Blake Hodge, Author at Chapelboro.com

Fundraising Effort Underway for Orange County Veterans Memorial

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 15, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

A site has been chosen for an Orange County Veterans Memorial and now fundraising efforts are underway to help make that vision a reality. “The beauty of this is that we have all theses old trees here,” Lee Heavlin said in...

Federal Court to Hear Arguments Regarding Injunction for House Bill 2

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 15, 2016 | Featured, State

North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2 will be argued before United States District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder on Monday, August 1. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Lambda Legal filed a...

Progress NC Permit to Rent Executive Mansion Canceled by McCrory’s Office

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 13, 2016 | Featured, State

The permit granted to the non-profit organization Progress NC to hold an event in the North Carolina Executive Mansion on Wednesday night has been canceled. Progress NC had rented out the mansion for an “evening reception,”...

Authorities Arrest Second Suspect in Hillsborough Shooting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 13, 2016 | Crime

Local authorities have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a Hillsborough shooting earlier this year. The shooting in late May on Harper Street sent two men to the hospital. Records show that 19-year-old Chan Owens was...

Roy Cooper Outpacing Pat McCrory in Campaign Fundraising

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 13, 2016 | Election, Featured

The stage is set for North Carolina to be home for one of the most competitive and most expensive gubernatorial races in the country in November. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper outpaced the incumbent Republican...

7 Tar Heels Represent US Women’s Soccer in Rio

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 12, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Seven former Tar Heels will be making their way to Rio as part of the United States women’s soccer team for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 18-payer roster was announced on Tuesday with five players who played their college soccer...

UNC Grad Katie Bowen Representing New Zealand at Rio Olympics

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 12, 2016 | UNC Sports

Another UNC Tar Heel has been chosen to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games. Katie Bowen will represent New Zealand as a member of the women’s soccer team at the games beginning next month. Bowen is a 2016 UNC graduate for played...

Renovations Closed Orange County Register of Deeds Office Tuesday Morning After Fire

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 12, 2016 | Fire

The Orange County Register of Deeds Office will be closed once again on Tuesday morning in connection with a fire on July 4. Additional renovations are continuing on the third floor of the Gateway Center on Churton Street, which...

Nick Weiler Named to Lou Groza Award Watch List

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 11, 2016 | UNC Sports

The growing list of Tar Heels on watch lists for individual awards ahead of the 2016 college football season includes kicker Nick Weiler. The senior is on the watch list for the 2016 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, the...

Carl Fox Back in Courtroom After Battle with Blood Cancer

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 11, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

The news began circulating early last summer that Superior Court Judge Carl Fox had been diagnosed with blood cancer. That was followed by a period of a lot of unanswered questions and doctor visits. “My doctor said, ‘Well, I’m...

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