In this short video, Nick Tennyson, Executive Director of the Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties outlines why building a new home rather buying an existing home is well worth considering.
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The illustrious college honor society known as Phi Beta Kappa has inducted several academic all-stars that currently attend UNC-Chapel Hill into its selective ranks. A ceremony was held on campus last week to present 150 academically distinguished students with their signature golden keys from the storied fraternity. Honorees earned those keys by maintaining grade point […]
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Triangle residents may not realize that fracking areas run through Wake, Durham, Chatham, Orange, and Lee counties, affecting the water supply of 2.4 million people. This map shows watersheds and fracking areas (slide 2 at this link). North Carolina has the least separation between water and natural gas layers of rock, where fracking fluids could […]
Triangle Restaurant Week
Triangle Restaurant Week (TRW) launches today with over 70 restaurants participating in Wake, Durham, Orange and Chatham counties. Sure you could drive those nine utterly un-scenic miles to check out the participating locations in Durham (groan) or see what’s on offer in Raleigh and spend more money on gas than your dinner bill. But let’s face it, you’d […]

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On the Porch: A Conversation with Dr. Jim Crawford
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Born into a blue collar and agricultural clan in rural Pennsylvania, Jim Crawford was the first in his family to graduate from college. Earning his PhD from UNC, he taught US and World History at several universities in piedmont North Carolina for several decades. He served as chairman of the Chatham County board of commissioners, and currently serves as trustee for Central Carolina Community College. He is a firm believer in American democracy and trusts that the constitution will hold firm now as it has in past crises despite the broken, distempered electorate.

On the Porch: A Conversation with Elana Etten
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Host Randy Voller, welcomes Elana Etten, the digital marketing expert on a mission to help small businesses and nonprofits ‘Streamline. Strategize. Simplify.’ As the owner of Identity Marketing US, Elana uses powerful tools like AI and automation to take the work out of marketing and business processes, saving business owners valuable time and helping them reach more customers. Since 2015, her clients have seen game-changing results, like surviving the pandemic, increasing their customer base, and cutting their business process hours in half. Elana’s motto is simple: ‘It’s time to automate your business’ so you can focus on what matters most. Let Identity Marketing help you leave your mark today.

Chatham County Launches Page to Locate EV Charging Stations
More Chatham County residents are using electric vehicles. As a result, the county developed a new mapping tool in October to help residents quickly and accurately locate charging stations in the area.

UNC Expert Shares COVID, Health Advice for Students, Teachers and Staff
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Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Launches Food Distribution and Health Program for Chatham’s Minority Seniors
By Victoria Johnson, Chatham News + Record Staff This year, like every year, February was designated in Chatham as “We Love Seniors” Month — and though the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle didn’t know that, the organization managed to show some love to Chatham seniors anyway. In February, the Raleigh-based nonprofit launched a free program designed to feed and […]
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