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[SoDu Gallery] Durham Public Schools Back in Session
Traditional-calendar public schools got back in the classroom on Aug. 26. Tony Cunningham, digital communications specialist for Durham Public Schools, captured some images of the big day.
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Durham Public Schools Personnel Updates - August 2024
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! Durham Public Schools has some new faces – and some familiar faces in new roles. Here’s a quick rundown of
Development
South Durham Projects Under Review for August 2024
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! The following projects are listed as “under review” for the South Durham area on the City of Durham’s planning
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Traveling to Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism
From KFF Health News, North Carolina Health News Aug. 24, 2024 By Debby Waldman KFF Health News In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to
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South Durham Criminal Incident Reports for August 2024
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! According to the City of Durham Police Department’s LexisNexis Community Crime Map, during the past month our South Durham
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Durham Public Schools: Menus for Aug. 26-30
Breakfast and lunch are free for all DPS students this year. Menus are subject to change without notice. Kindergarten through 8th Grade Breakfast Aug. 26 * Glazed cinnamon bun. * Chilled peaches. Aug. 27 * Turkey ham and cheese croissant. * Applesauce. Aug. 28 * Fruit and yogurt parfait with grahams. * Pre-K: Fruit and yogurt.
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Durham Public Schools Moves Ahead with New DSA Project
In the end, the Durham Public Schools Board of Education made final its decision to eventually depart the downtown Durham School of the Arts campus in favor of a new school a couple miles away at the old Duke Homestead in the form of a unanimous consent agenda vote on
Business
Durham's Streets at Southpoint Opens New Entertainment Zone
The Streets at Southpoint mall in South Durham today launched its new “Common Area Entertainment Zone,” allowing visitors 21 or older to enjoy alcoholic beverages while walking around the shopping center – both inside and outside. “The Streets at Southpoint is the premier shopping center in the Triangle because we always
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[Nerdspresso] Alien: Romulus Honors Earlier Films with Fast, Creepy Thrills
Ridley Scott’s Alien is one of the best movies ever made. A visually stunning, paranoid, and intense sci-fi thriller was groundbreaking and terrifying in 1979…but I didn’t see it until about 10 years later. I was a little kid in 1979 and there was no way my
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South Durham Hotel Could Become Multi-Family Homes
An existing 128-room hotel site near the Harris Teeter in the South Square area at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and University Drive is proposed to become multifamily units, about 25 of them qualifying as affordable housing. Tonight, developer Urbanest Group is set to host a second virtual neighborhood meeting
Local Government
Getting Over the Hump in Durham
Originally published by Lucas Thomae, Carolina Public Press on Aug. 14, 2024 As other municipalities across North Carolina are updating their traffic safety efforts to reflect current best practices, some Durham residents are concerned their city is falling behind in permitting speed humps or other options. The Bull City boasts
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Durham Superintendent Presents 100-Day Plan to School Board
Dr. Anthony Lewis, the new superintendent of Durham Public Schools, has submitted an “entry plan” for his first 100 days on the job, detailing five overarching goals: * Establishing a transparent, collaborative, and trusting relationship with the DPS Board of Education. * Focusing on instructional programming to close access and opportunity gaps