Anthony Knotts, who owns the newly-opened Seafood Destiny restaurant on Franklin Street, is being charged for allegedly writing and distributing false checks, in addition to charges related to an estimated $101,000 in debt.
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Residents from Carolina Meadows, a retirement community in Chapel Hill, discussed their new project “Our History: Pandemic at the Meadows," which works to document the effects of COVID-19 on their lives and the community.
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In North Carolina, specifically, the average price per gallon of regular gas was $4.08, as of March 21, which is nearly $0.70 higher than a month ago and more than a dollar from prices last year, according to data from the American Automobile Association.
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<ul> <li>In its second-round NCAA Tournament game, the UNC women's basketball team looked out in the McKale Memorial Center crowd to see a sea of red.</li> <li>Despite the "ZonaZoo" on Monday night, the Tar Heels earned a Sweet 16 appearance with an offense championed by sophomore guard Kennedy Todd-Williams.</li> <li>“We knew they had a big crowd, but we were silencing them,” she said.</li> </ul>
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The postcards submitted by University staff will be part of a special exhibit on Arts Everywhere Day, April 8.
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The Orange County Board of Education's decision to remove mask mandates for students, staff and faculty has warranted varying reactions from parents and students alike. “There's been a mixture of people still wearing masks and people without masks," one student said, "and everyone’s been pretty respectful of each other."
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Adams comes to the Compass Center after gaining experience in management, as well as reproductive and social justice. One of her top priorities for Compass Center is sustainable funding.
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The 2022 Jacquelyn Gist Summer Apprenticeship in the Arts program helps support young artists in Orange County by providing financial compensation while they complete a summer apprenticeship with an Orange County artist or arts organization.
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Good Bowls aims to increase accessibility to affordable, healthy and tasty food for community members. The organization uses flexible pricing that takes customers' income into consideration.
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LaSaundra Booth, a lecturer of music education at UNC, began playing the cello in the fourth grade and fell in love with it. She has since performed in a variety of symphonies and orchestras, and founded the Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra, a nonprofit organization that provides instruments and musical training to over 350 children across three counties. “If there’s one word I’m taking into 2022, it’s 'empower,'" Booth said of her work. "I want to empower the next generation of teacher leaders.”
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The bakery — which opened in late February — is part of a franchise that has many other locations across the country. This location, however, is the first to open in North Carolina.
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Passed in 2009, the Climate Action Plan aims to reduce per capita greenhouse gas emissions in Carrboro by 80 percent by 2030.
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In her second tournament appearance ever, sophomore guard Deja Kelly's poise helped the UNC squad secure its first NCAA Tournament win — also its first March Madness win since 2015.
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After starters Brady Manek and Caleb Love fouled out of North Carolina's Round of 32 matchup against the top-seeded Baylor, reserve players like Justin McKoy and Dontrez Styles had to step up. With the game going into overtime, keeping the ship afloat was just as important as sailing it — which McKoy and Styles did. “The only thing that you are required to do is, when that opportunity comes, to be ready,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “And Justin and Dontrez were ready.”
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In the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 matchup, the losing No. 9 Marquette could not keep up with the North Carolina duo of Caleb Love and Brady Manek. Both players were scoring machines — each topping their respective season highs in points. “When you shoot your first one and it goes in, you kind of get a feel for it,” sophomore guard Caleb Love said. “You keep shooting them, they keep falling.”
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After the technical fouls, scuffles and trash-talk, North Carolina is in a position to carry its hot hand into its Round of 32 game against the reigning champions, the Baylor Bears, on Saturday.
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In the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the No. 8 seed North Carolina men's basketball team will face No. 9 seed Marquette. In a press conference Tuesday, first-year head coach Hubert Davis and his team previewed the matchup against the Golden Eagles, noting that they understand the heightened stakes. “It’s that time of the year where you can’t have bad games,” graduate forward Brady Manek said.
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After making a statement by winning 12 of their last 15 games, shots were all the only thing UNC failed to make on Friday night in Brooklyn. The Tar Heels were chilled on the perimeter — shooting just 3-26 from deep in a lopsided 72-59 loss to the Hokies. “Particularly in the first half, I felt like we got good looks from three, we just missed them,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “Then in the second half, I felt a lot of our threes were forced."
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Last offseason, Brady Manek was brought in to give the North Carolina men's basketball team a viable shooting threat in the frontcourt — a threat that has been notably absent in recent seasons. The graduate transfer's performance on Thursday was a testament to that promise, as he was the only Tar Heel to make a three-pointer in the first half. With a 21-point performance in the ACC Tournament opening round, Manek helped North Carolina secure a 63-43 win over the Virginia Cavaliers.
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The prescribed burn will occur on a weekday by March 23 with the goal of making room for more native plants to grow on the Pritchard Park property.
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