Foreign languages were again the draw for a standing-room crowd that spilled out the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board’s meeting room last week.
Published: May. 20, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
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The OWASA Board of Directors will hold public hearings on the proposed budget, rates and capital investment program at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, in Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Published: May. 20, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
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The Town Council will talk in June about a fired police officer’s case and claims that the town’s employee grievance process doesn’t work.
Published: May. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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The town’s future hinges on whether it can build the retail, office and residential space that companies and their employees want, Chapel Hill’s economic development director said.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Many will have money on their minds this week as the county and Chapel Hill work out next year’s budget details.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Ten local teens will pedal with purpose this summer, riding some 3,700 miles over 10 week, from Maryland to Oregon.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Chapel Hill economic development Director Dwight Bassett said there are specific areas where the town has potential to grow over the next 10 years.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
A judge has continued the order sealing search warrants in the September death of a UNC student.
Published: May. 17, 2013 2:53 PM | Full story
The Chapel Hill Town Council’s recent decision to charge drivers using town-owned park-and-ride lots has the Carrboro Board of Aldermen debating parking fees in its downtown.
Published: May. 15, 2013 11:30 AM | Full story
Chapel Hill town officials hope a budding partnership will improve communication, increase compliance with regulations and give tenants a tool to find quality housing.
Published: May. 14, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
A white horse ambles across a field of buttercups (Ranunculus) off Milhouse Road north of Chapel Hill after a late-afternoon rain Sunday, May 5, 2013.
Published: May. 14, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Town Council cut the cost of operating a food truck by more than half Monday and voted to allow them at more events and locations.
Published: May. 14, 2013 11:45 AM | Full story
Town Manager Roger Stancil recommended Monday night that the Town Council approve a two-cent increase in next year’s property tax rate.
Published: May. 14, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
Ancient followers of the philosopher Aristotle would take walks together and debate questions of science and ethics. They called themselves the peripatetic school, referring to the Greek word for walking.
Published: May. 14, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
More than 6,000 UNC-Chapel Hill graduates gathered Sunday morning at Kenan Stadium to celebrate their degrees, under a Carolina blue sky. AOL’s Steve Case, chief graduation speaker, encouraged them to persevere and stay on the offense.
Published: May. 13, 2013 11:03 AM | Full story
Parents, teachers, children and some old friends gathered Thursday at Frank Porter Graham Elementary to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary. For many, it was also goodbye.
Published: May. 12, 2013 12:46 PM | Full story
Construction has started or will start soon on four major projects in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Published: May. 11, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Orange County Board of Commissioners pushed back a pending countywide revaluation Tuesday night to Jan. 1, 2017.
Published: May. 11, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Board of Aldermen put 120 Brewer Lane at the top of its list last week for siting the county’s new Southern Branch Library
Published: May. 9, 2013 1:54 PM | Full story
An autopsy released Wednesday shows the son of a UNC Board of Governors member died earlier this year from huffing.
Published: May. 8, 2013 4:10 PM | Full story
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that an Orange County judge should give two fired Chapel Hill sanitation workers their day in court.
Published: May. 8, 2013 10:19 AM | Full story
The U.S. Postal Service will stay at the Timberlyne Shopping Center, a postal official said Friday.
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
It’s easy to second-guess and criticize law enforcement officers, but the town’s Citizens Police Academy last week gave me reason to stop and reflect.
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
American Online co-founder Steve Case will speak, and he and four other luminaries will receive honorary degrees Sunday during UNC’s commencement ceremony.
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Christine Harrelson stood in the middle of her new living room and drew the bow her husband Chad had bought earlier that day. It was the first bow she had ever drawn.
Published: May. 6, 2013 3:09 PM | Full story
Two campers may have exposed others to the measles recently at the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival in Chatham County.
Published: May. 4, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
The Launch business incubator is one piece of an economic plan, but it shows what the town, county and university can do together, officials said at an open house Wednesday.
Published: May. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Are you a cycling enthusiast? Maybe you haven’t ridden a bike in a while but want to. Perhaps you enjoy riding only on greenways or trails?
Published: May. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
OWASA plans to keep its water and sewer rates at the same level through June 2014, officials said last week.
Published: May. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Town crews removed eight parking signs Tuesday from the Chapel Hill Public Library’s upper lot after residents complained they were discriminatory.
Published: May. 3, 2013 3:53 PM | Full story
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