Blog: Calling up Carrboro Memories
As Carrboro grows and changes, The Carrboro Commons continues to realize the importance of reporting its news. Our founder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Senior Lecturer Jock Lauterer,… Read more →
Heavenly Groceries is making a life-changing impact on the Chapel Hill community by providing quality produce and groceries to more than 5,000 people per month. Through this food bank, the… Read more →
“The question I’ve been asking people is: What would you be doing when all the wars are over? “The question is, do you give your life over to that… Read more →
When people think about Carrboro, a lot of people and places come to mind. Now, the town is working hard to ensure a certain color comes to mind: green. “If… Read more →
Parents of special needs children arrived at Carrboro High School the evening of April 14 for a discussion about sex education and safety. Representatives from the Orange County Rape Crisis Center… Read more →
Tucked in the back of Carol Blackmore’s home in Chapel Hill is a rug weaving workshop that houses a 10-foot wide Swedish Glimakra Sovereign loom that she’s owned for 22… Read more →
Celisa Steele didn’t arrive in Carrboro expecting to become poet laureate. She surprised even herself when she was awarded the position after applying three years ago. Since then, Steele has learned more… Read more →
Compassionate Carrboro. That was one of the buzzwords that residents, both for and against the proposed Inter-Faith Council food pantry in downtown, used to describe Carrboro on Tuesday, March 22,… Read more →
Matt Neal is no stranger to the restaurant industry. His father, the late Bill Neal, built a legacy for himself in the culinary world. Bill, alongside his wife, Moreton, opened… Read more →
North Carolina’s newest legislation—known as HB2—reverses a Charlotte ordinance, which extended rights to people who are gay or transgender. Carrboro’s LGBTQ community plans to fight this bill until laws… Read more →
“Yes! Just like that! Now just let go and fall backwards.” Under the eyes of her teacher and fellow classmates, Abigail Stern, 18, took a deep breath, relaxed her body,… Read more →
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