Chapel Hill schools could start composting
Even the youngest of Chapel Hill’s residents will now be carrying on the town’s image of being environmentally focused.
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Even the youngest of Chapel Hill’s residents will now be carrying on the town’s image of being environmentally focused.
As a result of a Board of Elections blunder, Jamezetta Bedford thought she was running unopposed for the two-year seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education — but she actually faces seven other candidates.
Eighth-grade students at Culbreth Middle School could learn about the environment from the comfort of their desks.
Clearing for a 40-foot-wide corridor necessary to install wiring through Carolina North Forest is scheduled to begin within the next two weeks.
A Chapel Hill program to encourage energy efficiency is set to provide less funding — but wider availability — than during its first stage after tonight’s Town Council meeting.
Residents who demanded a halt on development in the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods earlier this year are discussing a long-term policy regarding student housing.
As the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district plans for a new elementary school, the growing gap in the number of students who receive free and reduced-price lunches between schools could impact redistricting plans.
Those involved in an Aug. 6 fire that killed a 7-year-old girl and damaged five apartments say rescuers did their best to quell the flames, but the building lacked emergency sprinklers — a fact that increased its risk for deadly fire.
A recent membership drive established the local chamber of commerce as the fastest growing in North Carolina.
Editor’s note: One hundred fifty years ago Sunday, reports of the attack on Fort Sumter appeared in area newspapers. These stories from the Civil War are presented as they might have appeared in a student newspaper. All photos and article data courtesy of Wilson Library.
When it comes to making toys, Mike Grant likes to inspire imagination with an environmentally friendly approach.
The Orange County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to place a referendum for a quarter-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot.
Volunteers will be going door-to-door in northern Orange County this weekend in an ongoing effort to collect information on the area’s health needs.
A proposed ordinance up for discussion at a public hearing tonight might make development more flexible in Orange County.
Orange County government officials are nearly finished drafting an ordinance to fix more than 10,000 local address errors.
The Chapel Hill Town Council will begin its annual retreat tonight to create a plan for the next year in the face of looming budget cuts.
For two hours Thursday night, 12-year-old Tatyana Wilson experimented with her love of performing.
Members of the Meadowmont Village community expressed concern about a proposed expansion of a Kenan-Flagler Business School complex and the threat it could pose to nature.
Jody Argote was teaching high school English in France when a fellow teacher taught her to make crepes.
Although the district has not seen abnormal growth, six of the 17 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools facilities are over capacity.