NextDoorers, please stop trying to make rent too expensive before you at least get to know your student neighbors. Yes, unknown Nextdoor users, drunk 19-year-olds are obnoxious. However, Chapel Hill is one of the most highly educated towns in the country, with 75% of residents holding at least a bachelor’s degree. So, there is a […]
Adam Searing is Chapel Hill’s FOX News
Adam Searing is probably running to be the next mayor of Chapel Hill. He’s also a demagogue who routinely spreads misinformation and appears to prefer creating rather than solving problems. We all know how FOX News operates. It whips viewers into a frenzy with information that is false but taps into their deep-seated fears, all […]
Top 10 Best Public Places in Chapel Hill
Here are the top 10 best public places in the Southern Part of Heaven from the eyes of a senior undergraduate.
As Passover approaches, the Laurel Hill neighborhood submits way more than four questions
Usually four questions are asked on Passover by the youngest member of the family. But with Passover coming up in two weeks, the Laurel Hill board has submitted a helluva lot more than four questions to Town Council, which reminds us of the maror, and the bitterness of those claiming to be suffering today. It’s […]
Take a look at this Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation plan from 1976
Wilson Library at UNC is a treasure trove of documents related to the history of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. On one visit, we came across the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Plan from 1976, which we scanned – in full. Written in March of 1976, the document talks about the formation of Estes Drive, Umstead Drive, Piney […]
Chapel Hill, 1968: The Death of Elliott Woods?
By the 1960s, Chapel Hill had a reputation as a place with progressive values, with legislation like its open housing act underscoring the town’s standing as a liberal beacon in the South. But Brooks argued that at best, Chapel Hill was just like many other places and, at worst, especially problematic because of the hypocrisy of many of the town’s residents.