The Institute for Museum and Library Services has awarded a $25,000 Sparks! Ignition Grant to the N.C. Botanical Garden’s Healing and Hope Through Science (HHTS) program.
Forums to focus on race and politics
Organizing Against Racism (OAR) Alliance will present a series of four election-focused forums.
Glenwood participating in Target contest
Glenwood Elementary School is participating in Target’s Give with Target contest through Saturday.
Tiger Chill needs volunteers
The Chapel Hill High PTSA is looking for parents and family members to help run PTSA-sponsored booths at Tiger Chill.
Voter registration at football games
Local organizations are working together to register voters at three local high school games in September.
District long-range plan focus group
Two-hundred and fifty people from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district participated in the Greenhouse Project last spring.
Carrboro victorious over Orange
Carrborro extended its record to 3-0 with a 27-19 victory against Orange High School last Friday.
Heels’ task elevates this week at Wake Forest
Carolina opened a new era in football with a superb effort in both the execution of its schemes and the passion with which it played the game.
FLORA: ‘Late summer woods’
“Late summer woods†is Cornelia Phillips Spencer’s description, in the “Young Lady’s Column†of The N.C. Presbyterian, Oct. 8, 1873, of a late-summer walk.
Rooftop living
Check out Meg and Ken in the Carrboro Community Resource & Visitor’s Guide.
Charter school a bad idea, foes say
Hardly anyone is saying the entire effort for charter schools should be scrapped.
Carrboro BOA tackles Fannie Mae
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen took on an issue that is preventing some local homeowners from refinancing their mortgages or selling their homes.
EMS proposal totals $15.6 million
Members of the Orange County Emergency Services Workgroup say they are pleased with recommendations to improve the county’s EMS department.
Coyotes come to town
Curious animals by nature, coyotes in Orange County have recently been increasingly interested in investigating the urban areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
PTA Thrift opens in new space
On Tuesday, patrons of the Carrboro PTA Thrift Shop were lined up outside the store before it opened.