The future of Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s first approved charter school is uncertain after the school’s management company pulled out of the project.
Published: Mar. 23, 2013 9:11 AM | Full story
The Town Council approved moving forward Monday with a two-part development agreement process for at least three major projects.
Published: Mar. 22, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
The artist is sick about it. The town is upset about it. And the restaurant owner isn’t talking about it. One of Chapel Hill’s best-known murals by hometown artist Michael Brown was painted over in recent days.
Published: Mar. 21, 2013 11:36 AM | Full story
The legislature elected 16 new people to the UNC Board of Governors Wednesday, tossing out current members and ensuring an overwhelming Republican majority on the university system’s governing board. The move triggered a tense partisan debate in which Democrats complained that when they were in the majority, they made sure Republicans were represented on the board.
Published: Mar. 21, 2013 3:43 PM | Full story
Orange County Animal Control officers picked up a dead fox Wednesday that may be the rabid animal that bit two people in southern Chapel Hill on Tuesday.
Published: Mar. 20, 2013 6:54 PM | Full story
Close to 1,800 people are expected at the 26th annual Carolina Indian Circle Powwow on Saturday on the UNC campus.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 5:00 PM | Full story
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has an emergency closed session to discuss personnel matters.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
Triangle Transit held a community conversation Friday at Durham City Hall to talk about the future of affordable housing along the future Durham-Chapel Hill light-rail corridor. Presenters said other light-rail projects around the country have shown it is important to start early to get any affordable housing.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Faculty, staff, students and alumni can weigh in on the performance of Leslie Strohm, the university’s top lawyer, whose evaluation is routine, UNC-CH officials say.
Published: Mar. 17, 2013 12:40 PM | Full story
Durham police officers violated the department’s use-of-force policy five times last year, including in at least two cases in which officers used more force than necessary, according to the Police Department.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
PlayMakers Repertory Company will end its 2012-2013 main-stage season with the Tony Award-winning musical “Cabaret” April 3-21.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
A summary of government activities in Chapel Hill and Orange County
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education approved the hiring of three principals at its March 7 meeting. Jillian La Serna was named principal of Carrboro Elementary School, Dr. Janice Croasmun was named principal of Rashkis Elementary School and Sulura Jackson was named principal of Chapel Hill High.
Published: Mar. 14, 2013 1:12 PM | Full story
Gina Smith, a former prosecutor and nationally recognized expert on campus sexual misconduct, was hired by UNC-Chapel Hill to help stimulate a campus conversation about sexual assault.
Published: Mar. 14, 2013 11:06 AM | Full story
After a few recent negative incidents, a group of East Chapel Hill High School students are trying to show their fellow students how social media can be used for good.
Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Shopping malls and cinemas have had a long and storied affiliation. Deep Dish Theater founder Paul Frellick said establishing a theater space in a mall was a deliberate choice that has paid off nicely since the theater’s first show in 2001
Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
A group from Smith Middle School will soon embark on the Spring Break experience of a lifetime. French Teacher Robin McMahon will explore France and Belgium March 22-April 5 with 30 students, five teachers and Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services Magda Parvey.
Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Marvin Austin, the former UNC football player whose tweet launched an NCAA probe that resulted in sanctions, told North Carolina special agents that he received $2,000 in cash from a Georgia agent.
Published: Mar. 11, 2013 10:23 PM | Full story
“The Genius of Dogs” is not a dog-training book. You don’t get prescriptions for teaching your pet to sit, stay and come. You do get Hare’s take on why dogs, in their own way, are as smart and in some ways smarter than more lauded species like the great apes and dolphins.
Published: Mar. 10, 2013 12:21 PM | Full story
In the wake of criticism over its decision to remove its racquetball courts, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA’s board of directors voted Friday to seek more input first.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 9:39 AM | Full story
Northside residents can get in on the ground floor next week of a West Rosemary Street residential and retail construction project.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The graduation was also a reunion.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
In the wake of criticism over its decision to remove its racquetball courts, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA’s board of directors voted Friday to seek more input first.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 9:45 AM | Full story
Town Council member Gene Pease said he doesn’t know the next step in his disagreement with a Planning Board chairwoman, but thinks it raised important questions.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt will deliver his State of the Town speech at 7 p.m. Monday in the Town Hall Council Chambers.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The new Chatham County Walmart has opened an employment center at the Bold Building, 50101 Governors Drive.
Published: Mar. 8, 2013 11:47 AM | Full story
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt is one of 30 leaders featured in a new Mayors Against Illegal Guns public service anouncement demanding that Congress take immediate action to prevent gun violence.
Published: Mar. 8, 2013 3:51 PM | Full story
Three Christian ministers, a rabbi and a representative from the N.C. Council of Churches joined state Rep. Paul Luebke at a news conference Sunday in Chapel Hill. They denounced the driver’s license plan and announced new legislation that would counter it.
Published: Mar. 6, 2013 10:56 AM | Full story
Downtown Chapel Hill lost a Franklin Street institution Monday night when Pepper’s Pizza, once known as the punk rock pizza place, served its last slice.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 5:19 PM | Full story
Chapel Hill Town Council member Gene Pease has become the second local leader in two months to ask the town’s Planning Board chairwoman to resign.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 4:41 PM | Full story
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