One November evening in Chapel Hill, Sinclair Larson’s life changed forever when she was struck by a car on a Franklin Street crosswalk while walking her dog Jasper. Larson and her dog were lucky enough to survive, although she doesn’t remember the collision. She doesn’t even recall leaving to go on the walk — the […]
Posted inElection 2024, UNC
Meeting students where they are: the UNC Young Democrats’ Come to Campus Campaign
Earlier this month our Secretary Mary Margaret and I attended the Young Democrats of North Carolina conference in Durham. We attended a session taught by OrganizerMemes, a popular social media presence who is known for his hilarious political memes. Organizer memes is a fascinating guy – he wears a panda head so he remains anonymous. […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Parks and Rec
It’s time to get your bocce on. A spring league is coming to Chapel Hill’s Community Center Park.
Richie DiFranco loves bocce. DiFranco grew up playing the game, and has coached the Orange County Special Olympics bocce team in several local and state tournaments. Now DiFranco is spearheading a new public bocce league in Chapel Hill, which kicks off this spring at Community Center Park. (Intrigued? You can sign up here.) Bocce has […]
Posted inAnimals, Gardening, Guide
Top 5 spring tasks for birds
As the daylight hours lengthen and temperatures rise, it’s only natural to start getting itchy to get back into the garden. But, while it’s still too early to plant or disturb over-wintering insects by cleaning up the yard, it’s not too early to help our local birds get ready for the breeding season and make […]
Posted inTriangle Region
A graduate student’s guide to the Triangle
What are the Brooklyn-like places in the Triangle?
Posted inElection 2024
Who is early voting so far in the March 5, 2024 election in Orange County, NC?
Using data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections, we took a quick look at who has voted so far, in Orange County, in the March 5, 2024 election. The voting data is from February 23, 2024 and the voter registration data is from February 24, 2024. First, there are 109,026 people registered to […]