UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp will announce a new Carolina Latino Collaborative at a free public ceremony on April 10 at 1 p.m. in the Craige North Residence Hall off Manning Drive.
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Exhibit, program to feature Jimmie Rodgers
The Southern Folklife Collection at the Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC will host a free public program and exhibit opening on country-music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers on April 13.
Gallery opening this weekend
The Franklin Street Arts Collective will celebrate the opening of its new gallery, FRANK, on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Music on the Porch
UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South will host Music on the Porch on April 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. on the porch of the Love House and Hutchins Forum at 410 E. Franklin St.
County recruiting for employment program
The Orange County Department of Social Services is recruiting employers to participate in a state-administered subsidized employment program.
Pollitt memorial service
A memorial service for UNC Kenan Professor Emeritus Dan Pollitt will be held Sunday, April 18 at 2 p.m. at the William and Ida Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive in Chapel Hill. Pollitt passed away on March 5 after a brief period of declining health.
Murder suspects arrested
Three suspects have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after allegedly throwing a victim from a car in Northern Orange County on March 29.
Brush fire threatens house
Firefighters from the Carrboro, New Hope and Orange Grove fire departments responded to a vehicle and brush fire in the Rogers Road neighborhood on Saturday.
Cars, lawnmowers stolen from school district
More than $83,000 worth of lawnmowers and automobiles were stolen from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools central office on Merritt Mill Road last week.
Chatham County finds short-term locations for court offices
Chatham County has found short-term locations for Superior Court sessions and court offices displaced by the recent courthouse fire, county officials announced on Monday.
Early voting starts April 15
Early voting in federal and county primary races and for the Orange County Board of Education opens next week at 8 a.m. at the county elections offices at 208 South Cameron St. in Hillsborough and the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill. The hours for the two sites are: • Thursday, April 15-Friday, April 16, 8…
Senate candidates to visit Stone Center
A forum for candidates running for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat will be held at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center on the UNC campus on April 13 at 7 p.m. The forum, co-sponsored by the center and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro branch of the NAACP, will be held in the center’s auditorium and moderated by WTVD’s…
PTA forum
The PTA Council will sponsor a forum for candidates for the Orange County Board of Commissioners from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14 in the council chambers of the Chapel Hill Town Hall at 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The forum will be televised live on government access Time Warner channel 18 and will…
Math honors earned by local students
Students from Chapel Hill High School qualified to advance to the state level in the North Carolina Math Contest held March 25 at NC A& T University. The state contest will be held at UNC-Greensboro on April 29. The students are Jonathan Siekierski, first place; Arun Ganesh, third place; and Vincent Zhu, 10th place. The…
Hall of Fame inductions this month
The Chapel Hill High School and Lincoln High School Hall of Fame will induct a new class of members at the induction dinner scheduled for Saturday, April 24 at 6 p.m. in the CHHS cafeteria. Inductees include Xan Funk, field hockey; Timothy Mann, football; Jack Maultsby (in memoriam), football; Gordon Neville, basketball; Jake Reynolds, wrestling;…
