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'We need days of waking up'

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated in Chapel Hill Monday with marching, singing, poetry and words of remembrance, along with calls to action to support a Democratic...

Shelton Station project revised to reduce units

Developers have made several changes to the proposed two-building Shelton Station project at 500 N. Greensboro St.

HRC to move afterschool programs to new home

The Chapel Hill and Carrboro Human Rights Center has closed the deal on a $155,000 house at 107 Barnes St., just blocks from its Abbey Court home on Jones Ferry Road.

Notables

Rene Couch, Christin Heverly, Dale Joyce and Erin Slechta graduated from Mount Olive College on Dec. 10. N.C. Sen. Louis Pate told graduates the day should be a reflection on the...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board Of Education Meeting Agenda For January 19, 2012

from:Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Click here to view Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board Of Education Meeting Agenda For January 19, 2012

Don't worry, be bored

Like many, I've been very interested in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement. My husband and I even took our kids to Zuccotti Park while visiting family in New York in...

Rape Crisis to offer support groups

The Orange County Rape Crisis Center is offering two upcoming support groups for adult female survivors of sexual violence.

Chapel Hill Town Council tightens Northside building rules

The Chapel Hill Town Council has approved a plan that will tighten building restrictions and close loop-holes in the Neighborhood Conservation Districts in the Northside and Pine...

Town OKs library deal with reservations

The Town Council has accepted a deal that gets more money from Orange County for its library.

Occupy takes down Franklin Street tents

Pallets were picked up and tents taken down Tuesday, as Occupy Chapel Hill-Carrboro closed its encampment.

Activist Young speaks Tuesday

Civil rights activist and statesman Andrew Young will give the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture at UNC.

Both proposed light-rail routes to be studied further

One public-comment period on a light-rail route between Durham and Chapel Hill ended Wednesday, with transit officials promising there will be more.

Safety island being added

The Town of Chapel Hill's contractor has begun construction on a new pedestrian island on Sage Road at Sterling Drive.

Battle of the Bands

Bands from East Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Cedar Ridge high schools will compete in the 2012 High School Battle of the Bands, starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the...

Free tutoring begins Jan. 23

Free tutoring sessions offered by the Hillsborough Police Department and UNC Habitat for Humanity will restart Jan. 23.

Hillsborough residents to remove holiday decorations

The Town of Hillsborough asks residents to please remove all holiday decorations, including poinsettias, by Feb. 10 from gravesites in the Town Cemetery.

Bring books to Flyleaf on Monday

Book Harvest ( www.bookharvestnc.org) is a local nonprofit started in January 2011 which collects new and gently used children's books and places them in the hands and homes...

Big changes for Glen Lennox

Chapel Hill's oldest shopping center and apartment complex may soon get a facelift that developers and community residents are creating together.

AGENDAs

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall, 300 W. Main St. To see the agenda, go to www.ci.carrboro.nc.us.

Independent investigation into November police raid sought by advisory board

The town's new police advisory board wants an outside investigator to examine the November police raid on the Yates Motor Co. building.

UNC scientists collaborate to find first major genetic mutation associated with hereditary prostate

from:University of North Carolina

After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare, inherited mutation...

What's so important about a comprehensive plan?

What is a comprehensive plan? Why does Chapel Hill need a new one?

Notables

The Orange County Board of Commissioners has appointed the following citizen volunteers to county advisory boards and commissions:

Meeting challenges

The Chapel Hill 2020 comprehensive planning process promises to define a vision for our next decade.

Group protests Yates report

Editor's note: This story was developing at press time. See newsobserver.com for the latest.

'We are life partners'

Two brides were married in a traditional ceremony at United Church of Chapel Hill on Saturday.

Photo exhibit highlights Triangle's spiritual diversity

Who are we?

Church views on gay nuptials

In 2005, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ voted to legally recognize and advocate in favor of same-sex marriage and in favor of marriage equality.

AGENDAs

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will hold a budget retreat at 9 a.m. today and Thursday at Camp Royall, 250 Bill Ash Road, Moncure.

A plan in the works

As the town meets the future, it needs a plan.

Plan in for new student living

New student housing at new heights is being proposed for downtown.

It's 'love me not' for town of Carrboro

The producers of "LoveTown USA" spurned Carrboro this week after a courtship of nearly two months.

Duke to host fracking forum

Duke University, known for its advocacy of global warming and environmental sciences, is adding "fracking" to its repertoire and holding a conference next week on the...

Occupy group to end camp in Chapel Hill

Occupy Chapel Hill-Carrboro will remove its tents from Franklin Street next Tuesday, but members say the movement is still alive.

PlayMakers' 'No Child' looks at public education

Actor-playwright Nilaja Sun turned her experience as an artist in New York City public schools into a play about a multi-ethnic classroom, parents, school administrators and staff...

AGENDAs

The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a business meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the Council Chamber at Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. To see the agenda, go to...

Crime Notes

Carrboro

Hillsborough starts alcohol crime team

The Hillsborough Police Department - in a partnership with the Orange County ABC Board and the Northern Orange Partnership for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth - has started an Alcohol...

Counting in the new year

Perhaps you've seen some of these people over the past few weeks - driving at a snail's pace along back roads, peering over fences into private backyards, turning...

Police get new dog

A new K9 officer joins the Hillsborough Police Department this month, replacing a police dog that has served the town for eight years.

Local woman wins big

Evelyn Perry, a retired social worker from Hillsborough, plans to pay bills and share with her adult children after winning $212,554 playing Carolina Cash 5. Perry won half the...

Railway routes rile residents

Professional planners favor one route for a light-rail line between Chapel Hill and Durham.

News From The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation - January 2012

from:Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Training Begins Soon for 5K for Fitness Set for April 28The Foundation and Fleet Feet Sports are teaming up to offer a 5K for Fitness and a six-week training program that leads up...