Former two-classroom, all-Black Ridge Road School placed on national historic register
The school — built in 1932 for Black students — was small. It had two classrooms and a kitchen. Louis Watkins remembers it fondly and is happy ...
Read More »The school — built in 1932 for Black students — was small. It had two classrooms and a kitchen. Louis Watkins remembers it fondly and is happy ...
Read More »Savannah Gilliland is a part of the County's Community Care and Diversion Response team, and works to divert people in the criminal justice system ...
Read More »The merger between the two local papers — each primarily covering Mebane and Hillsborough — will finalize at the end of January.
Read More »“I think it makes sense to have her portrait on a place, on a space, that is used by the community because she was very much a believer in bringing ...
Read More »The new location is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed on weekends. Though it is in the medical school, the location is open ...
Read More »The board approved edits to Policy 3540 of the Comprehensive Health Education Program and set high school graduation dates for June 7, the day after the ...
Read More »The U.S. Geological Survey, the group in charge of monitoring natural hazards, concluded an earthquake with a 2.2 magnitude and a shallow depth of three ...
Read More »Rhonda Rath, chief financial officer of Orange County Schools, said 21 percent of the 2024 fiscal year budget has been spent, and that 25 percent of the ...
Read More »The extension of water and sewer services would occur at no cost to town residents, but homeowners living outside of the water and sewer boundary would ...
Read More »Overall district proficiency has improved four percent from last school year, but still remains below pre-pandemic levels. There was an overall downward ...
Read More »Jeff McNeill began his role as the new Orange County Veterans Services Officer on Aug. 14. Under social services supervisor Suzanne Hitt, McNeill will ...
Read More »Jenn Weaver, who has served as mayor of Hillsborough since 2019, announced in April that she will not be seeking re-election this November. Weaver sat ...
Read More »The Seymour Center in Chapel Hill will offer special programs and services for Senior Center Month, Myra Austin, the community-based services and senior ...
Read More »Songcraft, developed by Hillsborough Elementary School's Adam Canosa, aims to give students another tool for practicing their musical instruments, as ...
Read More »Orange County Animal Services is launching its eighth annual Pat Sanford Animal Welfare Award for programs working to improve companion animal welfare. ...
Read More »The Uproar Festival of Public Art began on July 14 and ends on Aug. 12. The festival allows community members to vote on works by 60 artists from four ...
Read More »The Orange County Board of County Commissioners met on Thursday to discuss the fiscal year 2023-24 budget and hear public comments.
Read More »The Hillsborough Community Garden, located near Hillsborough's river walk, aims to fight food insecurity by growing organic produce for the community. ...
Read More »On Monday during its meeting, the Orange County Schools Board of Education approved a contract with Engaging Schools, authorized a consulting contract ...
Read More »Savannah Patterson, a biology teacher and a UNC alumna, was named the teacher of the year at Cedar Ridge High School. Patterson represents CRHS as a contender ...
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