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Chapel Hill baker Tonya Council is celebrating a delicious achievement: Her Cream Cheese Pound Cake has been named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things for 2024, a highly anticipated holiday gift list. The cake, known for its rich, buttery flavor with a hint of lemon,...

The Chapel Hill Historical Society ended its 2024 program series in October with the annual Community Treasures award ceremony on November 9th. This ceremony, recognizing individuals who make our community a better place to live, is one of their most popular and...

The Orange County Board of County Commissioners and Carrboro Town Council recently voted to name the new building at 203 S. Greensboro Street the “Drakeford Library Complex” in honor of Bob Drakeford,

Fourteen months after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the university reports significant drops in enrollment for Black and Hispanic students. Last year, Black students made up 10.5% of new enrollees,...

Our commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Orange County, North Carolina Embracing diversity and supporting Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and their owned businesses are crucial steps in fostering a more inclusive and equitable community....

Juneteenth, short for “June Nineteenth,” marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the freedom of all enslaved people, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Mayor Barbara Foushee has proclaimed the week of April 26 to May 5, 2024 as Black Restaurant Week in Carrboro.  The Town of Carrboro recognizes the importance of supporting local Black-owned restaurants, which play a vital role in building inter-generational...

The Town of Carrboro celebrated the renaming of Carr Street during the Braxton Foushee Street Dedication on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 . Braxton Foushee is a local civil rights leader, a current Planning Board member, and the first Black member of the Carrboro Board of...

The Town of Carrboro is planning an event to celebrate the renaming of Carr Street to Braxton Foushee Street at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, with a community gathering outside the Areté Studio, 203 E. Carr Street.  The street dedication will begin with the...

Celebrate Carrboro https://www.carrboronc.gov Feb. 1-29 Virtual Events: Youth Art Exhibit: “Celebrating Black History Month” 29 Days of Black History Trivia Inspiring Black History Month Quotes to Remember Friday, Feb. 2 First Watch & Melanated Wine Trip 9:45 a.m....

Hillsborough, NC -- The Orange County Office of Equity & Inclusion is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable community for all residents. Black History Month is a time for us to come together and recognize the invaluable contributions of Black...

UNC MLK Jr. Week of Celebration The MLK Jr. Week of Celebration is part of a UNC-Chapel Hill campus-wide initiative to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his legacy, and his ideals. Carolina began its celebrations of Dr. King’s life and legacy long before there was a...

Writin’ Dirty: Southern Lyricism and Storytelling There’s something special about the way pen meets page down bottom. As a former Nasir Jones Fellow with Harvard University’s Hip Hop Archive and Research Institute, poet and educator Dasan Ahanu understands this truth...

On Tuesday, Dec. 5 the Orange County Office of Equity & Inclusion unveiled the new Pauli Murray mural by Scott Nurkin. The mural is located at the Orange County Sportsplex at 101 Meadowlands Dr., Hillsborough. The program included a tribute to Rev. Murray by Dasan...

Valerie Foushee is a lifelong resident of Chapel Hill. She is a former Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners and served for 10-years in the NC General Assembly, in both the House and Senate. Now Foushee is in Washington, D.C. proudly serving as...

The maker of an Oprah’s ‘Favorite Thing’ has opened a new bake shop in Chapel Hill Discover Chapel Hill's culinary heritage at Tonya's Cookies & Bake Shop. Tonya Council, granddaughter of Mildred "Mama Dip" Council, presents a charming bakery in The Galleria. A...

Meet the remarkable individuals of the 2023 Community Treasures who have dedicated their lives to serving and shaping Chapel Hill: Albert Simms Williams: A civil rights pioneer and Chapel Hill native, Mr. Williams made history with a courageous sit-in at the age of...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday, October 17, 2023 to celebrate PEACH apartments — Pine Knolls, EmPOWERment, Affordable, Community, Housing —built in Pine Knolls, a historically Black neighborhood in Chapel Hill. According to the Community Empowerment Fund...

Some exciting news from Chapel Hill Fire Department — we've got a new fire chief! Starting July 3, Jay Mebane took the helm. Before this, Jay was rocking it as the fire chief in Burlington. A bit about Jay: he's a 2005 Walter Williams High School grad. And fun fact?...

CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2023 BLACK BUSINESS ALLIANCE BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR “Doing good is simply good business,” says Creighton P. Blackwell Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Community Engagement Coastal Credit Union. Blackwell is an...

The Town of Carrboro will hold its 10th Annual Community Reading of the Frederick Douglass essay "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The reading will occur from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St....

In his autobiography, Dean Smith wrote about the quest of a dream. “It is about the thousands of small unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.” The same sentiment could be used to describe the best parts and people of...

The 23rd Annual Mildred Council Community Dinner was held Sunday, April 30, 2023 as part of a long tradition of community building, crossing economic, racial, religious and ethnic barriers in Chapel Hill and Orange County, North Carolina. Local volunteers worked hard...