The Active Chatham Reindeer Run 5K will be held Saturday starting at 8 a.m. from Central Carolina Community College and continuing through historic Pittsboro.
Rashkis gets LEGO grant
The Rashkis Elementary Second Grade Team was awarded a Strowd Roses Grant from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation.
X the TXT
Chapel Hill High School students took part in the X the TXT campaign during lunch last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dual-language conference
The 10th annual La Cosecha Dual Language Conference took place last month in Albuquerque.
Parent University
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will launch its first Parent University program in January.
McDougle to compete in mock trial
The second Justice Iredell Middle School Mock Trial Tournament will take place tomorrow at five locations across the state.
Phil Blank, December 1, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
The Singing Freshman, 1961
Carrboro-born and -bred Richard Ellington is a Renaissance man.
FLORA: Occoneechee, our biggest little mountain
Among several little mountains scattered about the county, the tallest, at 867 feet, occupies Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area near Hillsborough.
Awakening to what life’s about
“My heart and brain are in concert,†David Binanay says.
But there was a time, not so long ago, when Binanay felt as if cleaved to his core. Such is the nature of his illness.
Johnny’s to reopen soon; neighbors concerned
Nearly six months after Johnny’s closed, one of the property owners and two partners are hoping to reopen it, but neighbors are concerned about what form the local store and gathering place might take.
IFC, TABLE split from PORCH
In order to make people aware of their ongoing need for donations, the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC) and TABLE have decided to disassociate themselves from local nonprofit PORCH.
Hearing set on phoning-while-driving ban
A ban on cell phone use while driving is still a possibility in Chapel Hill.
Lovette goes to trial in Carson murder case
Proceedings began Monday at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough in the State of North Carolina v. Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., who is accused of murdering UNC Student Body President Eve Carson on March 5, 2008.
Chapel Hill postpones food truck vote
Citing concerns about enforcement and funding, the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday again postponed a decision on a proposed food truck ordinance that would allow the trucks within town limits.





