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HomeStart volunteers help homeless with Mother's Day cards

By Sarah Crump | April 24

When Chapel Hill High School sophomore Sydney Melet thinks of Mother’s Day, she isn’t only thinking of her own mother.

Witness says Carrboro police used unnecessary force on overdose patient

By Michael Liguori | April 24

Early in the morning on Dec. 6, 2014, a Carrboro man overdosed on heroin. Police, firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians were deployed to the ...

For honeybee swarms, Orange County offers careful swarm patrol

By Elizabeth Harvell | April 23

Honeybee swarm season is making a buzz in Carrboro.

Buds Boxers, a startup underwear company, is hoping to have a Kickstarter campaign running soon.

Students start high-end boxer line called Buds Boxers

By Avishai Halev | April 23

To Lawson Kuehnert and his team, all of the fun is in your pants.

Carrboro radio station requests $2K from towns

By Maggie Monsrud | April 23

The community-driven radio station WCOM 103.5 has given back to Chapel Hill and Carrboro for almost 10 years and is now reaching out to town officials ...

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant opens second location in Carrboro

By Bridget Dye | April 23

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant, a popular restaurant in Chapel Hill, opened a second location in Carrboro Plaza Sunday.

School districts plan renovations to oldest, crowded facilities

By Rachel Herzog | April 22

As the school year nears its end, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are just beginning to plan renovations. On April 13, Town XXX and XXX for CHCCS presented ...

Construction impacts access to new Carolina Square site

By Erin Kolstad | April 22

The first step in transforming University Square to Carolina Square took place on Tuesday as fences went up around the construction site.

Carrboro police consider use of body cameras

By Kiana Cole | April 21

As a lengthy debate continues over the ethics and effectiveness of body cameras for police officers, the town of Carrboro is getting closer to adopting ...

Victory Junction brings fun to Chapel Hill

By Marisa Bakker | April 20

For some families, home is where the Ronald McDonald House is — and through a partnership with Victory Junction, the charity can serve families in a ...

Author Stuart Dunaway presents "A Historical Overview of the Village of Chapel Hill" to a packed room in the Chapel Hill Public Library on Sunday afternoon.

Author, historian Stewart Dunaway explains Chapel Hill’s history

By Aren Besson | April 19

Chapel Hill was named after a chapel on a hill — probably.

On-street loading zones under review

By Erin Kolstad | April 15

For freshman Caroline Hall, the loading zones along Franklin Street make it harder for her and other pedestrians to get around.

Mike Nicklas, the president of the architectural firm, Innovative Design, spoke at the Chapel Hill Public Library about sustainable housing Tuesday evening.

Architect Nicklas encourages more sustainability

By Aren Besson | April 15

If Chapel Hill changes its approach to architecture, the sunlight that drives climate change could also be used to combat it.

Big impact predicted for Tar Heel 10 Miler

By Bridget Dye | April 15

More than 6,000 runners could bring as much as a million dollars to Chapel Hill when they come through the town for the eighth-annual Tar Heel 10 Miler ...

Zoey Atkins walks her dog Guinness around the outside of BeerStudy before the start of the dog parade on Sunday afternoon.

Dogs, owners share a walk and a beer in weekend parade

By Madeline Reich | April 13

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro area provides residents with no shortage of places to drink good beer in great weather.

Bus, wheelchair-bound pedestrian collide

By Acy Jackson | April 10

An individual in a wheelchair was struck by a bus at the intersection of Manning Drive and Skipper Bowles Drive just after 2 p.m. Thursday.

Students at Carrboro Elementary School attend classes in English for half of the day and a foreign language for the second half of the day as part of a dual language immersion program. These programs result in higher EOG test scores. Nathan Ludington (10), Lucy Mills (9), and Maddie Hamilton (10) study fossils during the English portion of their day.

Dual-language programs prove successful

By Rachel Herzog | April 10

On Wednesday morning, seventeen students in Pedro Ortiz’s fourth-grade class sit in a circle on a rug displaying a world map, reading from marbled composition ...

United Church tackles white privilege

By Kiana Cole | April 10

After national and local racial tensions have recently been brought to a boil, the United Church of Chapel Hill believes it is time to take action and ...

UNC students make splash with high school students

By Tyler Fleming | April 9

The student becomes the professor this Saturday.

Volunteers step up at Planned Parenthood

By Erin Kolstad | April 9

Due to construction and longtime protests at Chapel Hill’s Planned Parenthood, volunteers are guiding patients to and from the health center’s parking ...