts, warm community, and the magic of Orange County
- What is Bill Smith from Crook’s Corner doing now?
- November reflections
- Big Spoon Roasters
- Melissa Booth
- Club Nova
- Wendy Smith & The ArtsCenter
- Brandon Sharp is a Celebrated Chef and Restaurateur in Chapel Hill
- Harvey E. Beech
- A house that love built
- Hillsborough’s Scottish and Medieval merriment
- BikeWalk NC envisions a state where anyone can choose to bicycle, roll, run, and walk as practical, healthy, safe and active transportation
- Steven Petrow and The Joy You Make
- Cedar Grove cidermaker named one of Wine Enthusiast’s ‘Future 40 Tastemakers’ in U.S
- The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Pops on the Green
- What the Constitution means to me?
- Craig Lloyd and Hog Day Hillsborough
- Countdown to Fall 2024!
- Harvest Festival 2024
- Jaleah Taylor
- Chapel Hill’s first female mayor, Rosemary Waldorf
- Lanza’s Café Carrboro
- America 250
- The duo who helped build today’s Hillsborough
- Good Golly, it’s a Trolley in Chapel Hill this Summer!
- Randall Kenan, Juneteenth and Pride Month
- Sensory-friendly Orange County
- Manchester City to electrify Chapel Hill’s Carolina blue skies this summer
- Hillsborough: A new haven for sound
- 2024 North Carolina Media and Journalism Hall of Fame
- Hillsborough: Where History, Culture and Craft Cocktails Collide
- Old world Italy in new world Chapel Hill
- David B. Sutton
- Get ready for a summer of European soccer stars in North Carolina: Manchester City and Glasgow in Chapel Hill, July 23, 2024
- Barry Jacobs, honored by Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
- Never forget
- Embracing agricultural serenity: enjoy farms around Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, NC
- UNC’s Interim Chancellor Lee H. Roberts
- Jill McCorkle
- Southern Village
- Carrboro artist James Carter’s triangle triptych
- Dexter Romweber
- Building a better boomer
- February 2024 events celebrating Black History Month in Orange County, North Carolina
- Carolina Jazz Festival takes place in Chapel Hill, February 15-17, 2024
- The Junction, Chapel Hill: A Hub for Innovation
- The 100 Block
- Bayard Rustin Speaking Truth to Power
- Dr. Barry Popkin
- The Chapel Hill Historical Society Looking to Rebuild Its role in the community.
- Our Good Fortunes
- News Happenings
- Allan Gurganus
- Alison Friedman
- Horace Williams Airport
- Marty Mandell
- Open Studio Tour 2023
- Merritt’s Grill
- Chapel Hill is Raising Cane
- The New Reality of Welcoming Visitors
- Women and Music
- Superior Court Judge Carl Fox
- The New Residents of Chapel Hill
- Collecto-Con is Coming to Hillsborough, NC
- Resident Bob Ward Reflects on Why Change is Inevitable
- Revenge of the Strip Mall
- Last Fridays Artwalk is ‘an anchor’ for Hillsborough and its community.
- Is the Carolina Basketball Museum Chapel Hill’s Disneyland?
