The news of the closing of Harry’s in White Cross stirs thoughts of another Harry’s – one that is indelibly fixed in the memories of students and townsfolk from the ’50s and ’60s.
Drop by drop
Shocking, sickening, saddening – these are the common initial reactions to events of the past weekend.
Economy, diversity and collaboration
One of the challenges of coming to grips with sustainability is understanding the importance of diversity.
Letter: Respect your neighbors
I stood at the edge of a North Greensboro Street crosswalk as several cars and trucks whizzed past me …
Letter: From both sides
With the Tucson shootings fresh in our hearts and minds, I am concerned with the comments going on out there.
Letter: Mobility is crucial
Over the past 10 years the IFC, the Town of Chapel Hill and numerous community organizations have been planning and searching for a new site for a transitional housing facility for homeless men.
Schools to redistrict to ease overcrowding
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education next week will take another look at redistricting plans to ease overcrowding at district elementary schools.
What exactly is an ‘ugly’ win?
Even its hall-of-fame head coach referred to Carolina’s 62-56 victory at Virginia on Saturday as an “ugly win.â€
Sorting through recycling options
The holidays are over, Christmas trees have come down and the last of the leftovers have been consumed, and, somewhere, a big pile of trash is all that remains.
Chatham cuts county positions
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted last week to eliminate four staff positions, discontinue the county’s funding of Chapel Hill Transit’s Pittsboro Express bus service and delay a consultant’s update of the county’s land-use plan.
A special place for flora and fauna
Not far from Chapel Hill’s Merritt Pasture stands Stillhouse Bottom.
Takin’ it to the streets
By Wednesday afternoon, it wasn’t hard to find some pretty exhausted people.





