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Chapel Hill Public Library hosted panel about confederate statues and free speech

By Chantal Shine | August 30

The Chapel Hill Public Library hosted a panel to discuss Silent Sam, the purpose of Confederate monuments and free speech on Wednesday night.

Chapel Hill town council candidate Hongbin Gu poses for a portrait in front of the Chapel Hill Town Hall building.

Upcoming town elections could improve diversity in local governance

By Meghana Srikrishna | August 30

Chapel Hill residents will head to the polls to vote in Town Council and mayoral elections Nov. 7 and choose from one of the most diverse pools of candidates ...

Town council member asks community to sponsor hateful comments in #DonateAgainstHate campaign

By Chantal Shine | August 29

Chapel Hill town council member Jessica Anderson took to Facebook to express her disdain for Silent Sam after last week's protests at the monument. ...

Organization endorses candidates to make Chapel Hill more livable

By Meghana Srikrishna | August 23

In a matter of years a community-based political organization has cemented its role in Chapel Hill politics. Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) ...

Chapel Hill resident Richard Crump competes in the 2017 DSI Watermelon Eating Contest.

Chapel Hill holds watermelon eating contest

By Chantal Shine | July 6

Richard Crump slogged through watermelon guts to find glory as the winner of this year's DSI Watermelon Eating Contest, held in Kenan Memorial Stadium ...

Photo Courtesy of Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill

Former UNC chancellor Paul Hardin dies

By Rebecca Ayers | July 1

UNC's seventh chancellor, Paul Hardin III, died on Saturday from ALS at his home in Chapel Hill. He was 86 years old.

Carolina Square construction site at the intersection of Franklin and Church.

High rates don't deter students from living on Franklin

By Maryam Mohamed | June 13

With beads of sweat on their foreheads and drenched white tank tops clinging to their bodies, the construction team building Carolina Square works through ...

UNC bands experiment with quirky genres

By Rebecca Ayers | May 30

UNC student bands play types of music that aren’t in the Billboard Top 100, like meaty southern folk, feminist punk rock or experimental jazz noise. ...

Northside Festival will celebrate community this Saturday

By Molly Horak | April 27

From gospel choirs to old-fashioned field games and free food, the Northside Festival will have something for everyone.

Cleo Caldwell is a permanent resident in the Northside neighborhood, growing up in the same house she currently lives in.

Student renters and long-term residents in Northside are adjusting

By Samantha Scott and Lauren Talley | April 13

The Northside neighborhood in Chapel Hill is an unusual blend of long-time residents and student renters cycling in and out with the school year.

Governor Roy Cooper declared April state beer month. Top of the Hill is a participant in state beer month.

Gov. Cooper announces NC Beer Month to highlight local businesses

By Fouad Abu-Hijleh | April 7

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced April as N.C. Beer Month in an effort to promote local business.

A For Rent sign in the Northside neighborhood. In February (I think ?? check with the writer) rent prices increased by 6 percent.

Competition for housing helps drive Chapel Hill rent up to highest in state

By Sarah Cheek | April 6

Chapel Hill rent prices are rising — in February, the town saw a 6 percent jump in rent, according to a recent report on rental markets around the country. ...

CASA nonprofit to build more affordable housing in Chapel Hill-Carrboro

By Grace Caroline Larcade | April 6

CASA, a nonprofit that builds affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness, is celebrating its 25th anniversary by building more affordable ...

Drones, new park update discussed by Carrboro Board of Aldermen Tuesday

By Sarah Cheek | March 22

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen met Tuesday night to discuss the new Martin Luther King Jr. Park, affordable housing and prohibiting drones on town property. ...

Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson and Bishop Thomas Hoyt, Jr. at the 110th Anniversary of St. Joseph CME Church. Photo Courtesy of Hudson Vaughan/Jackson Center.

Longtime Northside resident Marian Cheek Jackson remembered for a life of friendship

By Kaia Findlay | March 20

Marian Cheek Jackson never met a stranger. The lifelong Chapel Hill resident, 92, who died on March 4, was known to call the community center named ...

Johnston Regional Airport is the headquarters of Aero Contractors Ltd. Fences surround the company’s facilities.

Chapel Hill Town Council passes resolution to support state torture investigation

By Johanna Cano | March 8

The Chapel Hill Town Council passed a resolution supporting the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture to investigate the state’s involvement ...

Opinion: Conversations make policing better

By Editorial Board | March 6

Getting pulled over by the police is one of the scariest things that can happen for too many people.

The Orange County Housing Authority identified Johnson Street as one of ten parcels of land suitable for affordable housing.

Orange County aims to have 1,000 affordable housing units by 2020

By Ashton Eleazer | March 2

Orange County is opening a request for proposals to use $2.5 million of the $5 million housing bond approved by voters last November.

Documentary screening puts spotlight on 'Wilmington Ten'

By Molly Horak | February 27

Instead of spending their sunny Saturday afternoons outside, community members gathered at the United Church of Chapel Hill for a screening of the 2014 ...

Sarah Yarbrough looks at a table of art at the Mixed Concrete Art Auction on Saturday night.

Mixed Concrete art show raises $10,000 for Habitat for Humanity

By Sarah Cheek | February 27

Students, community members and artists gathered together Saturday night at TRU Deli & Wine Bar to create awareness for affordable housing and raise ...