- Fun Folklore
- When The Father of Giving Needs Us to Give
- Community Building
- “We only have one earth. Let’s take care of it.” – Deb Haaland
- Uproarious Fun through Art and Wonder July 15 – August 12, 2023
- Valerie Foushee
- More than 50,000 Guests Will Be in Chapel Hill on July 19, 2023
- After Renovations, Blackwood Farm Park Reopens
- Carrboro’s Gates of Beauty
- Union Grove Farm and Vineyard
- Summer 2023 Itineraries
- New Uproar Festival of Public Art
- Celebrating Mrs. Lillian Lee
- Off the Beaten Track
- Chelsea will Face Wrexham at Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill on July 19
- Tinka Jordy is a Hillsborough resident who loves sharing art with others
- Spring in Chapel Hill
- Hillsborough Plans Its Future by Preserving Its Past
- The Carolina Inn Celebrates Its 100th Birthday
- Braxton Foushee
- Local Businessman Jim Heavner Weighs in on a Changing Chapel Hill
- Trails in Orange County Lead to Better Mental Health
- Surplus Sids
- Building Tomorrow’s Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill/Orange County Collectors
- Stories and Popcorn
- Cat’s Cradle is 54 Years Old
- Sutton’s Drug Store
- Helping Autistic & Developmentally Disabled Young Adults Thrive in Chapel Hill
- A Bustling Tourism Economy in Orange County
- Eating Gluten-Free in Chapel Hill and Orange County
- North of Hillsborough
- Robert Humphreys
- Omar the Opera
- Aligning Himself with the Stars
- Come Along for the Ride with Sarah Dessen
- A Melting Pot of Cultures: How Chapel Hill’s Wealth of Ethnic Restaurants and Grocery Stores Offer More than Just Delicious Food
- Merry Hill Farm
- Welcome to Leland Little
- Local Artists Open Up Their Studios and Turn Their Homes into Galleries
- Chapel Hill and Basketball
- How Diverse is Our Community?
- More Families with Children Exploring Chapel Hill
- Film Fest 919 Kicks Off Wednesday, October 19 in Chapel Hill
- Eric Hallman & Piedmont Food
- Carrboro!
- En Plein Air
- Tressie McMillan Cottom
- The Root Cellar’s Sera Cuni
- New Developments in Chapel Hill
- County Manager Bonnie Hammersley
- Steve’s Garden Market and Butchery in Hillsborough
- The Carrboro Music Festival is October 2022
- Nash Street in Hillsborough
- The Burwell School Historic Site is a Gem of Historic Hillsborough
- FRANK Gallery
- Courtney Banghart
- Hometown Ambassadors Walking Tours
- Our Multicultural Community
- East Franklin Street’s Evolution: From Edward to Enterprise
- 35 Reasons to Love Orange County, North Carolina
- Juneteenth
- June is Small Town Pride Month in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- The Triangle’s Popularity
- The Carrboro Farmers’ Market
- Freedom is the Life Blood of Human Society
- Provost, Astrophysics and Astronomy. Just another day in Chapel Hill.
- So Many Things Make Us Special
- This Desk Tells a Story
- The Time is Always Right for More Pickleball
- Chapel Hillian Joins Efforts to Help in Ukraine
- Save the Date: The Hip Hop South Festival in Chapel Hill: April 22-23, 2022
- New Visitors Center
- An Officer, a Gentleman, and a Gardener
- Spring 2022
- Bill Smith’s Retirement Plan? Look after those in need, starting with your own kitchen workers.
- Hip, Hip History
- Transit and the Future
- Chapel Hill Hosts Eric Genuis. Public invited.
- Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill’s Music Scene
- Great Cuisine in Chapel Hill’s Popular Mixed-Use Developments
- Honoring MLK Day in Chapel Hill while Saluting a Beloved Community Treasure
- Chapel Hill’s Most Important Corner
- Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver
- It’s Time to Shop
- Yes, There’s Dairy on Dairyland Road
- Lydia Lavelle, Like the Town She Represents, Goes to the Beat of Her Own Drum
- Chapel Hill and Orange County, North Carolina: It is Time to Shop
- Yonder Bar in Hillsborough is as Distinct as the Town Itself
- When College Basketball Athletes Go Overseas
- Hillsborough: Where History, Culture and Craft Cocktails Collide
- November in Chapel Hill and Orange County
- What’s new in the Chapel Hill and Orange County area? Take a look…
- The 2021 Orange County Artist’s Guild Studio Tour is Back
- Film Festivals are a Vital Link in the Chain of Global Film Culture
- Poetry in Carrboro, North Carolina
- Pit Stop: 16 Delicious Options for Barbecue in Orange County, NC
- NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail Prepares for 14 Miles of More Trails in Orange County
- A Local Tourism Industry That Might Surprise You
- Carolina Football 2021
- You’ve Seen the Play. Now Watch the Movie and Buy the Book.
