Carrboro United Methodist Church will serve a dinner made with locally grown and produced foods on Saturday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 200 Hillsborough Road.
Boys & Girls Club fundraiser
The Boys & Girls Club of Eastern Piedmont will host Dancing with the Stars of Carolina at the Carolina Inn on Aug. 27 beginning at 6 p.m. to raise money for the first Boys & Girls Club in Chapel Hill.
Meals on Wheels receives grant
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels received a grant of $25,000 from the Walmart State Giving Foundation.
BIG CITY: Art and money in Chapel Hill
by Kirk Ross
Nice to stroll through downtown the other day and finally pay a visit to the Ackland’s splendid new gift shop at the corner of Columbia and Franklin.
Hats off to Hannah Ruth
The Hannah Ruth Foundation celebrated its first anniversary on April 9, 2011.
County must now deal with state budget cuts
Cuts made to the recently passed state budget to close a nearly $2.5 billion shortfall will take a toll on Orange County residents.
County to offer quarter-cent sales-tax education
Over the next few months, the Orange County manager’s office will conduct a campaign to educate voters on a proposed additional quarter-cent sales tax.
UNC athletic director search committee named
UNC announced on Monday that Chancellor Holden Thorp had named a 12-member search committee to recommend candidates to become the university’s next director of athletics.
Davis firing one more misstep
The Carolina football program has been a punching bag for parts of the university community for years, but now so many people have pummeled it that the stuffing is showing.
FLORA: Here’s a flower you won’t pick!
Durham resident Parker Chesson recently captured the above image of a swallowtail on a bull thistle flower head.
Don’t be fooled by the name
Local thrift shoppers are privy to two stores within one block in downtown Carrboro – though some people don’t know it.
Getting the green business thing down
RECENTLY . . . So, you think you’ve got the whole “green†thing covered.
Carrboro: technology-business mecca
As the economy reels and local businesses suffer – with several forced to close their doors in recent weeks – business for Carrboro’s hidden economy is quietly booming.
Phil Blank, August 11, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
The Barefoot Brothers, 1968
Long before A Southern Season was a gleam in their eyes, my college chums Michael and Stephen Barefoot were just two handsome and talented Carolina kids.