Marie Parker, the executive director of Wave Transit, has been selected as Carrboro’s new assistant town manager. Parker is set to start on June 5 and will work alongside Town Manager Richard J. White III and Chief Race and Equity Officer Anita Jones-McNair in the Carrboro Town Manager’s Office.
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As part of the month-long North Carolina Science Festival, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will be hosting its annual UNC Science Expo on April 1. More than 100 booths from over 50 UNC organizations will be set up to encourage participants to engage with scientific concepts through games, demonstrations and other creative means.
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Google Fiber announced plans to expand their high-speed broadband internet service to Hillsborough earlier this month — construction will likely begin in April. “Just having another solution to being able to connect reliably is something that our community really needs,” Mayor of Hillsborough Jenn Weaver said.
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North Carolina is coming off its first ACC series win over Boston College after a struggling season thus far, but was unable to advance its win streak to three.
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On Tuesday, ten thousand donors cumulatively gave over $10 million to UNC departments, student organizations and athletic teams through GiveUNC.
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During the Carrboro Town Council meeting on Tuesday evening, council members discussed the Bolin Creek Greenway and the installation of new solar photovoltaic projects in town. The council members also updated Town Manager Richard J. White III on key strategic items to be considered in budget development.
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The Purple Bowl, WomanCraft Gifts and Ascension Tattoo are just a few of several women-operated small businesses in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities that residents can support during Women's History Month. Paula Gilland, owner of The Purple Bowl, said being female-run has contributed to the business’s mission to empower women. “We tried to make decisions early on in the business to support and nurture women,” she said. "So, when we’ve hired women, if they’ve needed to take a maternity leave, we’ve helped cover that — which is really rare in the food industry.”
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On Wednesday morning, the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly overturned Governor Roy Cooper's veto for the first time since 2018 on a bill to remove the permit requirement for pistols.
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1870 Farm has over 150 years of history in Chapel Hill educating the community about animals. The farm, located at 1224 Old Lystra Rd., offers summer camps and birthday parties centered around farming and animal education.
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With the departure of Puff Johnson, Tyler Nickel, Will Shaver, Dontrez Styles, Justin McKoy and Caleb Love, UNC has six scholarship spots available for the upcoming season.
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On March 20, Gov. Roy Cooper proclaimed "Rural Week" as a celebration of the rural communities in the state. Of N.C.'s 100 counties, 78 are within rural areas, making up approximately 40 percent of the state. Organizations and municipalities have worked to address the needs of underserved rural areas across North Carolina.
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Some residents of University Gardens, an affordable housing community in Chapel Hill, have continued to receive eviction notices — a process that began drawing attention at the end of June 2022 and has continued through this year.
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"Taking action is always my go-to. When I feel a problem bubbling, I squash it before it breaches the surface. But when problems breach from all around like whack-a-mole, going on a walk won’t help."
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"Ultimately, elections have consequences. N.C. voters chose to give these justices a seat on the court and we’ll have the opportunity to take that seat away from them in a few years. That doesn’t absolve the justices of the harm they can do to the state when making decisions based on partisanship rather than law, but at least it means their influence is not permanent."
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On March 23, the Town of Chapel Hill conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the reopening of the Cedar Falls Athletic Field after its recent turf and lighting renovations. The Town used funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and the Orange County Community Climate Action Grant Program to carry out the renovations in January and February.
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The HEELSENGAGE Network launched this month with the goal of ensuring students and alumni can connect with people and networks needed to succeed and enable career development. The platform provides a space for alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the community to connect, get career and academic advice, receive mentorship and find job opportunities.
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Among the the UNC Board of Trustees' current members, there are six registered Republicans, two registered Democrats and two unaffiliated trustees. Their job responsibility is in part to promote "the sound development of its institution." However, there have been recent concerns over politics potentially playing a role in the creation of a new UNC school. Members of the UNC Board of Trustees have collectively donated roughly $717,000 to Republican political candidates, campaigns and committees, compared to roughly $137,000 to unaffiliated ones and $106,000 to Democratic ones. The Daily Tar Heel looks into how each trustee leans politically though their past donations.
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"Being still is a stellar use of my time — even if it takes energy. If you need me, I'll be using my unproductive skills to photosynthesize on the quad. And I think I'll stay there a while."
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A group of students in the class ART 490: Art as Social Action created the project to bring attention to sexual assault on campus. Beneath a display of underwear near the Old Well, a shiny pink plaque read: “National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673.”
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The eighth inning saw four UNC pitchers take the mound and three failed to record an out. The Chanticleers posted eight runs in the frame, which ultimately sealed the Tar Heels' fate.
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