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New Restaurant Coming to Carr Mill

Posted by Staff | Feb 8, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

Carr Mill Mall in Carrboro will soon be home to a new restaurant. Tandem will occupy the space that previously housed Cafe Symmetry. According to a release, “Tandem will offer modern American cuisine in a sophisticated yet...

WCHL Hometown Heroes Honored At The Carolina Inn

Posted by Staff | Feb 8, 2016 | News Around Town

Over 225 community members attended the Annual Hometown Hero awards luncheon held at The Carolina Inn on Sunday, February 7. Each honored guest was recognized during 2015 as a WCHL Hometown Hero. Hometown Heroes are recognized...

Step Dancing Comes To CHPL

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 6, 2016 | News Around Town

It’s a free step dancing show, with performances by local 3rd through 5th graders.

Google Fiber Brings Internet To Public Housing

Posted by Staff | Feb 4, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

Google Fiber will be installing gigabit internet at no cost to select affordable housing locations in all cities that Fiber will be installed in. “We’re working with local providers to identify which properties we’ll...

Power Restored in Chapel Hill

Posted by Staff | Feb 3, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

Updated at 10:00pm – Duke Energy is reporting that power in Chapel Hill has been restored. Power outages hit parts of Chapel Hill on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Duke Energy Outage Map, there were more than...

Carrboro Poet Laureate Application Open

Posted by Staff | Feb 3, 2016 | News Around Town

The Town of Carrboro is now accepting applications and nominations for the position of poet laureate. The Carrboro Poet Laureate is a two-year position that will begin July 1, 2016 and will expire July 1, 2018. The poet laureate...

Bartenders Get Course in Preventing Underage Drinking

Posted by Staff | Feb 2, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

The ABC Commission held a meeting to educate restaurant workers about underage drinking at the Chapel Hill Library on Tuesday. The class was organized by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission and the Department of Motor...

Fundraiser for Burn Victim Already Brings in Thousands

Posted by Staff | Feb 1, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

A fundraising website for the UNC employee who was electrocuted working to repair a power outage on January 20 has already raised over $20,000. Gaylan Bishop was working to restore power to Dey Hall on January 20 on UNC’s campus...

UNC Student Raising Money to Send Friend to the Super Bowl

Posted by Staff | Jan 27, 2016 | News Around Town

***UPDATE: The GoFundMe campaign has raised the $5,000 goal, and Will is going to Super Bowl 50 and staying the entire weekend thanks to generous donations.*** UNC student Ben Craig is working to send his friend Will Arent to...

Kitten Stolen From Goathouse Refuge

Posted by Staff | Jan 26, 2016 | News Around Town

A three-month-old kitten was stolen from Goathouse Refuge in Pittsboro last Tuesday. Two young men in a green Honda van took a grey and white kitten named Clover, according to workers at Goathouse. Goathouse Refuge is offering...

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