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On occasion, Southpoint Access will gather information from Durham County’s Public Health Department to get a snapshot of how facilities in this region are scoring on their inspections. In this report, we delve into recent reports on restaurants in the 27713 zipcode. TL;DR Version: Top scores (100) went
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The Durham Police Department has been tracking impacts from Tropical Storm Debby on roads throughout the city. Here’s where problems have been reported as of 9:20 a.m.: Traffic Light Outages * T.W. Alexander Drive and I-885. * Broad Street and Murray Avenue. * T.W. Alexander Drive and Blue
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The curtain is slowly coming down on the current downtown site of Durham School of the Arts. During the Aug. 8 work session, members of the Durham Public Schools Board of Education did everything except vote on a final decision. Instead, they opted to punt the vote until their Aug.
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At first, Durham Public Schools planned to go ahead with school on Friday, Aug. 9. But after an extended flood warning due to continued impacts from Tropical Storm Debby, district officials made another announcement – after 11:30 p.m. – that year-round programs like Pearsontown and W.G. Pearson elementary schools
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The Durham Police Department has been tracking impacts from Tropical Storm Debby on roads throughout the city. Here’s where problems have been reported as of 4:46 p.m.: Traffic Light Outages * Broad Street and Murray Avenue. * T.W. Alexander Drive and I-885. * T.W. Alexander and Weck drives.
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Expected impacts from Tropical Storm Debby persuaded Durham Public Schools administrators to cancel classes on Thursday, Aug. 8, and made it an optional remote work day for employees. Friday, Aug. 9, is scheduled as an early release day. Whether students actually go to school on Friday is a wait-and-see decision
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Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity recently showed up at Rogers-Herr Middle School to give high-fives to arriving students – and donated $250 toward the school’s program for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports or PBIS. PBIS is expected to support behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health among students,
Business
Discount retailer Big Lots is cutting its 60 North Carolina stores down to seven. Two of the stores that are closing are in Durham. The locations expected to close are: * 3420 Southwest Durham Dr. * 2000 Avondale Dr. The news comes about two months after the parent company based in Columbus,
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Features
Last week, after it cooled off a little, the kids and I put on our orange vests and gloves, picked up our grabbers and our heavy-duty trash bags, and made our way from Primrose School along Juliette to Cook Road. “Bottle!” Athena shouted, plucking one of those little airplane vodka
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Milestones
July 13, 2024 Julian Lincoln Boswell, 99. Memorial service Aug. 10 from noon to 1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Durham. July 18, 2024 Joseph Suhorsky, 96. A Celebration of Life will be set for a future date. July 20, 2024 Jason Alexander Arritt, 34. No services listed.
Festivals
The OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, which started in 1995 as “A Salute to Pride” and then ran from 1996 to 2019 as the North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival, is back Aug. 8-15 at The Carolina Theatre. Considered the second largest LGBTQ+ film festival in the southeastern United States, it