Initial estimates place the timing of the move late this year or early next year. Yeshua Sanchez, Cosmic Cantina's catering coordinator, said he thinks the move will improve the restaurant’s popularity since they will gain a storefront directly on Franklin Street.
The filing period for local elections in Orange County — including the Chapel Hill Town Council — began on July 7 and goes until July 21. Numerous candidates, like Breckany Eckhardt, Elizabeth Sharp and Renuka Soll, have announced they are running.
The NCDOT has proposed converting U.S. 15-501 into a freeway from the Interstate 40 interchange to Garrett Road and changing the I-40 interchange to a diamond shape to improve safety and operations as a part of Express Design concept for project U-6067. In a June 7 letter, Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger expressed her opposition to the plan.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched the Take Pride Now campaign on May 22 to prevent sexually transmitted infections, specifically mpox. Mpox was previously called monkeypox, but the World Health Organization recommended the new name due to stigmatizing language reportedly being used to describe the disease.
S.B. 20, most of which goes into effect on July 1, prohibits abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy and medication abortion after 10 weeks of pregnancy. Physicians who perform abortions said they are worried about how the law could impact medical decision-making and the wider healthcare field.
On April 14, Kimberly Jones became the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year. She will spend the next year traveling around the state to serve as a teacher ambassador.
The North Carolina Teaching Fellowship program accepted 132 applicants this year — the largest class of students since the program was reinstated by the N.C. General Assembly in 2017. The program is designed to recruit, prepare and support students attending North Carolina higher education institutions to become teachers in the high-need areas of science, mathematics and education of exceptional children.
More than 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, a drug that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use as a pain reliever and anesthetic. Naloxone — often called Narcan — is a injectable or nasal spraymedication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. On Wednesday, the FDA approved naloxone for use, without a prescription, nationwide.
Weaver Street Market, a co-op grocery store that was founded in 1987, has locations in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Raleigh. The store is both consumer- and worker-owned and focuses on giving back, with one recent initiative focusing on food-delivery services for children in need.
Julian's College Shop has been owned and operated by the Julian family for the past 80 years — since Maurice Julian opened the original in 1942. Currently, the store is owned by his son and international award-winning designer Alexander Julian. It is managed by Bart Fox, Maurice Julian's grandson.
