Blake Hodge, Author at Chapelboro.com

Early Voting Ends Saturday

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 11, 2016 | Election

Saturday marks the final day to early vote in the North Carolina primary. Voters will be choosing their party’s candidates for the general election for the offices of President, US Senate, Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney...

CHCCS Wins National Recycling Award

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools has been named the national district winner of Keep America Beautiful’s Recycle-Bowl, according to the school system. A release says Recycle-Bowl reaches nearly 700,000 students and...

UNC Baseball Starting ACC Play

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2016 | UNC Sports

The No. 6 North Carolina Tar Heel baseball team will open up conference play on Friday as Pittsburgh travels to Chapel Hill. UNC sits at 10-1 on the season is riding a nine-game winning streak. Pittsburgh is limping into...

A Heart for Alj

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2016 | Featured, Health

***UPDATE: A post from the family says Alj made it through successful surgery and is now in recovery.*** After 99 consecutive days in the hospital waiting for a heart transplant, Wednesday was a long time coming for 13-year-old...

Sports Illustrated Names Brice Johnson First Team All-American

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC forward Brice Johnson has been named first-team All-American by Sports Illustrated. Johnson is joined on the first team by fellow seniors Buddy Hield from Oklahoma and Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine. A pair of sophomores...

Business Excellence Award Finalists Announced

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2016 | Business

The Chapel Hill – Carrboro Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the Business Excellence Awards. The finalists have been chosen from over 80 nominations by a selection committee of over 20 local business...

Attorney General Kicks off Prescription Abuse Campaign at Woods Charter School

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 9, 2016 | Featured, Health

More than 1,000 people in North Carolina die from prescription drug overdoses each yeah, according to a 2013 report from the North Carolina Division of Public Health. In an effort to raise awareness about this prescription drug...

Brice Johnson Named Third-Team All-American

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

Brice Johnson has been named third-team All-American by the Sporting News. The three teams were released on Wednesday, headlined by the first team made up of Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon, Oklahoma forward Buddy Hield, Utah’s Jakob...

Case Continued for Suspect in Shooting of Chapel Hill Infant

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 8, 2016 | Crime, Featured

One of the two suspects facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the Christmas Day shooting of one-year-old Maleah Williams appeared in court on Tuesday. Ramone Jamarr Aslton seemed calm before Judge James E. Hardin...

Report: Former UNC Lineman Ryan Hoffman Had CTE

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 8, 2016 | Featured, UNC

A former UNC football player, who died while riding his bicycle into oncoming traffic late last year, had CTE. Ryan Hoffman was thrust into the national spotlight after being profiled by the New York Times last year, while the...

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