Dozens of musicians have and will continue to perform at locations along Franklin Street as part of Downtown Live, a free outdoor concert series hosted by the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership. The annual series began on March 25 and events will take place every Saturday and on the second Friday of each month throughout the spring.
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During a work session on April 10, the Chapel Hill Town Council met to discuss controversial changes to housing ordinances in the Town. The proposed amendment to the Land Use Management Ordinance would promote "missing middle" housing, such as accessory apartments and duplexes.
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During its Monday meeting, the Orange County Schools Board of Education approved its Local Operating Budget for the fiscal year 2024. The meeting also covered OCS accreditation, a high school robotics team's win at the statewide championship and teacher of the year awards.
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An anonymous survey of the greater Chapel Hill community revealed varying viewpoints regarding The Daily Tar Heel’s representation of race, sexual orientation and gender identity. The general public opinion of the paper was largely positive. However, separating respondents by race, gender and sexuality revealed disparities between subgroups for questions about representation.
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Orange County residents lead the state's average life expectancy by almost four years. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s 2019 U.S. health map, the average life expectancy for a North Carolina resident is 78.2 years, while the average in Orange County is 82.1. Social determinants, such as health care access and housing, contribute to the higher life expectancy in Orange County.
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Lanza’s Cafe, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews and 1922 By Carolina Coffee Shop are some of the local coffee shops that have recently hosted live music in their spaces, offering a more intimate experience than a traditional concert.
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After two decades of service, Senior Transit Operator Sheila Neville retired from Chapel Hill Transit. Neville served as the chair of the transit employee forum — a team that works to identify challenges or issues that CHT employees might face in their daily work.
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Though the Compass Center's Safe Homes, New Lives program raised over $1 million to address the lack of crisis housing in the county, they currently only have three housing units — which, according to the Center's executive director, cannot meet all of the county's needs. The center is still Orange County's sole provider of emergency housing for those escaping domestic violence situations. Marilyn Jacobs Preyer, co-chairperson of the Safe Homes program's fundraising campaign, said the program's scattered housing model provides more safety and anonymity for survivors than a traditional shelter.
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N.C. House Bill 304, a bill that would disallow the three-day grace period covering mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, has advanced in the state House as of April 4. A similar bill passed bicamerally in 2021, but was stopped by Gov. Roy Cooper's veto.
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Development plans for the Chapel Hill Life Sciences Center at 306 W. Franklin St. have drawn much of the Chapel Hill community's attention to the small businesses currently located there. These businesses include The Purple Bowl, Bella Nail Bar, Chimney Indian Kitchen and Bar and Blue Dogwood Public Market.
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National Poetry Month is celebrated in April every year — and the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro will be celebrating this year as well. “The town of Carrboro has been a poetry-loving community since at least going back as far as 2002, when we first established the poet laureate,” Damon Seils, the mayor of Carrboro said.
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On Sunday, April 2, the 32nd Carrboro CD & Record Show brought over 40 tables with new and used CDs, vinyl records and music memorabilia to the Carrboro Century Center. Gerry Williams, the event host, said a wide variety of record enthusiasts frequent the show, which includes out-of-town sellers.
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About a third of the parking spaces in the Eastgate Crossing shopping center in Chapel Hill are currently unusable due to construction, but work should be done within the next month. The purpose of the project is to mitigate flooding problems in the area, as the shopping center was built over a section of Booker Creek. The project began on March 1 and is expected to take between 45 to 60 days to complete.
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On Thursday, the N.C. House approved millions of dollars in funding for the School of Civic Life and Leadership to be established at UNC. This financial support comes amid community concerns over a lack of faculty input and potential political motivations behind the development of the School. The Daily Tar Heel spoke to several state legislators to hear their perspectives on the new funding and School development.
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Housekeepers' history of collective action at the University stretches as far back as 1930, when four men created the UNC Janitors Association. Since then, complaints have been consistent — citing unfair wages and harassment, among other grievances. Students and workers have intermittently expressed concerns for decades. Now housekeepers are organizing again, alongside The Workers Union at UNC, a chapter of UE Local 150.
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The North Carolina Democratic Party held a press conference outside its headquarters this afternoon, only a few hours after Rep. Tricia Cotham (R-Mecklenburg) officially announced her departure from the Democratic party, where speakers urged Cotham to resign her office.
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N.C. Rep. Tricia Cotham (R-Mecklenburg) held a press conference this morning at the N.C. GOP Headquarters in Raleigh with state Republican leaders to announce her official defection from the Democratic Party. Cotham's switch gives Republicans a supermajority in both houses of the N.C. General Assembly, allowing them to push through policy more easily and override any of Democratic Governor Roy Cooper's vetoes.
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A line of community members could be seen outside the Ben & Jerry's on Franklin Street all afternoon on Monday. According to Felicia Ross, general manager of the Chapel Hill Ben & Jerry’s, thousands of people went to the ice cream shop to get their free ice cream during Free Cone Day, which all Ben & Jerry's celebrate to thank customers for their support.
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President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Belle Wheelan sent an official accreditation inquiry letter to Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz on Feb. 15, seeking more information on decision-making process behind the School of Civic Life and Leadership. The University had 45 days to respond. After sending the accreditation inquiry, Wheelan received her own letter on March 1 from North Carolina Republicans in Congress. “As members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, we expect accreditors not to prejudge actions of governing boards, follow normal processes, be attentive to such matters of public importance, and act in accord with federal and state law,” the letter said.
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Chapel Hill resident Bobby Woodlief said he has endured a variety of difficulties during his 18 years of experiencing homelessness in the town. As a result of his living situation, he and others have had mixed interactions with police.
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