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Closed for business: restaurants fight to stay open on Franklin Street

March 2, 2019

Five restaurants have closed already in 2019, all within a block of each other on Franklin St., so what does it take for a restaurant to survive in the hub of Chapel Hill?

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Full-time student, two-time CEO: catching up with Ritwik Pavan

March 2, 2019

The UNC junior develops apps, and is piloting a new product that could help drivers find empty parking spaces.

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Hundreds of UNC students used to gather in front of the bell tower to smoke pot

February 23, 2019

The High Noon Society was a club of more than 200 students that gathered on UNC’s campus in the 1970s to smoke pot.

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Save the world, save your hair: local salon reduces waste by 90%

February 23, 2019

Syd’s Hair Shop in Chapel Hill tries to combat pollution by reducing trash and recycling hair.

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Trendy restaurant or echo chamber? One local restaurant attempts to quiet the noise

February 23, 2019

Customers say that some restaurants are getting too noisy. Oakleaf in Carrboro is part of a movement to change that.

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Healing through sound: couple encourages mindfulness through sound meditation

February 23, 2019

Healing Earth Resources in Carrboro provides sound bath meditations to encourage people to practice mindfulness.

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Ackland exhibit shows the art in historic drawings of the brain

February 16, 2019    

Santiago Ramon y Cajal’s drawings show that science and art are linked in ways people might not realize.

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A popular new class with an unlikely subject: death and dying

February 16, 2019    

Death and dying: it happens to all of us, and a new U-N-C interdisciplinary studies class is teaching students all about it.

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One man’s trash, another man’s passion: Carrboro man picks up garbage for fun

February 9, 2019

Daniel Toben has raised more than $6,000 through GoFundMe to help him clean up garbage around Carrboro and Chapel Hill.

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Herbal substance Kratom stirs up controversy

February 9, 2019

The controversial substance Kratom is popular as a medicinal and recreational drug. The government has tried to ban it, but research suggests it may have medicinal value.

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