We’ve seen a number of questions recently on social media asking where to donate children’s books and adult books in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. We know of two organizations that accept gently used books in good condition. Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library raise more than […]
Posted inThings to do with kids, Chapel Hill, Triangle Region
Five great places to watch the sunset in Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill technically does sit on a hill and there are some nice spots with elevation to watch the sunset around town. Other spots aren’t as high up, but still provide a great view for Insta. Here are some of our favorites. Maple View Farms Sit in the rocking chairs on the front porch with […]
Posted inThings to do with kids, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Greenway
Three activities in Chapel Hill and Carrboro for upcoming teacher workdays
Kids in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have a teacher workday on Monday, February 13. If you’re looking for something to do, here are some of our favorites. Take a hike along the Bolin Creek Trail It’s the Year of the Trail in North Carolina. Bolin Creek Trail, Chapel Hill’s oldest trail, is also our […]
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Chatting with Carrboro Town Council Member Susan Romaine
We’re starting a series of interviews with Council Members in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Today we’re speaking with Carrboro Town Council member (and Mayor Pro Tem) Susan Romaine who is the founder of Orange County Living Wage and PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Romaine, who was elected in 2019, serves as Council’s liaison to the Economic Sustainability […]
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It’s Groundhog Day in Chapel Hill, and we might finally be able to leave Punxsutawney
For people of a certain generation (ours), Harold Ramis’s 1993 comedy Groundhog Day is a classic, the rare film we watched as kids that somehow got better with age. For those who haven’t seen the film, Bill Murray plays an unhappy television reporter who finds himself repeating the same day—February 2—for hundreds, possibly thousands, of […]
Posted inGreenway, Bike and Walk, Carrboro
What is in the Bolin Creek Greenway Conceptual Master Plan? We break it down.
In 2008, the Town of Carrboro commissioned Greenways Incorporated, a nationally recognized greenway design and planning firm founded by Chuck Flink, to assess the feasibility of Bolin Creek and Jones Creek for a greenway that would connect Morris Grove Elementary in the north to Wilson Park in the south. At the time, there was much […]