by Admin | Oct 25, 2024 | NEWS
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, Carrboro’s first Black mayor, who passed away in 2022. This...
by Admin | Aug 11, 2024 | STORIES
Earlier this summer 2024, Mildred “Dip” Council’s children announced they will be closing the restaurant in mid-August after forty-eight years of service. The Council children make up the core of the staff, and many of them are approaching retirement age. Mama Dip’s...
by Admin | Aug 11, 2024 | STORIES
Step Edwards has operated Chapel Hill Barber shop for most of his life. He still rents the building on Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, but due to COVID’s hit on small businesses, the family had to sell the building that’s been with the family for as long as Step can...
by Admin | Jun 13, 2024 | NEWS
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. Juneteenth honors the end of slavery in the United...
by Admin | Apr 26, 2024 | NEWS
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...
