The Town of Chapel Hill, Orange County and UNC are partnered with the transit system, Chapel Hill Transit director Brian Litchfield said, to push toward a greener future. Litchfield said he hopes Chapel Hill Transit's move to electric cars will inspire others in the community to follow suit.
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As graduation rapidly approaches in a year like no other, seniors see that traditional outfits rein supreme. But they have added their own twist to speak to who they are and how they've grown during their time at Carolina.
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The name /sôst/ is the phonetic spelling of the word "sauced." This change will bring The Pizza Press, a popular Franklin Street make-your-own-pizza joint since 2018, from being part of a national chain to becoming a local restaurant.
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The Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership launched “Save The Music” last year, and is giving local artists a platform to perform outside of businesses on Franklin Street. This past week, Pajama Day, Wake Moody and Dan Kelo all performed for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community, showcasing their unique and diverse styles of music.
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Two new affordable housing projects, the Cobb Street project and Perry Place project, are coming to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. Here's what you need to know.
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In March, the University requested to expand its joint jurisdiction policy between the Chapel Hill Police Department and UNC Police. The goal would be for the University to have jurisdiction over off-campus Greek housing. This expansion would extend the agreement that the town of Chapel Hill and the University entered into when the University took over jurisdiction of Granville Towers.
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The Chelsea Theater, a Chapel Hill cinema that shows independent and documentary films, closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic. One year later, it's open again, with brand-new renovations.
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Que Chula Craft Tacos & Tequila Bar, a Mexican restaurant that offers authentic and Tex-Mex style dishes such as street tacos, burritos, chimichangas and quesadillas, is approaching its one-year anniversary on Franklin Street.
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Affordable housing is critical to achieving social equity and economic security for everyone. Chapel Hill needs to recognize just how critical it is as North Carolina grows.
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The webpage, which comes after nearly four years of collaboration and input from the community, features content that is updated with information and resources pertaining to equity work. "It’s not something where you can just read a book or attend a class and you’re done, it’s a lifelong journey," she said. "The equity webpage and all the work we’re doing we see as a continual process that is looked through a racial equity lens."
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In media ranging from pencil and oil on canvas to fluorescent light and projected video, the selected works of the students illustrate that, in the words of Audre Lorde, the personal is political.
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The Town worked with community members and environmental organization Sunrise Movement Chapel Hill to revise its Climate Action and Response plan, which council members adopted at an April 7 meeting.
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Edith Wiggins, UNC’s first African American vice chancellor and dean of student affairs and former director of the Campus Y, died on April 4. Wiggins was deeply involved with both UNC and the Chapel Hill community.
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The Chapel Hill Youth Development and Research Unit, now known as Chydaru, was an experimental youth prison that was later repurposed as a radioactive waste decay site. While there was never any radioactive or hazardous waste buried at the site, the facility would take short-lived radioactive waste generated at the University and store it until the waste was no longer radioactive.
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Although restrictions in the state are lifting, there are still many outdoor, COVID-safe activities in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area.
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