How to Satisfy Your Late-Night Cravings
It’s late. Maybe you should be calling it a night. Or maybe your night is just beginning. Whatever, the fact is, you’re hungry. In Chapel Hill and Carrboro, it’s not a question of if you can get a…
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Two Towns, One Community
About Carrboro and Chapel Hill - the two are contiguous, one runs into the other, and often visitors don’t differentiate. But locals do. Here’s my perspective: Chapel Hill has the University of North…
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They've Stood the Test of Time
New businesses, new stores, new restaurants pop up all the time around Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County. Sometimes, all the newness can make you forget the places that have been here a long…
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Hillsborough is Buzzing
My sister-in-law and her boyfriend were visiting. They had been here before and we had shown them all the main sites — the historic, beautiful campus of the University of North Carolina, the scene…
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A Tale of Trees in Orange County
Almost everybody notices it when they first fly into the area: how stunningly green Orange County is. Pines, oaks, cedars and (much) more. Yes, the county has grown significantly in recent years, new…
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In Orange County, History is Everywhere
The past, as William Faulkner wrote about another Southern place, “is never dead. It's not even past.” In fact, in Orange County, it’s all around us. In this very modern place, history is still…
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A Stroll Down Rosemary Street
Everyone knows Franklin Street. It’s Chapel Hill’s main drag, the classic college town’s classic strip. But just a block away, parallel to Franklin, is a lesser-known thoroughfare, a street with a…
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Orange County Old and New
Construction cranes dot the sky. Growth is everywhere in booming Orange County, North Carolina. We’re adding buildings, houses, stores, roads. But in the midst of all the change, there remain…
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Trails for Geezers
There are lots of wonderful trails for vigorous hiking or biking in Orange County. Occoneechee Mountain, Duke Forest and the Pumpkin Trail in the Carolina North forest, among many others, all are…
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