UNC will host the first annual Dozen Doughnut Dash on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
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Fire department recruiting volunteers
The New Hope Volunteer Fire Department will hold an open house on Monday at 7:30 p.m. for individuals interested in serving as volunteer firefighters at New Hope Station #1.
University UMC to offer grief and loss support group
University United Methodist Church will offer a seven-week grief and loss support group to community members beginning Sunday.
Volunteers needed
Orange County RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program is searching for volunteers.
CHCCS to hold Walk for Education
The 15th Annual Walk for Education will be held 2 p.m. Saturday.
Teacher workday care for elementary schools
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Community Schools Department offers Teacher Workday Care at each elementary school in the district.
Students receive leadership award
LaSharrica Walker of Phillips Middle School and Paige Chavis of East Chapel Hill High School have been selected as recipients of the 2011 Women’s Leadership Council Leadership Award.
CHHS parent night
The Chapel Hill High School counseling department will host a ninth- and 10th-grade parent night on Oct. 6 in the Hanes Auditorium.
Phil Blank, September 22, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Manhattan 1931
We go through our daily lives seeing but failing to observe.
Voter-owned elections in limbo
In light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that deemed a similar fund in Arizona to be unconstitutional, the N.C. State Board of Elections on Sept. 9 suspended a funding portion of Chapel Hill’s Voter-Owned Elections program, the only of its kind in North Carolina.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro real estate outperforming Triangle
“Be glad you’re here, because these numbers are a lot better than the Triangle and the rest of the country.â€
County supports banning deer hunting with dogs
A proposal to ban deer hunting with dogs had everyone barking at the Orange County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night, where the board voted unanimously to continue to support the ban.
FLORA: Passionate about passion flower
One of my favorite native vines is passion flower, frequently called maypops and officially recognized as Passiflora incarnata.
Businesses still hurting from Weaver St. project, owners say
Beyond the bulldozers, the dust, the orange cones and the construction blockades on Weaver Street are businesses in desperate need of some TLC from customers.




