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SoDu Shopping Basket: Value Stores Hold Edge as Average Price Dips
The average basket fell about 50 cents this week to $66.32 - a small drop, but a real one.
SoDu Daily: May 21, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
Why Southpoint Access Isn’t in SoDu We Have Favorites
The inaugural contest is meant to spotlight South Durham neighbors and local businesses — not the newsletter behind it. Here’s why Southpoint Access is sitting this one out and why your votes still matter.
Ebola: Scary, but Low Risk for Durham and NC
The outbreak is serious overseas, but health officials expect little risk to the United States.
SoDu Daily: May 20, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
![[SeeGov] Durham Council Rejects Cheek Road Annexation; Approves Sherron Road Project](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/33/50334374-93a7-4cf9-ba69-d7d51c63be2a/content/images/size/w600/2026/05/annex519.png)
[SeeGov] Durham Council Rejects Cheek Road Annexation; Approves Sherron Road Project
The May 18 hearings showed how Durham’s urban growth boundary, infrastructure concerns, and affordability commitments are shaping development votes.
Durham Budget Would Keep Taxes Flat, Buses Fare-Free, and City Services Mostly Intact
City Manager Bo Ferguson’s $766.1 million proposal avoids a property tax hike, protects most services, raises water and sewer rates, and closes Forest Hills Pool one season early.
In Memoriam: Durham Obituaries – May 19, 2026
Honoring lives recently lost in the Durham community, with upcoming services and remembrances.
SoDu Daily: May 19, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
Durham Health-Data Firms Target RWE and NoviSci Rebrand as Pedestal Health and Headwater Science
The Durham-based companies say the new brands reflect a shared push to modernize evidence generation for drug development and patient care.
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[Gallery] St. Barbara Greek Festival 2026
Greek cuisine, iconography tours, and lively dancers provided an entertaining weekend in South Durham.
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Fiction
[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 6] Transit Delay Advisory: Cathedral Leviathan Crossing
A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.
sodu daily live blog
SoDu Daily: May 18, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
sodu week in review
SoDu We Have Favorites: Voting Time!
Cast your ballots for the nominees in our inaugural contest celebrating South Durham neighbors' favorite businesses, schools, and organizations!
durham public schools
Durham Public Schools Cafeteria Menu: What’s for Lunch May 18-22, 2026
Chicken cheesesteak nachos, dumplings, steak and gravy, and a Friday fish-and-chips special headline this week’s free breakfast and lunch lineup across Durham Public Schools.
sodu daily live blog
SoDu Daily: May 15, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
![[Nerdspresso] Bat Nipples and Bad Jokes: Embrace the Cheese of Batman & Robin](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/33/50334374-93a7-4cf9-ba69-d7d51c63be2a/content/images/size/w600/2026/05/freeze.jpg)
Nerdspresso
[Nerdspresso] Bat Nipples and Bad Jokes: Embrace the Cheese of Batman & Robin
There’s a reason this movie totally changed his career, and it’s not because it was a huge hit. Clooney has self-deprecatingly confessed that he feels personally responsible for torpedoing Batman’s movie mojo for nearly a decade. This experience taught him to be more selective.
![[SeeGov] Durham County Proposes $10.9M Increase for Public Schools](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/33/50334374-93a7-4cf9-ba69-d7d51c63be2a/content/images/size/w600/2026/05/dps514.png)
durham public schools
[SeeGov] Durham County Proposes $10.9M Increase for Public Schools
That's less than half what Durham Public Schools has requested for the upcoming school year, hoping to cover higher wages for classified staff.
SoDu Shopping Basket
SoDu Shopping Basket: Average Basket Price Virtually Unchanged This Week
The average basket is $66.82, with Aldi posting the lowest total and the familiar gap holding between value stores and premium chains in South Durham.
events
OPA! Greek Festival Returns to South Durham This Weekend
The popular event at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church - running May 16-17 - includes Greek cuisine, dancing, and marketplace vendors.
Pet Obituaries
Pet Remembrance: Huckleberry
The inspiration for Huck's Heavenly Hangout is remembered in the inaugural post.
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SoDu We Photo Galleries
[Gallery] Rogers-Herr Middle School Band: Renada Cammon's Final Rams Concert
After 30 years teaching - 20 of those at Rogers-Herr - she's retiring from her role as the middle school's revered band director.
Southpoint Access
SoDu We Love Our Pets: Introducing Huck’s Heavenly Hangout
Southpoint Access is launching a pet-obituary feature honoring beloved companions, named for Huckleberry and open to families across Durham and beyond.