Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils is pleased to announce that the Town of Carrboro will hold its 10th Annual Community Reading of the Frederick Douglass essay “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The reading will occur from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. […]
Carrboro is planning for its Pride Food Truck Rodeo & Dance Party to be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 30, at Carrboro Town Commons, 301 W. Main St. Join us for food, dance, and frolicking on the lawn. This is a free, family-friendly, festival celebrating all that unites us and makes us […]
A coalition of local organizations invites the community to be a part of the second annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth Celebration. The event will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at Hargraves Community Center, 216 N. Roberson St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516. Attendees can expect live performances by local Black artists, a […]
The Town of Carrboro recognizes that in order to better serve our minority businesses, we need to learn about their needs and provide support. We invite our minority business owners and/or leaders to share with the Town through two Minority Business Roundtables on Zoom on the following dates: 9 a.m. Thursday, July 23 2 p.m. Friday, July 24 […]
June 2020 marks an exciting milestone for the Food for the Summer partnership, and we are excited to share plans to expand the program under a new name, “Food for Students.” Launched by Mayor Pam Hemminger in 2016, Food for the Summer has provided 192,000 summer meals to children at camps and meal sites throughout […]
We’re looking for an artist or artist team to create art for bus shelters in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. We want art that will inspire and delight the transit experience. This is part of our Art + Transit project. Here are some application details: The call is open to all Triangle area artists (within a 40 miles radius of Chapel […]
Know a budding, young artist looking for exposure? Town of Carrboro 2020 Summer Apprenticeship for the Arts: An award is available in the amount of up to $1000 to assist an emerging young artist in developing their talent through a summer apprenticeship. There are three (3) apprenticeships available at this funding level. Purpose: To encourage […]
DURHAM Join Paperhand Puppet Intervention and Batala Durham drummers, as Downtown Durham Inc. hosts a fanciful, danceable tree lighting at CCB Plaza (near Major the Bull). Directly after the Tower Lighting at American Tobacco Campus, follow puppets and drummers up Blackwell Street to celebrate our community and light up the plaza. Come one, come all! […]
Are you artistic? Do you have a talent for creating beautiful artwork that inspires? Then we have the perfect project for you! The Town of Carrboro is seeking two mural displays commemorating Dr. King for the newly constructed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park! Applicants must be High School students who live in Carrboro. Purpose: […]
In anticipation of the numerous school closings due to the teacher’s rally, we have a list of schools offering free lunch to children on May 16th. Durham Public Schools will provide meal services through an extension of the summer feeding program. Bethesda Elementary Club Blvd. Elementary Eastway Elementary Eno Valley Elementary Githens Middle Glenn […]
If you’re purchasing gas at the Circle K at 102 NC 54 in Carrboro, authorities suggest you pay using cash. Carrboro police have found credit card skimmers on the pumps at the gas station three separate times. Officers physically inspected the pumps to find the skimmers. According to ABC11, the skimmers were not detectable by external […]
A daycare worker in Carrboro breastfed another co-worker’s 3 month-old baby and now the child’s mother wants charges pressed against the woman. Kaycee Oxendine recorded video from security footage at Carrboro Early School that shows a coworker adjusting her shirt and breastfeeding Oxendine’s baby. Oxendine says her son’s teacher informed her that the baby was […]
