Motorcycle Accident Kills 26-Year-Old Driver Saturday Morning

Tuesday marked Election Day for local races across North Carolina. Here are the vote tallies for Orange County and Pittsboro's elections.

This Week: Tami Schwerin is a re-developer of The Plant, taking a cold-war industrial plant and creating a community hub of food, beverage and experiences. Her past experience includes founding a local food, renewable energy and cultural non-profit; Abundance NC. Before that she helped build Chatham Marketplace, a local co-op grocery store. She has served on art and environmental boards of directors. She traveled the world selling software in her younger years and renovated several old broken-down houses. Tami loves a challenge and creating a world that she wants to live in. She grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and loves the south and Pittsboro. Cathy Brooksie Edwards is the founder and director of heart2heartnc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Brooksie is dedicated to helping individuals navigate end-of-life with a greater sense of ease while supporting families, caregivers, and communities through their grief journey. The organization’s community-based events and personalized services are grounded in the power of human connection and the proven practice of various modalities—from touch and sound to movement and mindfulness. heart2heartnc is part of Sanctuary at the Burrow, a conservation green burial ground offering nondenominational end-of-life services and creating a meaningful experience that honors the dead and comforts the living. Brooksie is a licensed clinical counselor, death doula, bodyworker, kundalini yoga teacher and musician with over 25 years of experience.

The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro held its 18th State of the Community presentation for local leaders on May 7

The CHCCS Board of Education shared early preferences for potential facility plans if the district receives funding from a bond referendum.

The Orange County school infrastructure bond referendum planned for the fall took its latest step forward on Tuesday night.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools community recently learned its four newest principals joining the district ahead of the 2022-23 academic year. The CHCCS Board of Education approved several administrative appointments during its meeting on Thursday night, with many of the hires becoming effective immediately. Three of the selections will be familiar faces to their school […]

As of Thursday morning, the Sheriff’s Office does not have any update on Wednesday’s incident, but said it does not perceive there to be any ongoing danger to the public. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for the Batsche family.**** A 20-year-old in Chatham County died on Wednesday morning after being shot. The […]

Culbreth Middle School teacher Jessie Grinnell has been named the Chapel Hill – Carrboro School District Teacher of the Year. The award was announced at the Annual Recognition Reception on Friday at Carrboro High School. Grinnell teaches eighth-grade English Language Arts at Culbreth. As part of the award, Grinnell received a $1,000 check from the […]

Students at Culbreth Middle School are back in the classroom after the school was evacuated on Tuesday morning. Chapel Hill Carrboro Assistant Superintendent Todd LoFrese spoke to the media following the evacuation of Culbreth Middle on Tuesday. “At approximately 8:05 [Tuesday] morning, a piece of refrigeration equipment malfunctioned in our cafeteria,” he says, “and created […]

The Chapel Hill Police Department reports that a motorcycle accident at 6:35 a.m. Saturday resulted in the death of the vehicle’s 26-year-old driver.