Carrboro News

Orange County firefighters responded to four house fires overnight, Raleigh units battled one and Johnston County firefighters responded to a blazing abandoned building as wind gusts in the Triangle topped 30 mph.

CVS had initially decided against a fence at 201 N. Greensboro St. but felt it had no choice after activists occupied a vacant building there to protest the company's plans, a spokeswoman said.

By Gregory Childress gchildress@heraldsun.com; 419-6645 CHAPEL HILL - Rameses, UNC's 18th mascot, died Thursday of natural causes.

Ramses, UNC's famed live mascot, was found dead yesterday, lying on his side in a field where he grazes.

A 27-year-old woman was raped early Thursday morning in the downtown alley that runs behind the Cosmic Cantina restaurant to the Ackland Art Museum, police reported.

St. Philip's Episcopal Church is next to Germanton Baptist Church. The Baptist congregation wants to but the land on which St.

The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival continues this weekend with Sketch Week, featuring performances from more than a dozen comedy groups both homegrown and imported.

While two members of the Orange County Board of Commissioners are still not convinced light rail is the best option for Orange County, the commissioners voted 5-2 to recommend light rail as the locally preferred alternative for the county.

By Cliff Bellamy cbellamy@heraldsun.com; 419-6744 Wanda Jackson is one of the pioneers of early rock 'n' roll and American roots music, but it took a younger generation of musicians to remind many American listeners of the contribution of the "Queen of Rockabilly." From 1985 until 1995, the vast majority of her touring dates were in Great Britain ... (more)

Submitted photo Sylvie is one of several cats and dogs covered by a special Valentine's Day adoption fee at the Orange County Animal Shelter.

After postponing decisions regarding overcrowding at Glenwood Elementary School, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education has decided against spot redistricting.

Following the Saturday afternoon occupation of the building at 201 N. Greensboro St., members of a group identifying themselves as "Carrboro Commune" are planning another demonstration at the property, while elected officials, police and other community members reflect on the events, which ended relatively peacefully, with no arrests.

The anarchists are their own worst enemies. This was my thought watching the aftermath of the occupation of the Norina/CVS building on Feb.

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The Town of Carrboro Board of Aldermen unanimously approved David Andrews as the new city manager.

Tracking Holland's musical endeavors almost calls for a flowchart, but today, he is concerned with two: His upcoming solo tour to promote his recently released The Best Country Blues of Mark Holland, and a recording session with his ever-evolving, psychedelic blues band, Jule Brown.

The 2nd Friday Artwalk will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at venues throughout Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

Activists who briefly occupied a vacant downtown building Saturday say they'll plant a garden on the property next month to protest a CVS store planned for the site.

BY BETH VELLIQUETTE bvelliquette@heraldsun.com; 419-6632 CARRBORO - After one of the people who occupied the CVS drugstore building Saturday suggested they'd be willing to leave if the mayor bought them ice cream, Mayor Mark Chilton did indeed go buy some ice cream.

All lanes of Interstate 40 heading eastbound at exit 266 near Carrboro are closed due to a tractor-trailer wreck.