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The Caffeine Crawl, a national tour that features local beverage shop owners and their products, has come to the Triangle for the second time since last year, offering unique experiences for local coffee and tea enthusiasts.

Located right off Franklin Street but nestled in the trees, Caffè Driade offers customers world-renowned coffee in a lush green landscape.

This Saturday, the Caffeine Crawl is coming to Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Durham. The event features several area coffee and tea businesses, and participants can choose from four different routes.&nbsp&#x3B;

Looking for a good cup of joe? The next Wilmington event devoted to all things coffee comes to you this weekend.

Small Business Saturday was started in 2010 to promote buying local during the Great Recession. Now, it’s a staple every holiday season.

A little more than a year ago, early in the coronavirus pandemic, when people were beginning to isolate at home, it became clear to artist Kathryn Mapes Turner that in a time when uncertainty permeated everything, people needed art. “It was art, it was music, it was Netflix, that was getting us through it,” the Jackson Hole native artist said. “The world really needed, more than ever, some beauty.” So Turner contacted some of the best floral artists from around the world to ...

Orange Countys Cost of Living Continues to Rise as COVID Affects Local Business S haina Holman anticipated a broken arm or a burned down office, but she never anticipated a pandemic. The Chapel Hill dentist has had her own practice for three years. She was committed to paying her hygienists, office workers, and assistants a living wage from the jump. If an emergency were to happen, she wanted to be able to continue paying them for up to three weeks, while they looked for other jobs. So she save...