Despite months of community pushback, the board voted unanimously to close Durham School of the Arts’ downtown campus and approve its relocation to a site a few miles north.
Chase Pellegrini de Paur
Chase Pellegrini de Paur is a reporter for INDY, covering politics, education, and the delightful characters who make the Triangle special. He joined the staff in 2023 and previously wrote for The Ninth Street Journal.
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School Board Could Vote Thursday on Moving Durham School of the Arts
The district’s plan to move the downtown high school to a new campus in North Durham has seen fluctuating cost estimates and significant community pushback.
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Schoolkids Records, a College Town Mainstay for Decades, to Shutter Chapel Hill Location
As rent ticks up, chains expand, and the college students come and go, Franklin Street has seen local businesses struggle to stay open.
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Pay-What-You-Can Meals on Wheels
With hopes to bring in new revenue in response to growing need, Raleigh nonprofit A Place at the Table is opening a food truck.
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Local Coffee Chain Announces Closure of Downtown Durham Location
On Instagram, 321 Coffee wrote that they are “proud to be retaining everyone on our team” and that the downtown Durham staff will be redeployed to other locations.
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Chapel Hill Turned Blue and Green for Manchester City vs. Celtic Friendly Match
Thousands of soccer fans from across the country packed into Kenan Stadium to watch Celtic’s 4-3 win.
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A Beloved Durham Historian Turns 100
On the heels of her 100th birthday, this summer, local historian Jean Bradley Anderson reflects on a changing city.
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Town of Chapel Hill, NC DEQ Release Draft Agreement to Designate Police HQ a Brownfields Site
The plan marks the first step in a potential redevelopment of the property which is contaminated with coal ash.
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Durham Has Plans to Use Jordan Lake as a Drinking Water Source
In partnership with Chatham County, Orange County, and the Town of Pittsboro, Durham wants to stick its own straw into Jordan Lake by 2029.
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For Whom the Bells Toll? At Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, Everyone
“My jaw dropped,” queer pop star Chappell Roan told the INDY, regarding a viral TikTok of the historic church ringing in Pride Month with a rendition of her song “HOT TO GO!”