The Chapel Hill Town Council is poised to pass a temporary moratorium on development in two neighborhoods near campus.
Third-grader Ben Kulberg and his friends struggle to entertain themselves during recess.That’s because state budget cuts have left Hillsborough’s Grady A.
Orange County Judge Beverly Scarlett didn’t know about the old slave cemetery growing up because blacks didn’t visit that part of Hillsborough. But Saturday she watched with her mother and daughter as their ancestor’s grave marker and two others were memorialized in a brick monument at the cemetery.
Chapel Hill Training opened Nov. 1 in Rosemary Village at 400 W. Rosemary St., owner and personal trainer Lauren Cruz said. Cruz said she designed her business to differ from the atmosphere of a larger gym.
Chapel Hill unveiled its newest program aimed at encouraging alternative methods of transportation at a Friday conference. The “Feeling Great Fridays” program, which is set to begin in January, is the next step in an ongoing effort to discourage people from driving to work alone. The town announced the program to representatives from local businesses at the annual Go Chapel Hill Transportation Management conference.
Chris Blue will never forget the day the day he joined the Chapel Hill Police Department 13 years ago. “I love Chapel Hill, and I’ve been here most of my life,” he said. “The day that I got a job offer to be a police officer here was one of the best days of my life.” Blue, who is currently the assistant chief of police, will become the leader of the police force Dec. 1, Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil announced Monday. A formal swearing-in ceremony for Blue will come later, Stancil said.
More than 250 tasters and a combined 60 home brewers and volunteers turned out for Saturday’s World Home Brews Festival, held at Nightlight. The brewers arrived early to eat, drink, network, share tips and have their beers judged. Proceeds from the festival went to Nourish International and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Giant puppets, musicians and dancers will soon take over downtown Hillsborough, gamboling down the town’s main thoroughfare. The third annual Handmade Parade, sponsored by the Hillsborough Arts Council, will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and is designed as a hands-on experience for attendees. Organizers said the parade, which will begin at the Old Orange County Courthouse, has already grown to match the giant proportions of its puppets.
Five years of planning, economic hiccups and controversy culminated in Greenbridge’s official ribbon cutting Friday. The building comprises 97 condominiums along with commercial and office space.
UNC students face a sharp transition when they first leave dorms for off-campus housing.
