Several years ago, when I asked my photography students to bring to class a single meaningful family snapshot, Kafi Robinson, then a senior journalism major from Oxford, turned in a photo of her great grandmother, “Aunt Roxie.”
Our backyards
Two meetings, two separate issues, but one very common theme: Not. Near. Me.
Letters: Residents speak out on Community House
Support for Homestead facility; Don’t overlook the process; Benefit to us all; Support IFC’s New Community House
Women’s lives matter
Last month, the U.S. House launched the most devastating legislative attack on women’s health care in American history.
A picture’s worth
When Angie Brammer went on the Internet on Friday, March 11, she was shocked to see her former home of Yamagata City, Japan, in the middle of a terrible natural disaster.
GOP planning to rewrite environmental policy, dismantle regulator
In this year’s General Assembly session, major changes to the way the state protects the environment and regulates polluting industries are being considered by the new House and Senate leadership.
Local Miranda case reaches Supreme Court
A young man who five years ago was in the seventh grade at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill is the catalyst for a case argued Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court that could have deep implications for juvenile justice.
Weaver Street repairs
The east block of Weaver Street between Roberson and North Greensboro streets is closed to westbound vehicle traffic as work continues on the yearlong project …
Community House plans debated
The public hearing on the Inter-Faith Council’s proposed Community House opened Monday night to a packed house …
Board opens hearing on library site
With strong objections from neighbors and a wide array of questions, the continuation of a public hearing on rezoning the county’s chosen site for a library is only tentatively scheduled for April 19.
Don’t miss them this year
There’s still time to catch most of the spring ephemerals, but you’d better get outdoors this week or next, or they’ll be gone again for another year.
Carolina one of just 16 left standing
Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits, the Tar Heels are back in the Sweet 16.
Possible budget cuts opposed
At a public hearing on the 2011-12 school budget last week, parents, teachers and other community members asked the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education not to make proposed cuts …
Board finalizes redistricting
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 6-2 last week to approve a plan that would move students …





