Wellness
FRESHLY BAKED Radius has a new oven and they aren’t afraid to use it. “We can now get a pizza out faster. Our new oven takes 180 seconds to cook,” says owner Kate Carroll. Though they serve salads and paninis too, the restaurant couldn’t keep up with the demand for […]
Apple Watch Nike+ with silver and white sport band $399 Fleet Feet Sports UNC baseball cap $28 Underground Printing Terez sequin print leggings $65 Franklin Street Yoga Center YETI rambler bottle, 36 oz. $49.99 Great Outdoor Provision Co. “Hiking […]
Olympian, former UNC running coach, three-time NCAA All-American at UNC and pioneer for North Carolina women’s high school cross-country … Joan Nesbit Mabe is a legend living right in our backyard. The Cedars at Bolin Forest, to be exact. Now the cross-country coach at Chapel Hill High School, Joan is […]
Even though UNC basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell was in great shape in 2013 when she started treatment for acute myeloid leukemia at UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the weeks of chemotherapy were brutal. Nevertheless, she forced herself to do something physical almost every day: lifting free weights, using resistance bands […]
Dr. Amanda E. Nelson gets up early each third Saturday for her own good and others’. The assistant professor of medicine and researcher at the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center leads a group walk, rain or shine, at UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont. As the Medical Advisor to the Osteoarthritis […]
BUSINESS BRIEFS Primrose Schools franchise owners Brian and Melissa Mart opened Primrose School of Chapel Hill at Briar Chapel in August. ◊ Lies Sapp and Sage Rountree, owners of the Carolina Yoga Company (Carrboro Yoga, Durham Yoga and Hillsborough Yoga) and Carolina Massage Institute, have opened Hillsborough Spa and Day […]
Opening Doors of Opportunities NOV. 12, 6 P.M. Join EmPOWERment, Inc., a nonprofit focused on providing affordable rentals in the Chapel Hill area, at The Friday Center to celebrate its 20th year serving the community. Christian Foushee-Green’s Groove4You Quartet will provide musical entertainment for the evening and the first “POWER” […]
[quote_box_center]Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in McLean, Va., Catherine moved with husband Gordon Merklein and their boys – Sam, a junior at Carrboro High School, and Ethan, an eighth-grader at Culbreth Middle School – to Chapel Hill 12 years ago. The family, with their furry friends Izzy the dog […]
When Maddie Harrison crossed the finish line at the JUST TRYAN IT triathlon – just ahead of her older brother, William – she got quite a bit of attention from some adoring fans. Her 3-year-old sister, Emma; her father, Stuart; and her mom, Margarita Escaler, were joined by Maddie’s teachers […]
Tired of shopping in the boys’ department for her athletic daughter, MaryAnne Gucciardi combined her business savvy and soccer-mom drive to create high performance, comfortable sports apparel just for girls. After extensive design and testing, Dragonwing girlgear hit the marketplace in 2013 with a specialized line of sports bras, camis, […]
