Meyer is vying to win the seat to represent State Senate District 23, which will be made up of Orange, Caswell and Person counties after redistricting.
Read More »Hunter Bolesky and Brandon Srinath aren’t average businessmen. They’re the co-owners of Botana-Cart, a bicycle-powered botanical shop. Their cart, which sports a marijuana leaf, serves the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area. Botana-Cart sells locally sourced, plant-based products from its cart, which can be spotted around Franklin Street on weekend nights, and via delivery. Among the company's product offerings is Delta-8, a cannabis compound.
Read More »The Orange County Board of County Commissioners launched its Longtime Homeowner Assistance program in early October to help retain the established community and combat gentrification.
Read More »About 11.5 miles of Interstate 40 between Interstate 85 and the Durham County line are set to be widened to six lanes starting in 2022.
Read More »You may have seen him dancing away on Franklin Street, sporting a white shirt, white pants, headphones and a rainbow belt. But he wasn’t always the dancing man on the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets.
Read More »We've compiled a list of ways to spend your 4th of July weekend in Chapel Hill. From playing with animals to watching firework shows to attending live music performances, we've got you covered.
Read More »The Town of Carrboro announced its plans to create a Community Safety Task Force, which will explore alternatives to public and community safety beyond traditional policing. Council member Susan Romaine said these alternatives to traditional policing could include non-violence and de-escalation training, domestic violence intervention and prevention, youth programs and an on-call crisis response team.
Read More »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.
Read More »UNC students share how they plan to spend their wellness days. Video by Isaiah Dickerson and Sarah Choi.
