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Durham County Library branches are hosting LibCon919 during the week of March 18, featuring events focused on creative endeavors, tabletop roleplaying, and superheroes. Main Library Events * Demon Slayer Trivia. Tweens and teens ages 10 and up are invited to participate in this anime trivia session. The top-scoring team takes home
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Legacy Homecare Services in Durham is the first of five small businesses to receive a $10,000 grant from M&F Bank in partnership with the Fiserv Back2Business Program. The company’s owner, Juantia Applewhite, was honored during a reception at M&F’s newly renovated branch in
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Durham Public Schools parents may have wanted assurances that their child would make it easily into an afterschool program in elementary school in the 2024-25 academic year. What we’re getting instead? Another lottery, similar to what parents use for magnet school applications. Previously, afterschool program access was first-come, first-served.
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School districts and public charter schools across North Carolina, including Durham Public Schools, are expected to share $1.3 million in grants to expand access to breakfast for students. “Our public schools not only provide safe places for children to learn, but also healthy meals for students who sometimes face
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From a City of Durham news release: Wayne Fenton, who has served as acting director of Durham’s Solid Waste Management Department since late 2022, on Feb. 26 officially became director. He oversees the department’s collections, disposal facilities, and waste-reduction initiatives. Before joining the city in 2015, Fenton served
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Bettina Umstead, chair of the Durham Public Schools Board of Education, on Thursday appointed 11 people to serve on the new ad hoc committee to develop a “meet-and-confer” policy within the school district. The policy, expected to give staff and teachers a louder voice in the budgeting process, is coming
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Starting in March, classified Durham Public Schools workers who saw their pay increased based on a 2022-23 salary study can expect their checks to shrink – some by more than $1,000 – until the end of the school year. The DPS Board of Education voted Thursday night to pay those workers
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Brogden Middle School students cheered the arrival of Deona Washington, a Durham Public Schools bus driver who’s been with the district for about 11 years. She earned the acclaim on Feb. 16 when the Thomas Built bus she drove caught fire during the afternoon route. Washington kept calm and
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This story is developing. More information will be added as it becomes available. Durham Public Schools would’ve cut all federal ESSER-funded positions and slashed “over utilized allocations at the schools” to help free up funds to cover the millions needed to cover the cost of the classified worker pay
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After months of citizens calling for action during public comment periods, the Durham City Council now is set to pass a resolution seeking an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. The resolution, included in the agenda for the Feb. 19 council meeting, recognizes the diverse nationalities, ethnicities,
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Jessica Carda-Auten, currently the incumbent representative for District 3 on the Durham Public Schools Board of Education, was appointed to the post in March 2023. Now 43, she attended public schools in New Hanover and Mecklenburg counties. Her three children attend DPS schools. She’s got 15 years of experience