A man is dead after a fire broke out at his 113 Lantern Way home on Monday morning.
Weaver Street update
Carrboro’s big dig continues westward. . .
UNC Commencement Sunday
The main ceremony will be held on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in Kenan Stadium.
New MHAT director
Julie Jarrell Bailey has been appointed as interim executive director.
OWASA seeks applicants
An Orange County representative is needed for the OWASA Board of Directors.
CVS meeting
The Town of Carrboro will hold a concept-planning discussion regarding the proposed downtown CVS development during a joint review today (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall.
Phil Blank, April 28, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Woody Takes a Time-Out, 1983
All things must pass, but the retirement of Woody Durham is particularly hard to take.
College football requires year-round dedication, hard work
The desire to be a college football player must be tremendous, because the hard work continues through nearly every day of all 12 months of the year.
Harm to partners must be addressed
Intimate partner violence (IPV), as defined by the Centers for Disease Control, is the “physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner.â€
Letter: Library decision ill-advised
The town’s decision to place the library on the Hillsborough Road site is ill-advised for two reasons.
Letter: MH/DD/SA waiver a mistake
This letter comes to you from someone who has lived her whole life with cerebral palsy
Veridia approved
After a long negotiation over design, pricing and what would happen to current residents, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved a rezoning …
Look in the treetops for cross vine
Crossing the Haw River in Saxapahaw last week, I glimpsed the flowers of cross vine, Bignonia capreolata, hanging in treetops where they reach for sunlight.
Council flips on OWASA’s Jordan Lake plan
The last time the Chapel Hill Town Council took a vote on a request by OWASA to modify a key governing agreement …



