There are birders and there are botanizers. Birders are not necessarily ornithologists and botanizers are not necessarily botanists.
There’s no stopping this Bus
For a half-century, Bus Hubbard has been a fixture on the UNC campus..
Grounds for justice
The playground is in many respects a microcosm of the real world. There are rules to be observed and hierarchies to reckon; infrastructure (bats and balls and slides and swings) is required.
It was on such grounds that Michelle Cotton Laws became an activist.
Planning Board approves new shelter proposal
The Chapel Hill Planning Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved a request by the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service for a special-use permit for Community House, a transitional shelter for homeless men.
Rocky flop for Volunteers
The 2010 Music City Bowl between North Carolina and Tennessee was not just another bowl game – not by a long shot.
Bingham facility again scaled down
UNC officials have informed state environmental officials that they have revised plans for the university’s Bingham facility, downsizing the number of programs housed there.
Obituary: Anne Schroder
Obituary: James Lane
140 West Franklin groundbreaking
An official groundbreaking this past Wednesday means construction is about to start for the 140 West Franklin building project.
Chatham sets landfill meetings
Chatham County will hold a series of four community meetings to present proposed criteria for siting a new landfill and take comments from the public on the process and methods.
UNC loses a favorite son
Memorial services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Chapel of the Cross for one of the University of North Carolina’s favorite sons, Douglass Hunt, who died on New Year’s Day in the hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough. He was 86. After a long legal career and a stint as assistant to the…
Inactive voters to be contacted
Starting today, the Orange County Board of Elections will mail no-contact voter cards and address confirmation cards to registered voters with whom there has been no contact since the last two general elections.
Phil Blank, December 30, 2010
Illustration by Phil Blank
Jim Shumaker, 1989
When Jim shumaker died 10 years ago this week, it left a huge hole in local journalism, the J-school and my heart.
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