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Carrboro community gathers, creates art district plans

By Dan O'Neill | October 27

Carrboro has long relied on arts and creativity to fuel its economy — and now members of Creative Carrboro want to make that relationship official. ...

Chamber inducts businessman who 'started from scratch'

By Derrick Bills | October 27

Al Pons' Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center made him one of the most respected business leaders in Chapel Hill, and 18 years after his death, his legacy ...

IFC executive director John Dorward spoke to Orange county residents Wednesday night about the IFC's developments in the year since its last annual meeting.

New homeless shelter won’t open until summer

By Kerry Lengyel | October 24

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service is behind schedule for construction on its new State Employees’ Credit Union Community House.

Rural revamp of bus system approved in Orange County

By Meg Garner | October 24

Eco-friendly Orange County just got a little greener after commissioners approved a five-year bus expansion program to begin in early spring.

Abuse survivors turn to crafting for art therapy

By Drew Goins | October 24

For some survivors of domestic and sexual violence, all it takes to help heal is a collage canvas, a string of beads or a palette of paint.

Chapel Hill Transit presents new study to public

By Su Cho | October 23

Chapel Hill Transit held a public workshop Wednesday to present an update on the North-South corridor study and receive input from the public on the study. ...

Maple View Farm owner Bob Nutter enters business hall of fame

By Maggie Monsrud | October 23

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct six business leaders and families into its Hall of Fame on Nov. 13. The Daily Tar Heel will feature ...

Barbara Jesse-Black, Executive Director of the PTA Thrift Shop, Inc. was elected to the statewide Board of Directors of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits in August. She explained "this has always been on my bucket list!"

PTA Thrift Shop director Barbara Jessie-Black named to nonprofit board

By Wei Zhou | October 23

After heading one of the most prominent and successful nonprofits in the area, Barbara Jessie-Black is getting recognition at the state level.

Construction delays in store for new hotel at Southern Village

By Tiffany Watkins | October 23

The Southern Village community is anticipating the arrival of a new hotel, but delays in construction might push the opening date back.

5th grade Art Club students at Morris Grove Elementary painted pumpkins on Tuesday after school for a pumpkin sale that will raise money for United Way. Art Club teacher, Mrs. Becky Springer, said the inspiration for the fundraiser came because "I'm just always looking for a creative outlet for the students...and then it just happened to coincide with United Way."

Fifth graders auction pumpkins for United Way

By Hannah Jaggers | October 22

Morris Grove Elementary School fifth graders have been rolling up their sleeves and rolling out their paintbrushes in anticipation of this year’s pumpkin ...

BOCC moves closer to county library

By Marisa Bakker | October 22

Orange County knows not to judge a mixed-use library by its blueprints.

Student DJ holds second silent protest of Deep End's Country Night

By Gabriella Cirelli | October 22

Deep End Bar is beginning to grow another group of regulars on Tuesday nights. But these students aren't there for “Country Night.”A second silent ...

Cheaper housing needed, Chapel Hill Town Council says

By Rachel Herzog | October 21

Chapel Hill Town Council members want to encourage affordable development in the Ephesus-Fordham district.

Plans for Rosemary Street Hotel move forward

By Jasmin Singh | October 21

The Chapel Hill Town Council unanimously passed the updated concept plan for the future Rosemary Street Hotel at its Monday meeting.

No charges filed in Oct. 3 cyclist death

By Holly West | October 20

Chapel Hill police will not file charges against the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a bicyclist on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard earlier ...

Chapel Hill extends extraterritorial jurisdiction to include Rogers Road

By Shuyan Huang | October 20

The Chapel Hill Town Council unanimously voted to extend the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to include a portion of the Rogers Road neighborhood ...

Real estate pioneer Eunice Brock honored by chamber

By Patrick Millett | October 20

Eunice Brock didn’t want men telling her what to do, so she became the first woman in Chapel Hill to own a real estate company.

Photos and articles commemorating business leader Maurice Julian (right) and his family hang on the back wall in Julian’s on Franklin Steet.

Maurice and Mary Julian will be honored locally in hall of fame

By Meg Garner | October 15

When they met, he was a young Jewish boy from Massachusetts living in the southern part of heaven, and she was a Southern Baptist, Tar Heel born and bred. ...

Chapel Hill Police responds to reports of a dead body found at 300 E. Rosemary St. Witnesses at the scene said the person did not appear to be a UNC student. Police do not suspect foul play in the case.

Police investigating dead body found at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

By Jasmin Singh , Holly West and Zoe Schaver | October 15

Chapel Hill police are investigating a dead body found Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of Lutheran Campus Ministries on Rosemary Street.

Body found on Rosemary Street

By From staff and wire reports | October 14

A body was found in the parking lot of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Tuesday afternoon.