Around Town News

With Halloween mere weeks away, students are gearing up for another big celebration of one of the great Chapel Hill traditions. But this year, downtown Franklin Street will look different from years past if changes made by town officials and police… read more

Something besides airplanes is finally off the ground at Carolina North. The UNC trustees have unanimously approved the design of the first building for the satellite campus that has been more than a decade in the planning. The Innovation… read more

The University is about to own another piece of Franklin Street – a big one. Through the UNC at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc., it will acquire the 12-acre site that contains University Square and Granville Towers. The move gives UNC substantial… read more

Chapel Hill and UNC officials have identified a property off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard has been as the site for a new homeless shelter. The University is in the process of buying 13-plus acres of land from Duke Energy, a portion of which -… read more

The UNC trustees have given the go-ahead to the initial phase of Carolina North, the University’s satellite campus that totals about 1,000 acres. The question is if and when the town of Chapel Hill will bless the plans. Site plans have been… read more

Housing for UNC faculty and staff is in the works on 63 acres of land on Homestead Road, marking the University’s first attempt to help with lower-cost housing. Carolina Commons will provide 60 condominium units to UNC employees. Roughly 53 of… read more

About 30 protesters, including UNC students and area residents, turned out Friday before a scheduled ceremonial opening of an Army recruitment station in Chapel Hill. Three people were arrested. The protesters identified themselves as members of… read more

A three-time art museum director with extensive experience in the field has been appointed director of UNC’s Ackland Art Museum. Emily Kass, who will begin work Oct. 16, has led the Tampa Museum of Art (1996-2005) and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art… read more

After years of debate about the fate of West House – a 1,141-square-foot structure that had straddled the parking lots behind Swain Hall and Hill Hall – the building is being torn down to make way for the University’s new Arts Common The… read more

A note taped inside a window of the Rathskeller in Amber Alley announced that the landmark restaurant would close for renovation June 10. Printed austerely on a sheet of copy paper, the notice read, in part, “The building is in need of long over-due… read more