- John Rosenthal is a Chapel Hill Legend and Artist You Want to Know
- Schley Grange is Celebrating Their National Historic Register Designation
- Many of Us Have a Delicious Idea, But Only a Few of Us Make It a Business
- What is New in August 2021
- Carrboro Music Festival
- New, Expanded and Changing Restaurants in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough
- For the Love of a Biscuit
- Moorefields Near Hillsborough is a Special Place that Invites You to Visit
- Welcome Back
- Carrboro’s Heritage Embraces Preservation of the Town’s Early Architecture
- Legacy of LGBTQ Community Celebrated During Pride Month
- Dame’s Chicken & Waffles Has Opened at 147 East Franklin Street
- Juneteenth 2021
- University Place in Chapel Hill is Open for Business
- Historic Preservation
- Welcome to the Midway
- Thanks to Service and Hospitality Workers for Delivering Hope
- Post COVID Event Planning in Orange County, NC
- Bringing Tourism Back
- Shaped by Black Lives Matter, UNC Student Greear Webb Watches Chauvin Trial and Asks: ‘What’s Next?’
- How Free Transit Works in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- Orange County Condemns Asian Discrimination
- The Eno River’s Ribbons of Color
- We are off to another season.
- Soil. The stuff of life.
- Fighting COVID-19
- Maurice Jones: Town Manager, Chapel Hill
- James Taylor’s Birthday is March 12th
- Jim Merritt
- Orange County Tourism
- Seeking Unity Globally and Locally
- Orange County Visionaries for a Just and Equitable World
- Jimmy Carter: An Appreciation
- 21 Things to Get Excited About in 2021
- The Carolina Inn
- Food Loves Us Here so Let Us Love it Back
- North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- Collection of Characters
- Development Update
- Eno River Farm
- Chapel Hill Restaurant Group
- Native American Heritage Month
- Carrboro United
- Farm & Garden Center in Hillsborough
- Dear Autumn
- The Dynamic Decade
- The Power of Patents
- A Beautiful Garden of Art
- Carrboro, North Carolina
- Get Out and Give Back
- September Business News In and Around Our Communities
- Dear Tourists: We Have Missed You
- Mama Dip’s Legacy Lives on in Chapel Hill and Beyond
- Remembering a Good Woman
- Hillsborough, NC: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- The Chapel Hill Hotel Industry Is Ready to Welcome Back University Travelers
- More than a Car Wash
- Black Lives Matter
- Historic Preservation and the Need for Belonging
- Kings Mill-Morgan Creek: Great Neighborhoods, Great Leaders
- East Rosemary Street
- About Ken Broun
- June is Pride Month
- Welcome Back.
- Spotlight on Luke Zhang, Founder, Dunk or Three
- Memorial Day 2020
- Why Filling Out the 2020 Census is Important
- Launch Chapel Hill is a Start-Up Accelerator Located in Downtown Chapel Hill
- The House at Gatewood
- Local Tourism and Hospitality Industry Today
- Supporting Local Restaurants
- Local Organizations In Need of Support
- Chapel Hill & Carrboro Development Project Update
- In Their Own Words
- Club Nova’s Story
- Two New Visitor Centers Will Open on Franklin Street in 2020
- Hillsborough Hot List: A Roundup of New, and Reinvented, Places to Visit
- Rock and Roll is Here to Stay
- Understanding Chapel Hill, UNC, and the Southern Part of Heaven
- New Development Projects in Progress
- Elia Bizzarri, American Chairmaker & Hillsborough Resident
- Orange County to Host Agricultural Summit, Open to the Public
- American Legion Club Grand Opening
- Get Current
- Orange County to Celebrate the Many Lives of Pauli Murray
- Tis the Season to Take a Hike
- 2019: The Year of the Cradle
- The Brown File: Mack Brown
- Two Towns, One Community
- In the Spirit of Thanksgiving: A New Model for Serving the Homeless
- Journalists Travel to Chapel Hill to Discuss Climate Change
- Morehead Planetarium to Expand STEM Initiatives, Unveil New Exhibits in October 2020
- Tiny Home Village
- The Person Giving You Orange County, NC Travel Advice May Be an Inmate
- Walking Tours in Orange County
- College Towns Are Next Big Thing for Entrepreneurship