In today’s news: a Pittsboro restaurant announces it’s closing, and a Hillsborough historic site announces it’s changing its name. Also: economic and political leaders arrive in Chapel Hill for the G20 Innovation Ministerial at the Carolina Inn, with protests also planned; Chapel Hill earns recognition for promoting economic development; Pittsboro leaders look to develop a town-wide economic development strategy; Orange County Commissioners meet to consider appointing a replacement register of deeds; a Chatham County teacher wins $10 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket; UNC and Duke combine their herbaria into one large collection, the third-largest in the U.S.; and a local funeral home opens a new art gallery.

And in sports: two Tar Heel football stars earn ACC Player of the Week honors, while UNC men’s golf opens its season in Tennessee and a Carolina tennis star heads to New York for the U.S. Open.

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