The Chapel Hill Police Department partnered with University Mall, Home Instead Senior Care, Brookdale Senior Living, Comfort Assurance Group, Coalition for Alcohol and Drug Free Teenagers of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Faithful Friends Pet Cremation Services last Wednesday for Operation Medicine Cabinet.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
On behalf of cancer patients and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, a huge thank you goes to Chapel Hill and Carrboro for the outstanding community effort to "Turn the Towns Pink".
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
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Roses to Will Raymond, one of the candidates running (unsucccessfully, it turned out) for a seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
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Madison Marquette, owner of Chapel Hill's University Mall, has announced plans to renovate sections of the mall's exterior beginning in early 2010 and bring in eight new retail businesses before the holiday season.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
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A citizen's appeal to the new mayor and Town Council: Please respect the voters of Chapel Hill by appointing the fifth-place finisher to the Town Council. Rise above Strom's calculated exit.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
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This year the town instituted a new campaign-finance report to reveal candidates' spending up through six days before the election. Trouble is, only one candidate managed to file it on time. And she only received $1 in campaign contributions.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Roses to Greg Overbeck and the Chapel Hill Restaurant Group for making the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCAs lunch/auction fundraiser at Squid's a huge success. When theYMCA contacted Greg about hosting, he enthusiastically embraced the idea.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
UNC is the biggest producer of greenhouse gases in Orange County. According to CARMA, a group that tracks this information internationally, the coal-fired power plant on campus produced 312,000 tons of CO2 last year.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
In an age when political debate generally turns into personal attacks Chapel Hill should be proud of all the candidates who sought local office for not lowering themselves to the mud slinging that often times makes up our national elections.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
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Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Orange County's new limits on tethering, which restrict the tethering or chaining of dogs to a maximum of 3 hours within a 24-hour period, becomes effective Thursday.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
A newly elected mayor and Town Council will soon assume leadership in Chapel Hill.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Today's Best Shot comes from Mary Sonis, who took the photo last spring: "The Beaver family is very busy this spring. This is the female enjoying her dinner of treebark.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Immigration issues keep interrupting and dominating my life.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Randy Young - Recreation: The world is obsessed with scale and bigger-than-life heroes. And that could be indicative of a bigger problem.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Each Veterans Day we remember those killed or injured by wars. The tragedy at Foot Hood also reminds us of the emotional strain on our military.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. To see the agenda go to www2.chccs.k12.nc.us.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Evelyn Lloyd remembers having to work in the back room at James Pharmacy because male customers thought it was OK to put their hands on her - even with her father working there as well.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Eddy Landreth - Viewpoint: Butch Davis was happy and Roy Williams sounded a bit irritated following Carolina wins. Despite the difference in tone, both have their programs head in the right direction.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Orange County citizens, local government representatives and small businesses brought 15,000 pounds of confidential documents to be shredded at a Shred-A-Thon event Saturday.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Orange County commissioners, facing stagnant sales and property tax revenue, are talking business.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a public hearing Monday at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. To see the agenda, go to townhall.townofchapelhill.org.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Today's Best Shot comes from David Poulos of Chapel Hill: "While at the award winning Carrboro Farmers' Market last Saturday, I was amazed to see such incredible blooms this late in the season.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
The Town Council will hold a public hearing Monday night to change the town's definition of "shelter" to allow more than 25 men to stay at the proposed homeless facility at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Homestead Road.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Editor's note: Sam Taylor, a 2007 graduate of UNC, is a chaplain's assistant serving in Iraq with the National Guard. His unit trained at Fort Hood, Texas, and he was processed in the center where the shootings occurred.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
California did a disservice to its residents.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Scandal has erupted at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
The early 20th century was an exciting time for Chapel Hill.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
The cultural landscape of downtown Chapel Hill has brightened considerably in the last few weeks, first with the announcement that the Varsity Theatre will re-open in what sounds like a cool new incarnation, and last Monday with the Town Council's agreement to lease Kidzu Children's Museum permanent space atop the Wallace Parking Deck.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
For the Bolin Creek Festival, I planned a community mural to come together with the Big Sweep litter cleanup, a great line-up of musicians and the fabulous Indian food of Vimala Rajendran.
Published: Nov. 15, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
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