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Holiday Meltdowns Begin

Posted by Staff | Nov 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

Have I become a Grinch? Have I become a Scrooge? I have so many things to share with you, Chapelboro friends, and I hope you all are well. Life has become holiday-crazed as my second baby is due is 3 short weeks. And a...

21st Century Demographics, a Talk by Mitch Silver

Posted by Staff | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

Monday Mitch Silver took off for China, where he will speak in three cities in seven days, attend conferences and meet city officials. Next Tuesday he comes to Chapel Hill, and if you can possibly make it to Town Hall at 5:30 pm...

My two cents on the quarter-cent

Posted by The Commentators | Nov 3, 2011 | The Commentators

About twenty-five years ago, I was a young girl attending Carrboro Elementary and listened to my dad record a PSA in support of funding for our schools on this radio station. I never would have guessed that twenty-five years...

One Girl's Fashion Dream

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Nov 1, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

Meet rising fashion designer Leigh LaVange. I’ve wanted to introduce Chapelboro readers to Leigh and showcase her designs ever since I started writing this column. I have this talent scout intuition that tells me big things are...

How to Better Photograph Your Family- Tip Seven

Posted by Staff | Oct 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

This is the seventh in an eight-part series created by me, Kristin Prelipp Oguntoyinbo, for the amateur family photographer. These tips are simple, quick things you can do to vastly improve the photos you take. TIP 7: HAVE A...

What do Candlelight, Dessert, and Woody Durham Have in Common?

Posted by Staff | Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized

Well, on September 23rd, the Triangle Radio Reading Service is honoring Woody Durham, “The Voice of the Tarheels,” at its “Dining by Candlelight: Dessert in the Dark” fundraiser. The Triangle Radio Reading Service (TRRS)...

10 Tips for Your Fantasy Football Draft

Posted by Staff | Sep 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

As the NFL preseason winds down and teams make their final preparations to begin the regular season, Fantasy Football owners everywhere are scrambling for last minute details on their favorite players and teams as they make...

What Was That? No Way, It Couldn't Have Been An Earthquake!

Posted by Staff | Aug 24, 2011 | Uncategorized

Everyone I spoke with yesterday felt the tremors but immediately dismissed the notion they had experienced an earthquake. A friend thought the guy with the leaf blower outside her condominium had something to do with the...

How to Better Photograph Flowers and Plants

Posted by Staff | Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized

Flowers are such a source of inspiration to me. It is in my blood and upbringing as my parents and all siblings but one are absolutely crazy about gardening. They throw around both the common and latin names for plants as if it...

In the shadow of Cold Mountain, a real Inman

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 16, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Driving south on Lake Logan Road, in the Pigeon River Valley and the shadow of Cold Mountain, headed towards Inman’s Chapel the other day, I could not help wondering whether or not the Inman in Charles Frazier’s “Cold Mountain”...

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