ELECTION 2021 By Zachary Boyce Note: The Local Reporter has invited all candidates for local office in the upcoming Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district elections to submit…
ELECTION 2021 By Pam Hemminger Note: The Local Reporter has invited all candidates for local office in the upcoming Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district elections to submit…
ELECTION 2021 By Trisha Lester I’ve lived in Chapel Hill for 30 years and what originally attracted my late husband and me to the town is disappearing before my very…
The News & Observer/Herald-Sun recently published an article that calls into question The Local Reporter’s (TLR) independence and promotes allegations that TLR is slanted toward the views of the Chapel Hill Alliance…
The Local Reporter asked the candidates for Chapel Hill Mayor & Town Council our questionnaire, here are their answers…
The Local Reporter asked the candidates for Carrboro Mayor & Town Council our questionnaire, here are their answers…
Our political debate around our public parks, public trails and public land in Chapel Hill is mired in how the world existed two years ago – not how it exists today….
On Monday evening, candidates for Chapel Hill Mayor and Town Council attended a virtual forum organized by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP. Host Herman Foushee…
Campaign season for local office in Chapel Hill and Carrboro is in full swing, and the pandemic has forced candidates to find new ways to connect with voters….
Here is the Early Voting Schedule for Orange County.
Neighbors and Friends, Chapel Hill is an amazing community and over the last 18 months, I have been grateful and fortunate to witness the strength and caring of the people who live…
Two weeks ago, I launched my campaign for CHCCS Board of Education (BOE). It’s been a disruptive few years—most especially for our students, teachers, principals, administrators and parents….
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ryan Jackson, I am running for the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Board of Education and I hope to earn your trust and your vote….
Large-scale puppetry as an artistic medium for community and social justice has a long history. In the United States, the Bread and Puppet Theater…
I am running for a seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education to pay it forward to generations to come. I have lived in the Chapel Hill community for over 40 years….
I am a Tar Heel. I was born at NC Memorial Hospital (now UNC Hospital), grew up in and have spent most of my adult life in Chapel Hill. After attending our public schools…
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education met Aug. 19, 2021 to discuss CHCCS Superintendent Dr. Nyah Hamlett’s recommendation…
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…
In October 2018, the Carrboro Arts Center screened a classic 1926 silent film, The General, starring comic actor Buster Keaton. Local musician Tim Carless accompanied it with his own live score…
I had read the explanation in enough different places by enough different writers to believe that it must be true. Bobby Troup, whom we last saw in the movie “M.A.S.H.,” was driving west — in a ’41 Buick…
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….
I was born and raised by two proud army veterans in Fayetteville, NC, before I went on to study Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington….
Every time you look around Chapel Hill it seems some new development is going up. For example, the Town House apartments off Hillsborough Road where my family lived in the early 1970s are now gone…
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.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education convened for a special meeting Aug. 3 2021 to consider health and safety recommendations for the opening of schools
Three years after work commenced on the renovation of Chapel Hill High School (CHHS), the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) district is ready to show off its new, state-of-the-art facility.
High school seniors are facing a particularly difficult transition to college this fall after more than a year living with the coronavirus pandemic.
In the 88-year history of the American Dance Festival (ADF), a scheduled performance season has only been cancelled one time, in 2020 — as a response to the COIVD-19 global pandemic.
On the evening of July 22, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education met in person for the first time since suspending in-person meetings at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As gardeners, we all know that weeding is an essential ingredient to maintaining a well-groomed garden. Groan all you want but if you’re going to have a garden you are going to have to weed. Several books published in the late 1990s advocated letting the weeds remain.
The most important issue facing local government administrations in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County during the past year and in the months ahead is certainly the Covid-19 pandemic…
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System (CHCCS) draws students from a very diverse population and local PTA leaders are seeking ways to better represent…
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…
Elections will be held Nov. 2 2021 for mayor and town council in Chapel Hill and Carrboro and for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District Board of Education.
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…
Mayor Lydia Lavelle will host the eighth annual community reading of Frederick Douglass’ essay, “The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro.” The community reading will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 4….
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…