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Inter-Faith Council gears up for a new challenge

By Brooke Fisher | October 4

The Inter-Faith Council aims to increase their services with a challenge to raise $92,625 — with the potential promise of a matched donation by the ...

Chapel Hill muralist Michael Brown prepares to paint again

By Connor Colson | October 1

On Wednesday, artist and UNC alumnus Michael Brown proposed a mural to the Chapel Hill Design Commission. This project is a collaboration between University ...

Construction on Smith Level Road now slated to end in January

By Carolyn Paletta | September 30

After two years, $5 million dollars and countless traffic jams, the construction project on Smith Level Road, which was slated for completion in May, ...

Chapel Hill town council member puts red light on right turns

By Molly Jordan | September 30

In downtown Chapel Hill, there are chirping crosswalk noises, bike lanes and “watch for pedestrians” signs: all measures that are in place to protect ...

EmPOWERment housing counselor dropped due to lack of funding

By Zac Lowell | September 30

The recent end of government funding for Chapel Hill-based EmPOWERment, a housing counseling and community empowerment organization, prompted the departure ...

J Bus driver David Deming discusses the quotes he posts in his bus during his morning route.

J bus driver is the captain of quotes

By Maggie Mouat | September 29

It’s not everyday that a person can get on a bus and see the quote by Woody Allen, “The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won’t ...

Council member Storrow bounces back from DWI

By Kieran Hodnett | September 28

Despite being arrested and charged with a DWI in August, Chapel Hill town council member Lee Storrow is still running for re-election, and his numbers ...

PORCH Food for Schools program funds snacks for hungry kids

By Brooke Fisher | September 28

PORCH, a local nonprofit organization, has partnered alongside 23 schools and 1 pre-school to offer all children snacks.

18th Annual Carrboro Music Festival continues, despite rain

By Christine Bang | September 27

The 18th annual Carrboro Music Festival attracted people from all over country to come see over 180 local bands perform in two days.

Carrboro purchases clean energy garbage truck

By Robin O'Luanaigh | September 24

Garbage pick-up may just clean up Carrboro's air and roadways.

Volunteers asks students for Just Mercy donations

By Nicole Gonzalez | September 23

Susan Simone, a volunteer at the Orange Correctional Center, has led literacy workshops for six years that have helped turn the lives of the residents ...

Carrboro library still struggles to find location

By Molly Jordan | September 23

In downtown Carrboro, the town’s hip crowd has access to everything they could ever desire: coffee shops, an organic market and a community arts theater. ...

Vinny Mammone, treasurer for Claws Inc., holds one of the organization's permanent residents Khalitra, a great horned owl who is blind in one eye.

Raptors, release and rehabilitation: Organization released rehabilitated animals

By Isabella Lupoli | September 20

Some birds prefer trees, others prefer selfies — but at Carrboro’s raptor release Saturday morning, some birds preferred the air.

Solar panels were installed on the grounds of Carrboro High School this August. Current seniors Holly Gallagher and Jocelyn Buckley led the project with help from Dan Schnitzer, the sustainability coordinator for local school systems, after being inspired by their AP Environmental Science class last school year. The panel generates clean energy for the school on a sunny Thursday afternoon, Sept. 17.

Carrboro High School installs solar panels after campaign by students

By Nicole Gonzalez | September 18

Carrboro High School has gone solar as a result of two students’ community sustainability campaign.

Years later, Carolina North timeline still up in the air

By Robin O'Luanaigh | September 18

UNC has yet to finalize plans for the 250-acre plot of land it purchased in 2009.

Hate crime status of Chapel Hill shooting discussed

By Zhai Yun Tan | September 17

Seven months after the Chapel Hill shooting, Yousef Abu-Salha, brother of the victims, is busy studying for his first exams at the UNC School of Medicine, ...

Chapel Hill mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and Carrboro mayor Lydia Lavelle host a panel discussion Monday evening at Mayor & Mayor: A Conversation about LGBTQ Struggles in North Carolina, part of the ACLU-NC 50th Anniversary Exhibit at the Chapel Hill Public Library.

Kleinschmidt and Lavelle speak at first event for ACLU 50th anniversary

By Alexa Papadopoulos | September 15

In honor of N.C. ACLU's 50th anniversary, the Chapel Hill Pubic Library is hosting a month-long program focusing on a different social justice issue each ...

Annual dog swim creates a whole new definition of doggy paddle

By Erin Kolstad | September 14

The A.D. Clark Pool at the Hargraves Community Center was filled on Sunday with the typical sounds of summer — laughing, splashing and howling.

Laughing research and north side block party

Chapel Hill unites neighbors with food, fellowship

By Kiana Cole | September 11

Laughter and applause filled the Hargraves Community Center Thursday when elementary school students wobbled their way over to their new principal, Coretta ...

How local police take advantage of Twitter

By Kiana Cole | September 9

Local police departments no longer require a phone call to be reached, but instead can be found and contacted through Twitter.