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Food for the Summer Program Comes to a Close

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Aug 24, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

This Friday marks the end of this year’s Food for the Summer program, which provides free lunches for children at different meal sites in Chapel Hill and Carrboro while school is out. This summer through July 28, Chapel Hill...

UNC Medical Director Advises Residents on Staying Safe During Heat Wave

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured, Weather

This week may be the hottest week of the summer so far with temperatures remaining in the mid-90’s in Chapel Hill and surrounding areas. Ahbi Mehrotra, Medical Director of the Emergency Department at UNC Hospitals’...

Books for summer: Mountains and Military

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 21, 2016 | D.G. Martin

If you want some more tips for good summer reading from recent books by North Carolina authors, I have four suggestions, two set in the mountains, two about our military. An obvious choice if you are planning a trip to the...

Summer Fun for a Foodie

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jun 20, 2016 | The Fashion Plate

Time to savor the flavor of summer. Literally! It’s that time of year when many people center their social events on food – cookouts, family reunions, graduation grilling and poolside parties. You name the food-filled event and...

The Town of Carrboro Holding First Summer Streets this Sunday

Posted by Staff | Jun 17, 2016 | News Around Town

Summer is officially here and the Town of Carrboro is kicking it off with Summer Streets this Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held on East Weaver Street, between North Greensboro and East Main Street, and the road...

Top Trends: July 24

Posted by Staff | Jul 24, 2015 | Top Trends

Throwback: Remember when Bill Cosby wrote a Grammy-award winning album in 1971 called Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs? Now we know the irony of him having a hit song surrounding the message “Say no to pills.”...

Traveling in Style

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jun 26, 2015 | The Fashion Plate

Packing Perils Summer vacation season is upon us. By car, by plane, by boat, by train….you’re bound to be headed somewhere this summer. That means you have the daunting task of packing ahead of you, which takes time, energy,...

NC Gas Prices Continue to Trend Downwards

Posted by Staff | Aug 1, 2014 | State

AAA Carolinas reports that the gas prices in North Carolina are the lowest they have been in more than a month and drivers are paying less this July than the July of last year; this trend is predicted to continue as the summer progresses.

Summer So Far in Orange County

Posted by Staff | Jul 17, 2014 | News, News Around Town

As we approach the end of July, vacationing in Orange County this summer is on the rise when compared to last year.

Duke Energy Grid Will Beat the Heat

Posted by Staff | Jun 18, 2014 | State

Despite the high temperatures across North Carolina, the heat may not pose much of a problem for Duke Energy’s power grids.

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