Firefighters found two bodies inside a Chapel Hill duplex after responding to a fire Friday night.

The Chapel Hill Fire Department was called at 9:59 p.m. to the blaze at 1819 Legion Road Ext. Five units put out the fire by 10:16 p.m., according to a fire department press release.

The young and “less young” who used to hang out at the local teen center gathered there in celebration of the organization’s 25th anniversary on Sunday.

“It is the safest place for kids to hang out,” said Rachel Upchurch, a Durham resident who used to go to the Street Scene Teen Center under the Chapel Hill post office in the late ’80s. “It keeps the kids out of trouble.”

Students at McDougle Middle School are taking a break from their normal work to focus on human rights.

Two of the three Haitian burn patients being treated at UNC Hospitals were released from N.C. Jaycee Burn Center at the end of February in good condition, said Tom Hughes, managing editor at UNC Hospitals. The patients were victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Chapel Hill would not be the first town to ban the use of cell phones while driving.

Addressing growing public safety concerns, cities from Detroit, Mich. to Oahu, Hawaii, have either already passed a ban or are discussing its possibility.

“Everybody in the world has a cell phone, everybody uses it and now everybody’s texting, which makes it even worse,” said Peggy Hovan of the Brooklyn, Ohio, Police Department, whose town has had a ban for 10 years.

David Walker sipped sweet tea as he watched three of his employees — and closest friends — work on a black Chrysler 300 at his service station. It’s a sight he won’t see much longer.

Carrboro is pressuring UNC to become more environmentally friendly by asking the University to restructure its energy use by 2015.

The town’s Board of Aldermen passed a resolution at its Tuesday meeting asking UNC to use more natural gas rather than coal as an energy source.

Some U.S. towns have resorted to publicity stunts, from a town changing its name to Google to a mayor jumping into Lake Superior, to entice Google to lay high-speed Internet cable for free.

A crackling fire, a babbling brook, chirping crickets. No, this isn’t some hallowed campsite. It’s an elementary school.

PTA volunteers, faculty and staff at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School helped transform the school’s library into a scene right out of a nature show as part of the school’s 2010 Readathon. The event’s theme was “Reading Adventures in Your Backyard.”

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board members say they will rededicate themselves to closing the achievement gap between white and minority students.

The promise comes after heated response to the school board’s recent decision to add six honors classes to the curriculum.

Organizers of Earth Action Day, which is hosted by Chapel Hill’s Parks and Recreation Department, are looking for volunteers to help with the April 10 event.

Held at Southern Community Park, the event will feature demonstrations, exhibits, song, dance and theatrical performances that illustrate how lifestyle choices affect the earth.

The Chapel Hill Police Department is taking applications for a Citizens Police Academy, a 10-week program designed to introduce participants to the workings of the police department.

The applications, which are available online at bit.ly/CHpoliceacademy, are due by March 12, and the program will begin April 6.

The academy will meet each Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

With only two deer down and three shots taken, Governors Club deer hunters have a long way to go.

They have until April 15 to kill no more than 65 antler-less deer. But community officials continue to hear disapproval from residents who want archers out of their yards.

Chapel Hill, Carrboro and UNC have applied for free ultra-high-speed Internet from Google.

Google would pay for construction and operation of the networks and charge customers.

A team of representatives from the towns and the University are preparing the application, which is due March 26.