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  • Nonprofit Fills Summer Meal Gap for Cary Kids
  • SAU Appeals to Alumni After Accreditation Loss
  • Trump Cut Hillsborough Flood Abatement Program
  • Blue Note Grill Keeps the Beat in Changing Durham
  • LGBTQ Cheer Squad Launching in Raleigh
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Good morning, readers.

Summer poses a unique challenge for kids and families who rely on local schools for daily meals. In one Cary neighborhood, a nonprofit, A Doorway to Hope, is working to fill that gap. 

INDY intern Daneen Khan spent time recently at Chatham Estates, a mobile home park near downtown where most of the neighborhood children get free and reduced-price meals during the school year. (You may remember our 2023 reporting on Chatham Estates when it was put up for sale, threatening to displace residents; it remains on the market).

Four nights a week, volunteers from the nonprofit visit the neighborhood to serve free dinners and play with the kids, giving parents a respite as well.

“Cary is often seen as an affluent town, but many people overlook the pockets of real need within it,” says coordinator Katie Oakley. “Every community, no matter how prosperous it appears, has areas that could truly benefit from resources and caring volunteers.”

Read more about the Nourishing Our Neighbors program below and have a good weekend.

—Sarah W.

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Financial Aid

After Saint Augustine’s University lost accreditation this week, school leaders are appealing to alumni to fundraise $1 million they say they’ll need for a lawsuit against their former accreditor, INDY’s Chloe Courtney Bohl reports.

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Flood Warning

The Trump administration canceled a FEMA program in April that would have funded upgrades to protect Hillsborough from flooding, Inside Climate News reports.

High Note

The landscape around the Blue Note Grill—home to a mélange of dancers, barbecue lovers, and musicians—has changed drastically over the past 15 years. But the music hasn’t stopped playing, Janine Latus writes for INDY.

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ORANGE COUNTY: Carrboro High School’s principal is being reassigned, WCHL reports. The move comes after Helena Thomas was placed on leave and the state NAACP stepped in to advocate for her.

STATE: Federal education funding freezes could shutter 125 afterschool programs in North Carolina, leaving children and parents without options, NC Newsline reports.

STATE: The state Board of Elections is urging voters to look up their registrations and correct any missing social security or driver’s license numbers to avoid having to cast provisional ballots this fall, WUNC reports.

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  • The town of Chapel Hill expects parts of Bolin Creek Trail and Morgan Creek Trail to be closed for months following tropical storm Chantal.
  • The Museum of Durham History is highlighting the lives of people buried in Geer Cemetery, one of Durham’s earliest African American cemeteries. As part of its ongoing “Unearthing Stories of Geer Cemetery” exhibit, the museum will put up banners outside today recognizing 10 individuals.
  • People on Reddit are talking about similarities between a radio station building pictured in Stranger Things (created by the Duffer brothers, from Durham) and the old WPTF in Cary.
  • Folks in Raleigh are looking to start an all-adult cheerleading league “dedicated to uplifting and serving the LGBTQ+ community.”
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