Three years ago, Greenbridge was just a twinkle in Tim Toben’s eye.
Closing the door to community colleges: an overreaction to tragedy
The board of directors of North Carolina’s Community College System adopted a new policy that will allow colleges to restrict admissions based on perception of a “threat†posed by any applicant.
Roy has a team
After its reputation as one of the nation’s preeminent basketball programs went slip-sliding away in 2010, Carolina once again shows the sticky resistance of tar on its heels.
In the footsteps of John Terres
How well I remember naturalist John Terres’ last visit to his beloved Mason Farm, back in 1981.
The doctor’s in the house
Walking into Deb Lederer’s art classroom at Carrboro Elementary School, you’d think you had found a portal to another world.
School board approves redistricting
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 4-3 last week to approve a plan that reassigns 33 students and several new developments from Morris Grove Elementary School to other schools.
Citizen panel decides fate of workers
Kerry Bigelow appealed his termination before the town’s Personnel Appeals Committee last Thursday night.
Uncertain days for small mental health providers
With a new system for provisioning mental health care services now in effect, the question remains of what will happen to smaller providers.
Council still searching for library solutions
With a vote likely coming on Monday on the idea of permanently moving the Chapel Hill Public Library to University Mall, Chapel Hill’s library plans will pass another milestone.
A travel adventure – with birds
When non-birdwatchers think of birding, they probably don’t regard it as a competitive sport, but rather as an occasional hobby undertaken on casual walks through the woods.
Board reviews ‘diet’ for Main Street
Carrboro is considering a plan to slim down West Main Street along the road’s four-lane stretch near Town Hall, adding bike lanes and dropping the number of travel lanes for cars from four to two, plus a turning lane.
Transit closes F and J stop
Chapel Hill Transit is temporarily closing, until further notice, the bus stop on West Franklin Street in front of Caribou Coffee because of construction.
Business school drops
UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School plummeted in the Financial Times’ latest Global Master of Business Administration rankings.
BOCC on retreat
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners will go on retreat this Friday.
Activists march at UNC
UNC system students and immigrants-rights activists will march down South Road on Friday in protest of proposed tuition hikes and layoffs in the UNC school system.




