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Residents speak out about police funding at Chapel Hill Town Council meeting

By Taylor Heeden | June 12

In a public comment period lasting over two hours, Chapel Hill residents expressed their concerns about the portion of police funding represented within ...

Food for Students to provide meals to Chapel Hill-Carrboro students through summer months

By Britney Nguyen | June 11

As Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School students move into the summer break and the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect families' economic situations, ...

Chapel Hill rents have increased over past few months, housing data shows

By Crystal Yu | June 5

Although Chapel Hill has exhibited increases in rent prices in May, Town and state officials are working to make sure emergencies like COVID-19 don't ...

Chapel Hill Transit will move to an adjusted schedule starting June 1

By Crystal Yu | May 27

Starting Monday, Chapel Hill Transit will operate with the reduced occupancy of 10 people per bus, coinciding with the University's plan to resume some ...

Chapel Hill's drive-thru food distribution adapts in the wake of COVID-19

By Crystal Yu | May 25

For the past five years, the Town of Chapel Hill has worked with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina to distribute food to families in ...

Bad news for book borrowers: Orange County's libraries to stay closed

By Audrey Selley | May 14

According to the Orange County Public Library's website, late fees for books currently out will not be collected, and books should not be returned until ...

Here's how Franklin Street restaurants are adjusting to the COVID-19 crisis

By Audrey Selley | May 5

For nearly two months, there have been no students and no dine-in services for Franklin Street restaurants. Here's how some of downtown Chapel Hill's ...

The Bolin Creek Greenway Trail is visited by pedestrians and cyclists on a daily basis.

Coal ash and construction keep sections of Bolin Creek Greenway closed

By Elizabeth Egan | April 16

A year on, parts of the Bolin Creek Greenway remain a work in progress. Construction — and an unlikely culprit — are to blame.

Chapel Hill Town Council discusses COVID-19 response and 2021 budget

By Audrey Selley | April 14

At their meeting on April 13, the Chapel Hill Town Council updated citizens on steps being taken to minimize the local fiscal damage of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

'A struggle and a conflict': The history and future of Pine Knolls

By Sofia Lesnewski | April 5

Pine Knolls is a community that has struggled with self-preservation in the past, and today, that self-preservation is still uncertain.

Chapel Hill Town Council gives latest coronavirus updates at special meeting

By Henry Haney and Brittany McGee | March 26

In a special Chapel Hill Town Council meeting Wednesday, Town Manager Maurice Jones explained that Chapel Hill activated the Emergency Operations ...

COVID-19 fallout could alter town budget schedules and funding priorities

By Victoria Johnson | March 24

To limit the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus, the Town of Chapel Hill has canceled all advisory board, commission and town council meetings until further ...

Chapel Hill Transit to offer weekend bus service starting in August

By Lilly Clark | March 19

The Town of Chapel Hill adopts a plan for the Chapel Hill Transit to offer full weekend bus service by August while also bringing high-frequency transit ...

Chapel Hill Town Council is accepting applications for vacant seat

By David Richman | March 16

Following the resignation of Chapel Hill Town Council Member Rachel Schaevitz, the council is accepting applicants to fill the vacant seat while also ...

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Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro declare state of emergencies to address coronavirus

By Sonia Rao | March 13

Orange County and Carrboro have just declared state of emergencies in response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

Here's what you missed at Wednesday's Chapel Hill Town Council meeting

By Meredith Radford and Jordan Barish | March 6

The Town Council unanimously passed the motion authorizing a memorandum of understanding with Grubb Properties for the East Rosemary Downtown Redevelopment ...

60 years later, the Town of Chapel Hill erects a marker for the Chapel Hill Nine sit-in

By Brittany McGee | March 1

Paying homage to the Chapel Hill Nine's courage and the Civil Rights Movement in the Town of Chapel Hill, a new marker went up on West Franklin Street ...

Chapel Hill Public Library petitions to get rid of library fines

By Brittany McGee and Sofia Lesnewski | February 27

"Within three weeks of going fine-free, Chicago Public Library saw a 240 percent increase in returned materials and an increased number or new users," ...

To combat food insecurity, Orange County's food council aims to change policy

By Jordan Barish | February 25

The 15-member council has seats for each elected body, including representatives from the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, Hillsborough Board ...

Chapel Hill's first poet laureate wants to write outside the 'suit-and-tie culture'

By Elsa Karcher | February 24

“I think folks who don’t see themselves represented when it comes to the suit-and-tie culture of a town council, might be able to see themselves and ...