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Ginyard: Best Christmas Present Of All

Posted by Marcus Ginyard | Dec 24, 2015 | Columns, Featured

Marcus Ginyard played for the Tar Heels from 2006-2010. He now plays professionally in France and will post a regular travelogue column on Chapelboro. Read his previous entries here. NANTES, France – I’ve been lucky that from...

North Carolina Population Crosses 10 Million

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 23, 2015 | Featured, State

North Carolina now has more than 10 million residents, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday. The Bureau says North Carolina is growing at a rate of 281 newcomers per day, the fifth largest...

Riverwalk and Gold Park Closed Again Due to Flooding

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 23, 2015 | Featured, News Around Town

Heavy rain in our community has forced the Town of Hillsborough to announced that the Riverwalk greenway and Gold Park will remain closed “for the time being.” The greenway and park were initially closed Tuesday...

UNC Police Investigating Multiple Larcenies

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 23, 2015 | Crime, Featured, UNC

UNC Police are investigating reports of two burglaries at Ram Village, according to an Alert Carolina message sent out on Tuesday. The two incidents occurred on Thursday, December 17, in Ram Village 5 and Monday, December 21, in...

Filing for 2016 Election Closes

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 22, 2015 | Election, Featured

Orange County voters will have races to decide in the primary and general election next year. Four seats on the Board of County Commissioners will be decided in March. All of the candidates that filed for the BOCC are listed...

Chapel Hill High School Grad’s Documentary Aims to Fight Mental Health Stigma

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 22, 2015 | Featured, Health

The holiday season is a time for stories and there are few as inspirational as one that is from the lives of a family in our community. Kristen Powers is a Chapel Hill High School alumna and is now a senior at Stanford. But when...

No. 7 UNC Cruises Past Appalachian State, Into Winter Break

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 22, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Although it spent the majority of the game looking like a group ready to go home for the holidays, the No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team cruised to an easy 94-70 win at the Smith Center on Monday over the Appalachian State...

Remembering the Homeless

Posted by Staff | Dec 21, 2015 | Featured, News Around Town

Hymns were sung and prayers were read as members of the Inter-Faith Council gathered on Monday to remember the homeless who died in the past year. The gathering took place at the Peace and Justice Plaza in downtown Chapel Hill....

UNC Basketball up to No. 7 in Top 25

Posted by Staff | Dec 21, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The UNC basketball team is back in the top ten. Carolina jumped to No. 7 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll. Last week, the Tar Heels ranked at No. 11. The Tar Heels also moved up to No. 7 in the Coaches Poll. Two strong wins...

UNC and Bojangles: An Unlikely Success

Posted by Staff | Dec 21, 2015 | Featured, Sports, UNC Sports

A 38 point victory is rarely remembered in college basketball nearly a decade after it happened – but UNC’s 102-64 win against Pennsylvania in 2007 is an exception. With less than a minute left and Tar Heels already up by...

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