Crook's Corner opened on Franklin Street in 1982 and served Southern dishes such as shrimp and grits and honeysuckle sorbet. The love for the restaurant extends beyond the food — owner Shannon Healy said he will miss the regular customers and the relationships he has developed with them.
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The Town of Chapel Hill, Orange County and UNC are partnered with the transit system, Chapel Hill Transit director Brian Litchfield said, to push toward a greener future. Litchfield said he hopes Chapel Hill Transit's move to electric cars will inspire others in the community to follow suit.
Read More »On Friday, May 28, students subscribed to the romance studies Listserv were bombarded with hundreds of emails. Despite the inconveniences it posed at the time, recent UNC graduate Cameryn Gonzalez-Gibbs said the email chain was an incident that was able to be laughed off. "If I could say anything to the person who started the email chain, I would say you definitely left your mark at UNC in a very unique and hilarious way," she said.
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The first annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth celebration is set to take place on June 18 and 19. Juneteenth — a portmanteau of June 19 — commemorates the end to slavery in the United States. The holiday originated in Texas following the end of the Civil War and came to be celebrated with music, art, food and other activities.
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MacKenzie Maddox is a co-founder of the HeelGram club. She has an extended family member who regularly received letters from his community over quarantine. Seeing how much he enjoyed them, she was inspired to bring that dynamic to UNC. “Writing and receiving the letters has been therapeutic for our volunteer letter writers, especially since it provides a break from schoolwork,” she said. “It's just as rewarding for me as those with whom we communicate.”
Read More »UNC students share how they plan to spend their wellness days. Video by Isaiah Dickerson and Sarah Choi.
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