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Orange County Hosting Job Fair at University Place Wednesday

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 21, 2016 | News Around Town

University Place is scheduled to host a job fair Wednesday being put on by the Orange County Department of Social Services. Officials say more than 75 employers will be participating in the job fair. The event is billed as a...

McCrory: Could Take ‘Several Days’ for Normal Gas Supply in North Carolina

Posted by Staff | Sep 20, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

Governor Pat McCrory held a press conference this morning to address the gas shortage in North Carolina. McCrory announced that the construction and positioning of the repair on the leak of the Continental pipeline in Alabama...

Mountains to Sea Trail Public Information Meeting Set for Monday Night

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 19, 2016 | News Around Town

Orange County residents can get more information regarding the planned Mountains-to-Sea Trail that will cross the county at a public information meeting Monday night. Monday’s event will focus of the segment of the trail that...

Hillsborough Hog Day Kicks Off Friday Night

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 16, 2016 | News Around Town

Hog Day is returning this year as Orange County’s largest and longest-running festival, according to the festival’s website. The 34th Hog Day Festival is returning to the Riverpark in downtown Hillsborough and kicking off at six...

Orange County Animal Services Announces New Grant Program

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 14, 2016 | News Around Town

A new program has been created by Orange County Animal Services to support animal welfare initiatives and projects in the county. The program is known as The Pat Sanford Animal Welfare Grant and has been created through a...

Food for the Summer Distributes More Than 48,000 Meals in Pilot Summer

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

One word kept coming up at the meeting wrapping up the Food for the Summer effort last Wednesday, amazing. An amazing number of meals served; an amazing effort to organize all of the moving parts; and amazing work by community...

Sculpture Outside Chapel Hill Fire State Rededicated Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary

Posted by Staff | Sep 9, 2016 | News Around Town

Bells rang out in memory of those lost on 9/11 at a rededication ceremony in Chapel Hill on Wednesday for the sculpture that sits at the edge of the Chapel Hill Fire Station on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. “As I look at...

Seymour Center Extends Operating Hours

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 1, 2016 | News Around Town

The Seymour Center will be extending its operating hours starting later this month. The Orange County Department on Aging announced the center, located on Homestead Road, will expand evening hours to close at nine o’clock each...

OWASA Hosting Blood Drive Wednesday

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 24, 2016 | News Around Town

Orange Water and Sewer Authority is hosting a blood drive on Wednesday at the OWASA administration building. The blood drive is scheduled to be held in the community room at OWASA’s 400 Jones Ferry Road location. OWASA officials...

Registration Underway for Chapel Hill Police 5K Benefitting Special Olympics

Posted by Staff | Aug 23, 2016 | News Around Town

Early-bird registration is now open for the 2016 Guardians of the Hill 5k race and Kids fun-run benefiting the North Carolina Special Olympics. The Chapel Hill Police Department will be holding this event on September 25, at 2pm...

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