Hometown Hero: Bill Blankenship
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Chapel Hill Fire Department battalion chief Bill Blankenship. Blankenship was the incident commander last week when a trench collapse occurred on UNC's campus, trapping and injuring two construction...
Hometown Hero: Annie Burton
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Annie Burton from Pathways to Change. "We provide services that offer re-education from men who've been engaged in areas of intimate partner violence," said Burton. "Our theory of change is based on...
Hometown Hero: Chapel Hill Tire, Local Teachers
This week's Hometown Heroes, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, are the local teachers in our area and the folks at Chapel Hill Tire who wanted to honor them. Chapel Hill Tire is offering a free oil change for teachers in order to thank them for all their efforts. "The...
Hometown Hero: Florentine “Flo” Miller
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Chapel Hill deputy town manager Flo Miller. "Flo has always been there for the council and for the staff and for the community of Chapel Hill," said former Chapel Hill town council member Lauren Easton....
Hometown Hero: Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger. She helped create Food for the Summer, an organization which is entering it’s fourth summer of providing lunches to children that may not be able to afford them. “We have...
Hometown Hero(es): Rogers Road Residents
This week's Hometown Heroes, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, are the residents of the Rogers Road neighborhood. Last week, the residents gathered at the Rogers Road Community Center to celebrate the near-completion of a sewage line connection. The community center,...
