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Popularity of Molly has sparked conversation at UNC, nationwide

By McKenzie Bennett | April 14

You might see her at a rave with music-lovers or hear her name in the lyrics of popular hip-hop songs.

Inter-Faith Council homeless shelter to break ground in May

By Anna Long | April 13

The Inter-Faith Council — which combats homelessness, poverty and hunger in Chapel Hill and Carrboro — is set to break ground ...

200 people helped Merritt’s Store and Grill celebrate 85th anniversary

By Jordan Nash | April 13

She was sitting at Merritt’s Store and Grill when Patricia Fields Neubert, a child at the time, realized what she wanted to do with the rest of ...

College rape cases hard to prosecute

By Jenny Surane | April 13

Every time a sexual assault case comes across his desk from UNC, Jim Woodall really has to think about the definition of consent.

Landlord barred from taking deposits

By Claire Nielsen | April 13

After a preliminary injunction filed by Attorney General Roy Cooper was granted last week, Chapel Hill landlord James Ware Kelley ...

Rosemary Street in the imagination process

By Jonathan Moyer | April 10

The future of Rosemary Street is no longer a figment of the town’s imagination.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education votes to avoid cuts

By Jenny Surane | April 10

They think it’s a long shot, but the members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will fight to avoid making almost $900,000 in ...

Chapel Hill police issue citations to bartenders during compliance checks

By McKenzie Bennett | April 10

The Chapel Hill Police Department is cracking down on businesses selling alcohol to underage buyers.

Orange County Artists Guild will take first spring tour

By Juanita Chavarro | April 10

In his home studio, Chapel Hill painter Eduardo Lapetina can be found with his palette knife painting the abstract, spring-inspired works that will be ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools to undergo expansion

By Jordan Nash | April 9

An influx of school-aged children in the next five years has local school districts thinking they’ll need more space.

Minister Robert Campbell, President of the Chapel Hill/ Carrboro Branch of the NAACP, poses at Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love. Campbell says his church's faith based organization motivates him to reach out into the community.

7 years in, Rogers Road waits on EPA action

By Mary Helen Moore | April 9

Unclean air and water. Inadequate police and fire protection. Insufficient political representation. Scant bus service.

Camille Oswald (left) plays W and Sam Fletcher (right) plays John in Lab! Theatre's production of Cock.

LAB! Theatre's ‘COCK’ pushes boundaries of sexuality

By Everett Handy | April 9

“COCK’s” provocative take on sexuality exceeds the punning title that heads the playbill.

Caktus Group, a software company currently based in Carborro, creates custom web apps for clients that include Discovery and PBS. Caktus is about to move out of their current space because it doesn't encourage collaboration among its employees.

Names:
Mark Lavin - technical director
Caleb Smith - developer
Nicole Foster - operations manager
Wray Bowling - front end developer + designer
Colin Copeland - CTO, co-founder

Chapel Hill , Carrboro offer limited office space for growing businesses

By Aaron Cranford | April 9

Businesses are beginning to move away as office space becomes harder to come by in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

FRANK Gallery will showcase UNC's best photojournalists

By Robert McNeely | April 9

Whether reporting on sports, politics or the arts, photography is a crucial element of journalism — and FRANK Gallery’s latest exhibit will showcase ...

Carrboro Board of Aldermen revisit affordable housing

By Aaron Cranford | April 8

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen sat down Tuesday night to specify their goals for affordable housing.

Several rams roam about at Hogan’s Magnolia View Farm on Old N.C. 86 on Tuesday evening. Rameses, UNC’s mascot, recently became the father of three baby lambs.

Rameses had a little lamb, and 2 more

By Graves Ganzert | April 8

Rameses has once again become more than UNC’s iconic living mascot — he has also become a father.

Southern Season grows in South, hopes to expand

By Patrick Millett | April 8

Southern Season is springing out of its Chapel Hill roots and falling into other major cities.

Carrboro offcials to talk sidewalks for Rogers Road

By Morgan Swift | April 8

David Caldwell has been lobbying for improvements to the Rogers’ Road neighborhood all his life, and now some of those improvements are closer to becoming ...

Objections to ‘Blurred Lines’ cause stir at Fitzgerald’s

By Jenny Surane | April 8

What started with a spat between a UNC student and a disc jockey at a bar Saturday night ended with a boycott and a formal apology from the pub.

Event hosts discussion on Muslim women in media

By clayton johnson | April 8

UNC professor Juliane Hammer believes the effects of Sept. 11 on perceptions of Muslim women are still evident today — 12 years later.