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Rezoning of UNC land received warmly

By the time University officials finish drawing up new plans for Carolina North, the Chapel Hill Town Council might have significantly more say over what they have in mind. Town residents and several members of the council expressed overwhelming support for a resolution that would rezone large portions of the Horace Williams tract — the site off Estes Drive where the proposed satellite campus would be located — in a public hearing Monday night.

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Team chemistry propels fencers

In a sport that often centers on the work of a single player, the UNC fencing team is focusing on acting more like a team. “Most programs are a collection of individuals,” said head coach Ron Miller. “We’re very much the other way around. We prefer for the individual to revolve around the team.” And many on the squad said that team-first attitude has helped to create family-like camaraderie among teammates.

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Local legends may see honor

Seven weeks after the Chapel Hill Town Council voted to rename Airport Road to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the council is looking at taking on another renaming. The council accepted a petition Monday night from Mayor Pro Tem Edith Wiggins and Mayor Kevin Foy to rename the Town Municipal Building in honor of former Mayor Howard Lee and his wife, Lillian Lee. “I was both surprised and very flattered to be given such an honor,” said Howard Lee, Chapel Hill's first black mayor. “I certainly had not expected it.”

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