This year, students at Frank Porter Graham Elementary had the opportunity to reach out to local elderly residents with handmade valentines.
Author: Staff
Summer camp
CHCCS offers summer camp programs for rising first- through sixth-graders from across the district at Estes Hills Elementary, Morris Grove Elementary and Mary Scroggs Elementary schools.
Essay contest winners
Two freshmen at Chapel Hill High School placed in the 2012 Orange County Human Relations Commission’s Student Essay Contest.
5K for Education
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation is teaming up with Fleet Feet Sports Carrboro.
Charter school decision set for next week
Raleigh had its education lottery debate, Wake County had its neighborhood schools dilemma – now Chapel Hill-Carrboro is getting its moment in the spotlight of educational controversy.
BIG CITY: Someone, please, make it stop
Let me disabuse you of a notion floating around that somehow something called The Media wants to see a long drawn-out slugfest in the Republican presidential primary.
JFK and the proposed marriage amendment
In the pulpit recently, Catholics were urged by a letter from the bishops of Raleigh and Charlotte “to protect traditional marriage†by voting in favor of the proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution on May 8, 2012.
A statement of principles for athletics at UNC
The following statement was developed by an informal group of faculty members at UNC regarding the future of athletics at UNC, and has been endorsed by 112 faculty members.
LETTER: RENCI offers valuable learning
Girl Scout Troop 3064 would like to send a special note of thanks to Jason Coposky and everyone else at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in Chapel Hill.
LETTER: Context needed on Greensboro/Weaver claims
Lies obviously pollute discourse; fortunately this tends to make their damage self-limiting.
FLORA: Being aware
National Invasive Species Awareness Week is Feb. 26-March 3!
County postpones decision on transit tax
Before the Orange County Board of Commissioners decides on adding a half-cent transit tax to the November ballot, they say they need more time to nail down details and receive public input.
Farming community celebrates gains
Despite the country’s struggling economy, Orange County has seen tremendous growth in a major industry in the area in recent years.
School board talks budget strategy
Nearing the end of their annual retreat at the Friday Center on Tuesday, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education tackled one of the biggest items on their agenda: the 2012-13 budget.
Police seek information in rape case
The Chapel Hill Police Department is seeking information about a reported rape that occurred on Feb. 9 around 2:15 a.m.

