In today’s news: local businesses discuss their year-long recovery process, on the first anniversary of Tropical Storm Chantal. Also: Chatham County officials recover the body of a teen swimmer on Jordan Lake; a former Orange High School counselor turns herself in on indecent-liberties charges; OWASA enters the next phase of a major water main replacement project on Rosemary Street; and a Tar Heel baseball star says he’s coming back to Chapel Hill next year.

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