CHAPEL HILL

8/23/2017 8:22pm

Organization endorses candidates to make Chapel Hill more livable

By Meghana Srikrishna

In a matter of years a community-based political organization has cemented its role in Chapel Hill politics. Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) endorsed Mayor Pam Hemminger as well as council members Jessica Anderson and Nancy Oates in the 2015 local elections. 

7/11/2017 8:59pm

Mobile library unveiled in Chapel Hill

By Tallman Boyd

The Chapel Hill Public Library unveiled its new pop-up library, the Circulator, at the Chapel Hill Farmer's Market on Saturday.

7/7/2017 10:18am

P2P system integral to the first-year experience

By Rachel Jones / Rachel Jones

There's rain streaking the windows of the bus as it rumbles along Stadium Drive, stopping behind a Carolina Livery bus for several minutes and then finally swerving around it once the driver has checked to see that the path is clear.

7/6/2017 12:37pm

Chapel Hill holds watermelon eating contest

By Chantal Shine

Richard Crump slogged through watermelon guts to find glory as the winner of this year's DSI Watermelon Eating Contest, held in Kenan Memorial Stadium as a part of the The Town of Chapel Hill’s Fourth of July Celebration.

7/1/2017 6:38pm

Former UNC chancellor Paul Hardin dies

By Rebecca Ayers

UNC's seventh chancellor, Paul Hardin III, died on Saturday from ALS at his home in Chapel Hill. He was 86 years old.

6/13/2017 8:46pm

High rates don't deter students from living on Franklin

By Maryam Mohamed

With beads of sweat on their foreheads and drenched white tank tops clinging to their bodies, the construction team building Carolina Square works through the scorching North Carolina summer heat.

6/8/2017 10:47pm

UNC state libraries awarded federal grants

By Tallman Boyd

Kristin Cooper, the first lady of NC, announced Thursday morning that the Chapel Hill Public Library and UNC were Library Services and Technology Act grant awardees recipients, along with 37 others.

5/30/2017 8:10pm

UNC bands experiment with quirky genres

By Rebecca Ayers

UNC student bands play types of music that aren’t in the Billboard Top 100, like meaty southern folk, feminist punk rock or experimental jazz noise.

4/13/2017 12:04am

Student renters and long-term residents in Northside are adjusting

By Lauren Talley and Samantha Scott

The Northside neighborhood in Chapel Hill is an unusual blend of long-time residents and student renters cycling in and out with the school year.

4/10/2017 12:09am

Chapel Hill extends on-street parking time limit to 3 hours

By Kaia Findlay

The Town of Chapel Hill extended maximum time limits for on-street parking in downtown Chapel Hill from two to three hours on April 1 to reduce stress for diners and shoppers.

4/7/2017 3:33am

Gov. Cooper announces NC Beer Month to highlight local businesses

By Fouad Abu-Hijleh

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced April as N.C. Beer Month in an effort to promote local business.

4/6/2017 1:27am

Competition for housing helps drive Chapel Hill rent up to highest in state

By Sarah Cheek

Chapel Hill rent prices are rising — in February, the town saw a 6 percent jump in rent, according to a recent report on rental markets around the country.

4/2/2017 10:09pm

Chapel Hill Town Council develops American Legion task force

By Lidia Davis

The Town of Chapel Hill has been in the process of purchasing the 36-acre American Legion property on Legion Road since December.