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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.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro school dropout rate falls

By Bailey Mathias | April 7

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is celebrating the district’s lowest dropout rate in the past 15 years.

Alumna Martha Hoelzer brings her art to Caffe Driade

April 7

Customers at Caffe Driade will be in for a surprise when they sit down with a cup of tea and glance out of the window this month — instead of the familiar ...

Carolina Ale House will open in former Yates Motor building

By Adam Golden | April 7

A building once used for an infamous Occupy protest will now house a chain restaurant.

Hospitals alter alcohol policy

By Jasmin Singh | April 7

Reducing alcohol-related admissions by three per month could save a hospital $315,000 per year.

Orange County officials look to keep property taxes flat

By Jordan Nash and Bob Bryan | April 7

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Chapel Hill police encounter unusual cases

By McKenzie Bennett | April 7

Whether they are stealing cheese or “twerking” in the street, Chapel Hill residents have proven to be an odd bunch for police.

Kids participate in an egg hunt at Homestead Park in Chapel Hill on April 5.

1,200 children, ages 2 to 10, participated in Community Egg Hunt

By Claire Nielsen | April 6

The search was on.

Town of Chapel Hill finds 12 tenants in North Street residence

By Joey DeVito | April 6

Two local property owners were fined about $60,000 by the town of Chapel Hill after the town found 12 people were living at a property at 135 North St. ...

Six confirmed rabies cases already in Orange County

By Anna Long | April 6

Orange County might be seeing an increase in rabies cases this year, highlighting the importance of preventative measures like vaccinations.

Opening ceremony for April ArtsCenter show to be held during ArtWalk

By Megan Caron | April 6

Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents will have the opportunity to experience the collaboration of three different artists and visit some of the many galleries ...

Orange County sees fewer children in foster care

By Marissa Bane | April 3

The Orange County Department of Social Services is working to connect potential foster kids with relatives — meaning more of them can live with people ...

Cat's Cradle nurtures Carolina growth

By Margaret Gilmore | April 3

Throughout the past 40 years, Cat’s Cradle has hosted some of the biggest names in music. While the number of national tours that come through the Cradle ...