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Rise biscuits to open 5 new locations

By Camila Molina | August 19

Rise Biscuits & Donuts offers more than your typical buttered biscuit, and this popular chain will soon be coming to Carrboro.

Crepe Culture becomes Crepe Traditions

By Stephanie Lamm | August 17

After backlash for the name “Crepe Culture,” co-owners Sree Valluru and Suridha Kovuri changed the name of their Franklin Street restaurant ...

7 startups get ready to LAUNCH

By Meg Garner | August 17

Earlier this month, seven startups joined accelerator program Launch Chapel Hill to help get their businesses off the ground.

UNC student guide to the UConnection deals

By Erin Kolstad | August 17

The first few weeks of college can be hard on a wallet. We strongly recommend you take advantage of as many deals as possible, and we want to help you ...

UNC may enact a policy that prohibits prominent players’ numbers on jerseys from being sold.

Players' jerseys still on sale at UNC, but policy may change next year

By Cole del Charco | August 17

Marcus Paige’s No. 5 Carolina Blue basketball jerseys have flown off retailers’ shelves the last two years, but next year, jersey selection may be ...

Craigslist-like market for campuses gathers users

By Rebecca Brickner | August 17

The beginnings and ends of semesters are marked by many things: stress, a flurry of hasty packing and often piles of furniture and Walmart rugs being ...

Groupon offers unbeatable deals

By Kerry Lengyel | August 16

As students, we know the importance of getting a good deal.

Jake Purves (left) and his brother Trey Purves peruse comic books at Chapel Hill Comics on Franklin Street. Jake has subscriptions to Antman and Secret Wars.

Local stores benefit from national comic book culture

By Rachel Herzog | July 22

Shortly before West Franklin Street meets Carrboro, a storefront with a blue awning displays the name Chapel Hill Comics.

Lauren Fortkort, a co-owner of the new country bar on Rosemary Street, poses behind one of the bar’s counters. Country Fried Duck offers three bars and a patio.

Country Fried Duck opens its doors on Rosemary Street

By Camila Molina | July 2

If you ever hear Shania Twain’s song “I Feel Like a Woman” while walking down Rosemary Street, it’s probably coming from Country Fried Duck. ...

Students create waterless car wash

By Madeline Reich | July 2

A new car washing service headed by UNC students is coming to University Place this fall.

Construction at University Place moving forward

By Kerry Lengyel | June 25

Construction and a name change are reshaping the complex Chapel Hill residents used to know as University Mall .

Town considers development expansion that could encroach on resource conservation district

By Claire Nielsen | June 25

The Chapel Hill Town Council could eventually consider approving the construction of part of a development within a resource conservation district on ...

Obey Creek development moves forward after long debate

By Claire Nielsen | June 18

The Chapel Hill Town Council voted 7-1 to approve the Obey Creek development agreement Monday, greenlighting a 1.5 million-square-foot residential and ...

Obey Creek vote delayed

By Claire Nielsen | June 10

Many of those who attended Monday’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting were surprised when the council decided not to vote on the four Obey Creek development ...

Mebane candy factory slated to begin production in July

By Kerry Lengyel | June 10

Morinaga America Foods Inc. is close to completing construction on its 100,000 square-foot candy factory located in Mebane.

Elmo's owners to open new Carr Mill Mall restaurant

By Lauren Miller | June 6

Within the next few days there will be a new casual venue on the Carrboro restaurant scene. Cafe Symmetry will open in Carr Mill Mall, in the space formerly ...

Crepe restaurant to open on Franklin

By Sarah Crump | June 4

Following the suit of a string of new Franklin Street eateries opening this year is Crepe Culture, a cafe serving a variety of crepes and coffee drinks. ...