Google To Begin Installing Local Fiber Network
The company announced Tuesday that construction on its high speed network will be starting soon.
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Orange County Food Drive on Wednesday
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 23, 2015 | News Around Town
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office food drive is coming up on Wednesday. Sheriff Charles Blackwood says the Sheriff’s Office has worked to make donating food as easy as possible this year. “Citizens can roll in here, make a...
Read MoreCommunity Mourns Charleston Shooting Victims
Posted by Staff | Jun 19, 2015 | News Around Town
Faith communities gathered at St. Paul AME Church in Carrboro Friday to mourn Wednesday’s shooting deaths of nine members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The bell at St. Paul AME chimed nine times as church...
Read MoreHog Day is Here
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 19, 2015 | News Around Town
The 33rd-Annual Hog Day celebration is set to begin Friday night at six o’clock in Efland. The organization of Hog Day has shifted from the Chamber of Commerce over to the Orange County Optimist Club. Craig Lloyd is the...
Read MoreUNC Grad Offers Free Appalachian Hike in Crowdfunding for New App
Posted by Staff | Jun 17, 2015 | News Around Town
A recent UNC graduate is creating an app to help travelers connect in faraway, unfamiliar places – and he’s offering an all-expenses-paid hike on the Appalachian Trail to one lucky winner in a crowdfunding contest.
Read MoreJudge Overturns Ruling on The Cedars Fees
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 8, 2015 | News Around Town
The Cedars of Chapel Hill can continue to collect membership fees and monthly overhead fees, according to a state Court of Appeals ruling earlier this week. Three appellate court judges overturned Wake County Special Superior...
Read MoreAs A Local Judge Battles Blood Cancer, Friends Reach Out To ‘Save the Fox’
Posted by Staff | Jun 5, 2015 | News Around Town
The ‘Save the Fox’ campaign aims to help a local judge, as well as others fighting blood cancer.
Read MoreLocal Musicians Share Their ‘Burnin’ Love’ for the Jaycee Center
Posted by Staff | Jun 5, 2015 | News Around Town
Head over to the Cat’s Cradle Saturday if you’d like some burn-healin’ blues.
Read MoreCan You Solve a 45-Year-Old Mystery?
Posted by Staff | May 29, 2015 | News Around Town
For nearly half a century, Wendy Bryan has pondered the fate of six men in a photo taken in 1970. Now, she’s asking the public for help.
Read MoreMemorial Day, “A Hero’s Best Medicine” From Fisher House
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 22, 2015 | News Around Town
The Fisher House Foundation houses families of hospitalized military vets.
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