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![[SoDu Parenting Pickles] Potty Break in the Pickup Line?](/content/images/size/w600/2025/08/pickle829.png)
SoDu Parenting Pickles
"School handbooks don’t really spell out what to do when your younger passenger has a bathroom emergency while picking up an older sibling."
Family Budget
Get store-by-store comparisons of prices for grocery staples available in the South Durham area.
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Back-to-school update and a report on donations and grants to the school district are on the agenda for the Thursday night meeting.
![[SoDu Sunrise Showcase] Aug. 27, 2025](/content/images/size/w600/2025/08/showcase827.png)
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Who's ready for rolls and cinnamon butter at Patterson Place? That and more in the latest SoDu Sunrise Showcase.
office hours
Guest author Richard Dansky previews his Aug. 27 book launch, and Planning Commissioner Matt Kopac discusses his Ward 1 run ahead of the Oct. 7, 2025 primary.
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Join Neighborhood News Guy Wes Platt for a local livestream via Riverside.FM.
![[SoDu Sunrise Showcase] Aug. 25, 2025](/content/images/size/w600/2025/06/SoDu-Sunrise-Showcase.png)
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Be aware of more traffic - and school buses - on the road with the return of traditional-calendar Durham schools! That and more in the latest SoDu Sunrise Showcase.
sodu we watch our government
New EV chargers and SNAP funding resolution are on the agenda for the Monday night meeting.
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![[SoDu Week in Review] Aug. 23, 2025](/content/images/size/w600/2025/08/soduweekinreview823.png)
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The weekly SoDu Week in Review is a free newsletter available to all Southpoint Access subscribers. This week: City Council approves a plan for redeveloping Northgate Mall, but it's got no real teeth. And violent crime is down in Durham, but juveniles are committing violence more often.
Durham Activities
From turtles to Scrabble, zoning variances to rock cover bands, the final week of August brings a diverse lineup of events across Durham and beyond.