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Local Government
Starting July 8, festival and event organizers can apply to receive some of the $295,000 that’s available from the City of Durham to support qualified new or existing arts and cultural festivals or special events to be held in the city or county. The application window opens at
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Child Safety Recalls
Recent recalls have been issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for products due to child safety hazards: SWOMOG Children’s Two-Piece Pajama Sets About 27,400 units of SWOMOG children’s two-piece pajama sets sold in satin and ribbed modal fabrics are being recalled because they violate
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Columns
Well, bust out the hot dogs and the sunscreen, it’s summertime! School is out, the temps are hot and according to that old song, it’s summertime and the living is easy. For those who celebrate, summertime is vacations, swimming pools and movie stars. And for those that don’
Features
Durham Central Park hosted the Children’s Independence Day Parade on Thursday, with materials from The Scrap Exchange to decorate their bikes, wagons, and strollers. After the parade circuit, volunteers provided children with popsicles. IMAGES: Wes Platt. Southpoint Access is a free community news website run as a service to
News
The National Weather Service is warning of a return of hot conditions, as well as threatening storms, on this Independence Day. According to an advisory released early Thursday, high temperatures are expected in the mid to upper 90s, with heat index values as high as 105 degrees. Also, scattered thunderstorms
Local Government
Got food scraps that should be converted to compost but don’t have the means to accomplish that at home? The City of Durham has opened two pilot locations with bins for Durham residents to drop off their scraps, extending beyond an initial rollout of limited curbside collections. Collected food
Business
ON Semiconductor Corporation (Onsemi), an Arizona-based semiconductor supplier, this week announced the acquisition of SWIR Vision Systems in Research Triangle Park. SWIR provides CQD (colloidal quantum-dot based) short wavelength infrared technology that can extend the detectable light spectrum to see through objects and capture images not previously possible. “The integration
Business
The South Durham Farmers’ Market makes its debut in a new location on Saturday, July 6, offering fresh produce, meats and dairy products, handcrafted items and more at Hub RTP in Research Triangle Park after years in a strip mall parking lot off NC Highway 55. New Location Details * Address:
Local Government
Wanda Page, the current city manager, expects to end her career with the City of Durham in December after 36 years of service. She told Mayor Leonardo Williams and City Council members in a July 1 email that “now is the right moment to begin the transition of passing the
Features
More than 2,400 students graduated from high schools in the Durham Public Schools system this academic year between Aug. 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024. Of those, 526 had at least one opt-out on file, preventing their inclusion in media releases. So, what follows is a list of 1,
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Milestones
June 20, 2024 Sandra Rose Turner, 67. No service information listed. June 21, 2024 Fern Newman Donohue, 90. No service information listed. June 22, 2024 * Barbara Atwater, 75. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 6, at American Cremation and Funeral Service at 10 a.m. Burial following at Glennview Memorial