[AUDIO] SoDu Startup Ep. 1: May 7, 2026
A quick hit of local news from Southpoint Access editor and publisher Wes Platt.
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Durham Public Schools Cafeteria Menu: What’s for Lunch Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2026
DPS students have no school Wednesday, and year-round campuses remain in intersession. What’s on cafeteria menus for schools in session Sept. 28-Oct. 2?
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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 25] Survey of Sinkholes of Strategic Importance
A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.
Durham County commissioners to weigh child care task force, wastewater financing
Could a new task force help more Durham families find affordable care for babies and toddlers? Commissioners will consider that idea Monday, along with wastewater financing, a response to proposed Head Start changes, and an investigation of a former landfill site.