Hometown Heroes

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Triangle Mutual Aid. Triangle Mutual Aid is a grassroots community collective response to human needs. It started in Carrboro when residents came together to give out water during a town wide water...

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is John Claude Bemis. Bemis is an acclaimed writer, musician, and visual artist and is on the board of the Orange County Arts Commission. After the damage the Eno Arts Mill suffered in Tropical Depression...

This week's Hometown Heroes, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, are Damian Hoffman, Alex Nickodem, and Brian & Linda Sanders. Brian and Linda have picked up 1200 bags of litter around our community since the pandemic so they're no strangers to cleaning up around...

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Steph Bryant. Bryant is the organizer of the Carrboro Run Club. It started 15 years ago connected to Fleet Feet, but Bryant revived it independently when she moved to a new position. Since then, she has...

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Mark Bell. Bell's quick thinking recently saved a life. Bell saw someone lying on the ground and immediately went to check on them, finding them unresponsive and convulsing. He called 911 and emergency...

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint is, John Badgett. Badgett has been the long time leader of a local nonprofit Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers. After 24 years, he is stepping down as the chairman of the nonprofit. Chapel...