Chapel Hill Public Library Archives - Page 8 of 13

Twenty Chapel Hill Public Housing Residents Take Home Free Desktop Computers

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Sep 20, 2017 | News Around Town, Uncategorized

Twenty residents were met with applause at the Chapel Hill Public Library on Tuesday, presented with a certificate and congratulated by Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger and Council Member Michael Parker. Each student received a...

Panelists Host Silent Sam Discussion at Chapel Hill Library

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Sep 5, 2017 | UNC

You may not have been able to find parking if you were at the Chapel Hill Public Library last Wednesday night. Around 200 Chapel Hill residents met to discuss the recent controversy surrounding Silent Sam and other Confederate...

NC First Lady Announces Grants at Chapel Hill Public Library

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 9, 2017 | News Around Town

The First Lady of North Carolina announced statewide grants in Chapel Hill on Thursday. Standing outside under a perfectly Carolina blue sky at the Chapel Hill Public Library, Kristen Cooper laid out a series of grants to...

Gray Squirrel Coffee Permanently Coming to Chapel Hill Public Library

Posted by Staff | May 15, 2017 | News Around Town

If you like books and coffee, good news is on the way. The Chapel Hill Public Library has announced that they will be teaming up with Gray Squirrel Coffee Company to satisfy all of your book-and-coffee needs. “So, in...

‘Queen of Katwe’ Author Featured at Chapel Hill Public Library

Posted by Staff | Apr 19, 2017 | News Around Town

Tim Crothers is a UNC professor and sportswriter. He’s a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He’s written a book on Roy Williams. He’s written a book on UNC women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance. But he’s mostly known as...

Orange County Arts Commission Announces New Grants Process

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Apr 2, 2017 | Arts

A grant of nearly $60,000 will be distributed among local artists and nonprofit groups by the Orange County Arts Commission to promote high-quality arts activities. Purveyors of those activities may be eligible to apply for a...

Chapel Hill Rejects Internet Filters for Public Library

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Jan 26, 2017 | Local Government

The Chapel Hill Town Council rejected a motion on Monday night to purchase software that would censor pornographic internet content on computers at the Chapel Hill Public Library. The rejection was unanimous by council members,...

Chapel Hill Considers Internet Filters for Library

Posted by Staff | Jan 12, 2017 | Local Government

Library officials in Chapel Hill are looking to upgrade, or change the internet policy for library computers, to block access to visual depictions of child pornography. Library computer users currently have unfiltered access to...

Chapel Hill Public Library Offers Pop-Up Coffee Shop from Local Vendors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 11, 2017 | News Around Town

“A lot of people like to curl up with a good book and a good cup of coffee,” said Chapel Hill Public Library assistant library director Meeghan Rosen. And now the library is giving Chapel Hillians the chance to sample local...

CHCCS Accepts Leaders Library Card Challenge

Posted by Staff | Jan 4, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Chapel Hill is working on a new initiative that will make accessing library books and resources easy for local students and families. Last year, public libraries and schools countrywide signed on to compete in a challenge in...

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