The OC Report -

Local government fails to include Rogers Road on joint public hearing agenda

By Mary Helen Moore | March 26

Zack Kaplan is tired of the Rogers Road neighborhood being swept under the rug.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools faces $2.8 million shortfall

By Jonathan Moyer | March 26

The recession has finally caught up with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and it may cost the district more than $3 million.

Developers halt plans for Carrboro CVS

By Trent Hollandsworth | March 26

Protestors of Carrboro have won the battle for 201 N. Greensboro St., but there may still be a war to fight.

Collins Crossing courts UNC students

By Steven Wright | March 26

Two years ago, Collins Crossing Apartments didn’t even have a Facebook page.

Chapel Hill adjusts to aging population

By Anna Long | March 26

Robert Seymour says the local senior center is only named after him because he harassed county officials to build it for 20 years.

Chapel Hill Transit braces for cuts in federal and state funding

By Zoe Schaver | March 26

Chapel Hill’s bus system is unlike almost any other in the United States, but it’s not immune to financial problems that plague transit systems everywhere. ...

Food trucks expand to UNC, not to town of Chapel Hill

By Bob Bryan | March 25

Though food trucks have been allowed on campus for six months, their presence hasn’t extended to Franklin Street or the rest of the Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill businesses split on Affordable Care Act

By Dree Deacon | March 25

The deadline for his employees to sign up for the Affordable Care Act is quickly approaching, but Morris Gelblum said he doesn’t see it having any large ...

3 writers to host joint reading at Flyleaf Books

By Jessica Zambrano | March 25

A group of colleagues will come together tonight at Flyleaf Books to talk about the varied routes they took on the way to becoming writers.

Chapel Hill Public Library hosts Affordable Care Act sign-up

By Adam Golden | March 24

The Chapel Hill Public Library is doing what it can to assist in the federal government’s attempts to boost enrollment in the Affordable Care Act. ...

Christy Lambden pitches occupancy limit petition to town of Chapel Hill

By Bob Bryan | March 24

The research took several months, but his presentation Monday before the Chapel Hill Town Council about repealing the controversial four-person occupancy ...

UNC alumnus Chip Venable brings his kids, Preston and Hannah, to the festival every year. "The kids really love it. They love the rides and the balloons and I like to have my barbecue," Venable said.

Hillsborough residents unite to revive annual barbecue festival Hog Day

By Adam Golden | March 24

Barbecue-lovers in central North Carolina can rejoice at the return of Hillsborough’s annual Hog Day festival.

Town Council's discussion on Ephesus-Fordham area draws feedback from residents

By Bailey Mathias | March 24

The Chapel Hill Town Council knows the Ephesus-Fordham area is in need of redevelopment, it just needs help figuring out how to do it.

UNC alumnus writes about unexpected kinship in latest novel

By Chinelo Umerah | March 24

When two people — both fighting to escape their desperate histories — cross paths at a used car parking lot, an unexpected kinship grows between them. ...

Armed man involuntarily committed at UNC Hospitals

By Langston Taylor | March 24

The UNC graduate and Chapel Hill resident detained by police for brandishing knives near the Pit Sunday has been sent to UNC Hospitals.

Orange County Outreach Court works to help homeless avoid crime

By McKenzie Bennett | March 24

It’s a second job for most of the people involved. The program receives no money for its efforts. And it’s hard to encourage their participants to ...

Unidentified man wielded knife on campus, later taken into custody

By Jenny Surane and Amanda Albright | March 24

A knife-wielding man sent the University into lockdown for more than an hour Sunday — and a lack of information about the incident from the Department ...

Sarah Wolfe, a resident of Durham, enjoys painting a glass bottle at Lantern Restaurant. She is a curator for Windows in the Chapel Hill area.

Local storefronts to host Windows on Chapel Hill art exhibitions

By Claire Nielsen | March 23

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Orange County Hi-Chew candy factory to break ground

By Rachel Herzog | March 23

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Bluegrass bass player Missy Raines to perform at Carrboro ArtsCenter

By Megan Caron | March 20

When world-renowned bluegrass bass player Missy Raines started her own band several years ago in West Virginia , everyone who heard their music was hard ...