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Be Mojo Ambassadors

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 18, 2012 | The Commentators

Just a few weeks ago, the Orange County Visitors Bureau launched a new campaign, inviting visitors to come see, taste, tune in to, and explore Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. A local print outlet took the CVB’s...

GOP vision for NC pushing state backwards

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 17, 2012 | The Commentators

The General Assembly recently completed one of the most difficult and disappointing sessions I have been a part of during my time in the North Carolina House of Representatives. I and others will note it as one of the most...

A character from Margaret Maron's past plays a new role

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 16, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Who is Sigrid Harald? She is Margaret Maron’s lead character in a popular series of mystery novels. “Wait a minute!” you are shouting. “I know Margaret Maron, and the lead character in her novels is Judge...

Don't Sweat It

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 16, 2012 | Common Science

Last week I spent three peaceful and fantastic days volunteering at the Festival for the Eno. The weather was steamy with high humidity and temperatures flirting with 100 oF. In the course of delivering drinks and ice to hot...

In Case You Missed It

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 12, 2012 | The Commentators

Richard Taylor recorded and edited this video of the Town of Chapel Hill’s Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration, saying, “It’s so nobody will have missed out on seeing them.” Please enjoy what was an...

Carolina in my mind in Nantucket

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 9, 2012 | D.G. Martin

“Carolina in My Mind.” It was the closing hymn at my niece’s wedding a few days ago. Just before the benediction, an a capella group stood up in the rear of the church and sang: “In my mind I’m...

The God Particle

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 9, 2012 | Common Science

July 4th, 2012, was a significant day in the history of science. In a news conference in Geneva Switzerland, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider – a 16 mile long particle accelerator where matter is smashed together in an...

Stylin' Summer Shoes

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jul 5, 2012 | The Fashion Plate

To my surprise, a personable male employee at Lowe’s Home Center on Chapel Hill’s Fordham Boulevard recently took an interest in my shoes as I walked through the Lawn and Garden department. Who knew? Matt, the...

A voice like Sheriff Andy

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 5, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Who is going to take the place of Andy Griffith as North Carolina’s modest, aw’shucks, good-old-boy, mountain-accented celebrity? My nominee: Ron Rash. Maybe you don’t know about him yet. But this time next year, when the movie...

Don't Know Much Biology

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 2, 2012 | Common Science

My oldest child enters high school this fall and, like most freshmen, will be starting her sequence of science classes with biology. From my perspective biology is not the logical starting point for high school science and it is...

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