The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ decision to repeal $2.3 million from all DEI initiatives and reallocate that money to the UNC police department is a betrayal of my university’s professed values. Just two weeks following the reprehensible display of police brutality against peaceful student protesters, this decision demonstrates a callous disregard for the […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Orange County, Outdoors
Northern Lights in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough: The aurora borealis in photos
The powerful solar storm that hit Earth on Friday created breathtaking displays of pinks, purples, and greens in the night sky, including in our neck of the woods. There’s a chance we’ll be able to see them tonight: prime viewing spots include Mapleview Dairy and Jordan Lake. You want to go to a spot without […]
Posted inAnimals
What’s that noise? This week, the answer is always cicadas
We have been deeply immersed in the cicada beat since Brood XIX started to emerge in our yards last week. Some of us now have hundreds of cicada carcasses lining our driveways. Other blogbloggers have dogs who are simultaneously enjoying and regretting their feasts. We can hear them through our windows. One fell on my […]
Posted inElection 2024, Elections, Orange County
Sen. Graig Meyer proposes ending runoff elections for Orange County Schools
In a bill filed yesterday in the North Carolina Senate, Senator Graig Meyer (D-Orange) proposed ending runoff elections for the Orange County Schools Board of Education. At present, the Orange County Schools Board of Education is the only elected office in the county that requires a runoff election when a candidate does not secure majority […]
Posted inEvents around town, Gardening, Things to do with kids
The American columbo is in bloom at the NC Botanical Garden for the first time in 19 years
Ok, here’s the deal. A few weeks ago, the NC Botanical Garden – who you might remember was the runner up in our March Radness tournament – announced that one of their American columbos was going to flower for the first and only time in 19 years… And then die. Since then, we’ve been on […]
Posted inChapel Hill
Estes Drive Connectivity Project is slated to end this month
Our long local nightmare is over…we think.