Hometown Heroes

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Aarya Potti -- a Chapel Hill High School senior who launched Project Asha, a foundation inspired dedicated to improving lives across two continents. The inspiration and purpose behind Project Asha is...

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Frances Shetley -- longtime Carrboro resident, former member of the town's Board of Aldermen, founder of the beloved Community Garden Club, frequent volunteer, and recent recipient of North Carolina's...

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Barbara Driscoll – Audubon Society local chapter president, career retiree from decades of work with the Environmental Protection Agency, photographer, conservationist, and friend to pollinators of all...

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Akalema Pherribo -- a beloved local Chapel Hill transit operator, who made public transit possible for nearly two decades, who left us all too soon. Pherribo's time as a pillar of community and...

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Donovan Zimmerman -- co-founder and director of Paperhand Puppet Intervention! Now in its 22nd year, Paperhand Puppet Intervention has been bringing joy, insight and a unique art form to the community for...

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Michelle Laws! Laws is extensively involved in many aspects of service and support in our community, but this weeks' award is focused squarely on her work as founder of the Busy Bees Volunteer Corps, who...