There is currently a vacancy for the Orange County representative on both the Chapel Hill and Carrboro boards of adjustment.
Author: Staff
Gift to library
The Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation has funded a $150,000 grant that will ensure the new Chapel Hill Public Library can purchase materials for its opening in the spring of 2013.
CHS teachers honored
City Kitchen hosted a complimentary appreciation luncheon for Carrboro High School teachers on June 8.
German Honor Society inductees
On May 29 the National German Honor Society held its annual induction ceremony at Chapel Hill High School.
Longtime Waldorf teacher retiring
After teaching for 40 years at Waldorf schools around the world, master German teacher Ingeborg Boesch is retiring.
Students raise $500 for nonprofit
Two Culbreth Middle School students chose to take on a fundraiser to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill.
Playground video contest finalist
Glenwood Elementary School is one of 10 schools to make it to the final round of the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group’s playground video contest.
McDougle music honors
The McDougle Middle Chorus and Orchestra attended the Kings Dominion Music Festival June 2-3 and both received Superior ratings.
Morris Grove teachers win global challenge
Whitney Maxwell, Allison Livingston, Gail Shen and Amy Brazaski, a team of second-grade teachers from Morris Grove Elementary, have won the Global Educator Challenge.
Phil Blank, June 7, 2012
Illustration by Phil Blank
Doc and Merle, 1983
How do you honor the guitar player who singlehandedly changed the face of American folk and roots music?
House Calls, June 7, 2012
This week we respond to questions about caffeine and complications of diabetes.
Board set to vote on dual-language magnet
With five options on the table, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education has to choose which one will determine the future of the district’s Spanish Dual Language Program.
Amendment One redux: discrimination, exclusion and equality
On May 8, North Carolina reached a historic but sadly familiar milestone with the passage of Amendment One.
BIG CITY: Government in denial
Let me assure you that you are not alone if some of what you might have heard transpired has left you scratching your head.





