Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night, the activity at the Orange County Board of Elections new offices on South Cameron Street in Hillsborough kicked into high gear as results started flowing in from the county’s 44 poling precincts.
UNC commits to end coal use by 2020
Flanked by representatives of the Sierra Club and North Carolina Energy Policy Council chair Tim Toben, Chancellor Holden Thorp announced Tuesday that the university intends to end its use of coal at the Cameron Avenue co-generation plant in 10 years.
Town, county seek deal on libraries
A simmering dispute over library funding could be heading toward a resolution, with county officials agreeing to pick up a greater share of the town’s library costs.
ArtsCenter celebrates 35 years, looks forward
Thirty-five years ago, Jacques Menache started a drawing class in the space above what is now Armadillo Grill in downtown Carrboro. The class was popular, and eventually grew into multiple classes, which moved to Carr Mill Mall to support the expansion.
Improving clinical trials, speeding new cancer therapies focus of grant to area researchers
Researchers from UNC, Duke and N.C. State have teamed up to find ways to design more powerful clinical trials for cancer treatments, effectively getting better and more personalized new therapies to cancer patients sooner.
From the editor
There are few places as emblematic of a state as the bayous of Louisiana. Places of beauty and mystery and teeming with all kinds of creatures, these areas are the heart and soul of the Gulf Coast.
An opportunity to learn more about your homeowners association
There are hundreds of homeowners associations in Carrboro with restrictive covenants that limit environmentally beneficial practices.
Now is the time to confront water scarcity
It’s hard to think of a natural resource more essential to our state’s economy than water.
The money shuffle begins again
The latest round of state campaign finance reports are in and the usual speculation about the money race has begun.
Trading the carpool for walking shoes
The days of walking and riding your bike to and from school may soon be returning to Carrboro.
Estes Hills goes green
Estes Hills Elementary School might be celebrating its 50-year anniversary this year – but even an old school can go fashionably “green†in celebrating Earth Day and reviving their Read-A-Thon program.
Science team takes third
The Phillips Middle School Science Olympiad team of 18 seventh- and eighth-grade students placed third among 46 middle school teams in the 35th North Carolina Science
Mayor lays out case for Smith Level Road plan
Chilton, who bounded to the podium in support of the project after it was pointed out no one had spoken in support of it, said he believes the compromise for a two-lane road with bike lanes and sidewalks is likely a now-or-never deal for the town to improve the road.
Council hears concerns on Northside
The Chapel Hill Town Council heard concerns about how rules adopted for the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods are playing out now that they’ve been in place for several years.
Perdue’s peculiar choices
Harriet’s House, Summit House and Communities in Schools can’t play that high-dollar inside game. They have to count on political leaders recognizing that it’s more important to help women stay out of prison and kids stay in school than to give the Ram’s Club a windfall for another year.



