Blake Hodge, Author at Chapelboro.com

UNC Football Announces 2015 Recruiting Class

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 4, 2015 | UNC | 0 |

UNC has announced the 2015 Tar Heel football recruiting class. View the full list from UNC below: 2015 NORTH CAROLINA SIGNEES Jake Bargas TE 6-4 225 Boca Raton, Fla. St. Andrews Corey Bell Jr. CB 5-9 170 Charlotte, N.C. Hough J.K. Britt* S 6-0 190 Newnan, Ga. Newnan Aaron Crawford DT 6-1 310 Ashburn, Va. Stone Bridge Jalen Dalton* DE 6-6 260 Clemmons, N.C. West Forsyth Nathan Elliott QB 6-1 195 Celina, Texas Celina Tommy Hatton OL 6-3 285 Montvale, N.J. St. Joseph’s Charlie Heck TE 6-7 255 Kansas City, Mo. Rockhurst Mike Hughes CB 5-11 185 New Bern,...

North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival is Underway

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 4, 2015 | Entertainment | 0 |

The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival is underway through February 15. The festival is produced by the DSI Comedy Theater, at 426 West Franklin Street, and will feature sketch comedy, standup, and improv. Acts will be performing in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham. Some events are free, and other tickets range from $10 – $32. You can get a link to the full schedule of...

CHCCS Nominated for Green Ribbon

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 4, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education | 0 |

The Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School System has been nominated for a national award for the “green” programs they have implemented. Two school districts in the state have been nominated for the Green Ribbon; the other being Cherokee County Schools. Dan Schnitzer is the Sustainability Coordinator for Chapel Hill – Carrboro Schools, and he says this is a relatively new program, being introduced in 2011. Hear the full interview here: http://audio.chapelboro.com.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/02/04/CHCCS%20Sustainability%20For%20WKND.mp3 “The U.S. Department of Education, a few years back, started Green Ribbon Schools program,” he says. “The Green Ribbon Schools program is specifically for schools working in...

Lawmakers Set to Introduce Bipartisan Redistricting Reform

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 4, 2015 | State Government | 0 |

A plan for redistricting in North Carolina is once again being put forward by state lawmakers. How far it will go is still to be determined.

How Far Will Google Fiber Reach? Still To Be Determined

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 2, 2015 | Business | 0 |

Google made the announcement last week that it would be bringing their ultra-fast internet service to our community. But with the excitement came questions: When will we receive Google Fiber? Will my neighborhood be included? How much will it cost? The short answer to all of those questions is – we don’t know yet. John Bjurman, Chief Information Officer with the Town of Chapel Hill, says the town is still in discussions with Google on these topics. “Google has not been open to some questions that we have for them,” he says. “And I think it’s probably because they...

Chapel Hill Man Arrested by U.S. Marshals

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 30, 2015 | Crime | 0 |

A Chapel Hill man was arrested, on Friday morning, on charges of discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling. 20-year-old Joseph Adam Alexander was charged with eight counts stemming from two separate shooting incidents, on December 23 and 24 of last year. The shooting on Dec. 23 occurred at 800 Pritchard Avenue. Alexander allegedly fired two shots into the apartment; the man inside was not injured. Alexander allegedly fired six shots into an apartment at 751 Trinity Court on Christmas Eve. A woman and two small children inside were physically unharmed. U.S. Marshals arrested Alexander on Friday morning, without incident,...

Founding CEO of Hulu Named UNC Spring Commencement Speaker

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 30, 2015 | UNC | 0 |

UNC has announced that Jason Kilar will be speaking at the Spring Commencement. Kilar is a 1993 graduate of UNC. He went on to be the founding CEO of Hulu, the online television streaming service. Kilar is currently the co-founder and CEO of Vessel – a recently-launched streaming service aimed at providing a wide-range of videos directly to your mobile device. In a moment when “innovation” is a buzzword – across the UNC campus, with the recently announced Carolina Research Venture Fund, and across the state as Governor Pat McCrory is pushing for our area to become the third...

Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Meeting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 29, 2015 | Business | 0 |

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting on Thursday. Several honors were handed out during the proceedings. One award went to a public servant for their partnership with the business community. This year that recognition went to Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt. Among the other awards handed out, longtime Orange County Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass was recognized with the Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award. The finalists for the chamber’s businesses of the year were also named at the meeting. In the non-profit division: Table Inc., Walking Classroom, and the Compass Center for Women and Families. In...

UNC Votes for NCAA Autonomy

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 29, 2015 | UNC | 0 |

The five power conferences in the NCAA, including the Atlantic Coast Conference, have voted in favor of autonomy when determining guidelines governing student athletes. The decision was made at a meeting with university leaders from around the nation. UNC Chancellor Carol Folt says the conference included 80 members, one from each of the 65 universities in the power conferences along with 15 students. “The most interesting part of the conference was the students. They were incredible,” she says. “They had lots to say about these things. This is the first time students have started to be included in their...

New Recycling Carts Roll Out for OC Residents

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 29, 2015 | Local Government | 0 |

7,000 Orange County residents are receiving their new larger recycling carts for curbside pickup.