This is Nerys Levy and I am a member of the Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library. Recently the local storage facility where we have been keeping our used books was sold. As a result we have been kicked out of the place where we store our more than 2500 used books. For years many […]

From Kristen Smith Want to spend long hours on Monday evenings discussing and debating meaty issues? Or Tuesday evenings talking and testing theories? Easy, just convince a few thousand folks to vote for you for Chapel Hill Town Council or Carrboro Board of Aldermen! Okay, few of us roll with a crew that deep, so […]

Two torches stand guard next to the shield of UNC, emblazoned with lux et libertas, light and liberty.

Matt Hughes — The Republican legislative leaders and Governor McCrory have agreed on a so-called tax reform plan that will soon make it to the Governor’s desk.

GRAIG MEYER — I would like to believe that Trayvon Martin would not have been killed had he lived in Chapel Hill.

Although there is no reliable way to measure whether athletes are getting a meaningful education, wouldn’t it still be better if the indicators we do have demonstrated success instead of failure?

The Town Council meets tonight to hear a progress report on Central West, an area deemed suitable for major development.

For the sake of our children, who are our future, let’s keep the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching to advance teaching as an art and a profession.

Matt Hughes: A key principle of conservatives has always been that the government closest to the people is more responsive to the needs of the people.

Lew Margolis: Recently, the Rawlings panel held its first meeting to consider how challenges caused by UNC athletics can inform the direction of our campus and others.