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Entrepreneurs to help town simplify, innovate with government

By Marisa Bakker | November 12

Entrepreneurs might be able to teach the Town of Chapel Hill something about problem solving.

A Free Little Library joins Cedar Grove Park

By Wei Zhou | November 11

There’s a little box on a post located at the Cedar Grove Park that runs itself 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Chase Lewis, 15, winner of the Big Hero 6 XPRIZE Challenge, holds his winning Emergency Mask Pod, a football-shaped pod whose contents include smoke goggles and mask. He designed it to be thrown into burning buildings.

Chapel Hill 15-year-old invents pod to help firefighters

By Shantan Krovvidi | November 11

When he was 13, Chapel Hill resident Chase Lewis invented a cart to help refugees transport their children to refugee camps. Less than two years later ...

Franklin Hotel joins Hilton Hotel Curio Collection

By Derrick Bills | November 11

The Franklin Hotel is joining the Hilton Hotel Curio Collection, making it part of a worldwide franchise.

Chamber of Commerce honors funeral home director Susie Weaver

By Luman Ouyang | November 11

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct six business leaders and families into its Hall of Fame on Thursday. The Daily Tar Heel will ...

Orange County Health experts prepare for Ebola cases

By Hannah Jaggers | November 10

After the Ebola virus garnered international attention for months, a scare at Duke University Hospital has some in the Triangle worried. While local health ...

District gives Apple laptops to CHCCS middle school teachers

By Kerry Lengyel | November 10

Christmas is coming early at four middle schools in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, where faculty and staff will receive new Apple laptops in the coming weeks. ...

The Town of Carrboro, the Recreation and Parks Department, Go Chapel Hill and the Carrboro Bicycle Coalition sponsored Friday Night Lights, an event where bicyclists decorated their rides with various lights and competed for prizes.

Carrboro hosts Friday Night Lights event for bike safety

By Zoe Schaver | November 10

As the nights grow longer post-daylight saving time, cyclists and pedestrians will be even more at risk for accidents — so, Carrboro street safety advocates ...

Chapel Hill folk dancers build strong community

By Drew Goins | November 10

Muffled music can be heard coming from within the brick walls of the Beth El Synagogue Freedman Center on Wednesday nights. The tunes — traditional ...

Launch Chapel Hill looks for new class of entrepreneurs

By Mary Taylor Renfro | November 10

Almost two years after he became a part of Launch Chapel Hill’s first class of business ventures, Jeff Henriod, founder of Let’s Chip In, said he ...

Uber is a ride-sharing service that connects riders to drivers through a mobile application. On Halloween, Uber used dynamic pricing to raise rates.

Uber pricing got frightfully high on Halloween

By Maggie Monsrud | November 7

For UNC students who turned to ridesharing services instead of local taxi companies on Halloween, the holiday turned from a festive celebration into a ...

Chapel Hill reduces crosswalk wait times

By Meg Garner | November 7

Many people jaywalk in Chapel Hill, but the town is making efforts to curtail that potentially dangerous behavior.

University Directories goes bankrupt, attempts to avoid forcible takeover

By Erin Kolstad | November 7

University Directories, a Chapel Hill-based business owned by prominent businessman Jim Heavner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 24 to protect ...

Community members gather in Chapel Hill’s University Baptist Church to honor Martin Luther King Jr., who gave a speech in the same room on May 8, 1960.

University Baptist Church honors Martin Luther King Jr. with dedication for 1960 speech

By Sam James | November 6

George Bell will always remember the night in May 1960 when he spent five hours talking with Martin Luther King Jr. in Chapel Hill.

Japanese delegates talk aging populations in Chapel Hill

By Shantan Krovvidi | November 6

Aging populations are presenting more challenges in developed countries like the United States — and towns like Chapel Hill might have something to ...

Bynum Weaver to be honored with Hall of Fame induction

By Luman Ouyang | November 6

Bynum Weaver was a hard worker, the owner of a funeral home and grocery store and one of Chapel Hill’s most well-loved caretakers.

UNC students walk by the window display of Gigi’s Cupcakes on West Franklin Street,. Gigi’s closed permanently on Saturday due to low sales.

Gigi's Cupcakes says goodbye to Chapel Hill

By Meg Garner | November 5

UNC junior Shauna Barnett always tries to fit in her monthly trip to Gigi’s Cupcakes for a frosting-filled break, but now she will have to go elsewhere ...

Chapel Hill incumbents take election

By Tat'yana Berdan | November 5

A trio of Chapel Hill-area Democratic incumbents — Graig Meyer, Verla Insko and Valerie Foushee — were all re-elected Tuesday night for their respective ...