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Walgreens of Hillsborough renewed its
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accommodating to those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Magic Hour” at the end of March.
GIVING BACK
for every seat filled at its grand opening. With 97 people in attendance – including Pastor Brandon Joyner and Ilene Joyner and Chapel Hill Town Council members Allen Buansi, Nancy Oates and Hongbin Gu – the church was able to provide funds for 100 meals. Ten Galloway Ridge residents and 18 employees, including Heather Bohl, Brandon Rivera, Scott Richardson and Justin Williams, volunteered at Carolina Tiger Rescue during the company’s annual day of service in February. Orange County Department on Aging’s
The Eastern Carolinas Muscular Dystrophy Association raised more than $40,000 in March at their annual Chapel Hill Lock-Up. Locals volunteered to be put behind bars and were “bailed out” with funds going to provide research and patient services. The Sterling Hennis Memorial Fund has been established to honor of the life and work of former UNC education professor Sterling Hennis, who died in February. The fund will support local teachers in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
Dementia Friendly Orange County
recently added partnerships with several businesses, including the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough, the Hillsborough Arts Council, Goddin Real Estate, Anchala Studios, Real Estate by Design
New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams has published “Murder in the Locked Library,” the fourth book in her Book Retreat series.
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Charlie and Tamra Finn’s
search for a getaway cabin at Hyco Lake was featured on the HGTV show “Lakefront Bargain Hunt.” The episode aired April 22.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
The North Carolina Museum of Art hosted its fourth Art in Bloom festival featuring several Orange County floral designers including Morgan Howell Moylan of West Queen Studio, Jen Wood of The Barn of Chapel Hill, and Amy Wurster of Knots ‘N Such. School of Rock Chapel Hill celebrates its
one-year anniversary in May. The music school has grown to more than 150 students. Chapel Hillians Paul and Laura Pritchard started an online retail business, Raw Health, which sells pain relief products such as muscle heating and cooling gels. Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership’s Bobby Funk resigned from his role as
assistant director in April to take a fulltime internship for graduate school. Bobby is working toward a master’s in city and regional planning at UNC. Carrboro-based hospitality art manufacturer Kalisher, started by