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Nerdspresso Phase II Episode 3: Space Goonies
In the third episode, we talk about our mixed feelings around the new Star Wars series, Skeleton Crew.
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SoDu We Like Local News Episode 7: Another Durham Schools Budget Shortfall?
Meanwhile, the DPS administrators are monitoring lapsed salaries and benefits from vacancies, reviewing vacancies for necessity, restructuring central office departments, and performing a complete audit of the budget.
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SoDu We Like Local News Episode 6: Slowing the Zone?
I confirmed Monday with DPS officials that walkers in the northern family responsibility zone at Hope Valley Elementary School will continue getting school bus service while construction work limits access to a sidewalk on Chapel Hill Road leading to University Drive.
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SoDu We Like Local News Episode 5: On Board with Durham Schools' No-Bus Zones?
We’re about a week away from “family responsibility zones” going into effect for students living around 21 Durham Public Schools elementary schools. Are you ready?
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SoDu We Like Local News Episode 4: School Board Surprise!
The Durham Public Schools Board of Education switched things up and wants to move on transportation options on Jan. 6 - without public comment.
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Nerdspresso Phase II Episode 2: Still No Flying Cars
In the second episode, we talk about how the imagined futures of movies like Back to Future Part II, Soylent Green, and Blade Runner measure up to reality.
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SoDu We Like Local History?: Episode 001 - Dr. Bartlett Leonidas Durham
South Durham's neighborhood news guy, Wes Platt, shares the story of how Dr. Bartlett Leonidas Durham came to be the namesake of the Bull City. Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber! Be sure to check out our official news podcasts on Spotify too!
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SoDu We Like Local News Episode 3: A Boost for the New Year
LION Publishers awarded Southpoint Access with a $20,000 grant after our sustainability audit - a huge shot in the arm for my effort to bring local news to neighbors in South Durham. Heather Leigh Hindin is back with a new Raising Durham column about the phenomenon of social invisibility
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SoDu We Like Local News Episode 2: Was Durham Too Quick to Hire a New City Manager?
A divided Durham City Council on Monday surprised us with an agenda item that hadn't been publicized: the appointment of Deputy City Manager Bo Ferguson as successor to outgoing City Manager Wanda Page. Some members of the board thought a nationwide search would've been more appropriate.
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[JUNCTION 54] Just How Big Is This Windmill?
Junction 54, an occasional podcast/column by Southpoint Access Editor and Publisher Wes Platt, is available to Dear Reader-level subscribers:Text of the Audio File:Every couple of days, I post on Threads, urging people to check out the ultra-local news on Southpoint Access.Once, this yielded a snarky (but
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[JUNCTION 54] Swerving From My Lane
Junction 54, an occasional podcast/column by Southpoint Access Editor and Publisher Wes Platt, is available to Dear Reader-level subscribers:Text of the Audio File:More than 30 years ago, I sat at my desk on the third floor of Cooper Hall at the University of South Florida, pretty openly