On Feb. 1, my house was broken into. The thieves stole a guitar that I had owned since I was 15.
LETTER: Keep marching mandatory for band
A request to drop the mandatory marching requirement for band at Carrboro and Chapel Hill high schools is under consideration.
Insko seeks reelection
Rep. Verla Insko has announced she will seek reelection as representative of North Carolina’s 56th district, which encompasses Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Agricultural Summit on Monday
Orange County will hold its annual Agricultural Summit on Monday to address key issues that affect the local agricultural industry.
Candidate for commissioner
Renee Price, president of the Orange County Democratic Women, has announced she will run for election to the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
Rabid raccoon in Chapel Hill
A dead raccoon discovered in a Chapel Hill resident’s driveway on Jan. 30 has tested positive for rabies.
CITIZEN video from Saturday’s CVS property occupation
Seven clips including statements from Mayor Chilton, alderman Michelle Johnson and alderman Sammy Slade, as well as video of the mayor inside the building.
Text of press release from “Carrboro Commune”
The following is the text of a news release received at 4:38 pm Saturday discussing the occupation of the CVS-owned building at 201 N. Greensboro St. in Carrboro: ““CARRBORO COMMUNE†OCCUPIES DOWNTOWN BUILDING CARRBORO: Today, local residents have occupied a building at 201 North Greensboro Street. The occupiers, who are separate from the group Occupy…
CVS-owned building occupied in Carrboro
At about 3 pm on Saturday, the old bank building and real estate office on the site of the proposed new CVS store at 201 N. Greensboro St. in Carrboro was occupied by a group identifying itself with the Occupy Everything movement.
House Calls, February 2, 2012
This week we respond to questions about prostate enlargement and stretching.
Phil Blank, February 2, 2012
Illustration by Phil Blank
Helpers on the Met
One of the very best photographers in Chapel Hill back in the ’60s was a quiet, intense young fellow named Tom Rogers who shot for the UNC yearbook, the Yackety Yack.
BIG CITY: Scenes from a poverty tour – Part 2
The is the second in a series of columns on poverty, inspired by a recent North Carolina NAACP-sponsored tour of high-poverty regions of our state.
Fighting for rights with song and dance
When Rachel Kaplan found out that a group of North Carolina citizens could have their rights taken away due to a constitutional amendment on the May ballot, she decided to do something about it.
Council says no independent Yates investigator
Opting not to pursue an independent investigation of the Nov. 13 raid of the former Yates Motor Co. building, the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday voted 7-1 to have town staff collect information from those with first-hand knowledge of the events via an input website.





