Governing magazine has put the North Carolina House speaker on its cover this month. The profile describes the Orange-Chatham legislator as an upstanding farmer-slash-divorce lawyer who rose to leadership when the Jim Black scandal suddenly made ethics and fairness qualities in demand. It’s an interesting window onto the processes of the legislature.
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Durham Food Co-op building sold; sale of contents Saturday
After years of financial struggle and organizational strife, the Durham Food Co-op has sold its building on West Chapel Hill Street. The terms of sale ensure the 1910 brick building that anchors an otherwise troubled commercial strip in the West End neighborhood of Durham will be preserved. Meanwhile, the co-op organization continues to operate as […]
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Through Durham Connects, nurses make home visits for newborn care
Megan Leypoldt was as prepared a new mother as you’re likely to meet. By the time she gave birth to her daughter, Piper, Leypoldt and her husband had taken classes in Lamaze, baby care and infant CPR. She’d read books and watched videos about newborn care, subscribed to parenting magazines and signed up at a […]
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The Herald-Sun switches metro editors
Neil Offen got a promotion for Christmas, though not one he wanted, it seems. As of today, Offen is the new metro editor of the Durham Herald-Sun. Offen, who lives in Carrboro, has worked at The Chapel Hill Herald, the Durham daily’s Orange County counterpart, for more than eight years and has been its editor […]
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Telecom industry brings Connected Nation to North Carolina
Citizens across North Carolina are clamoring for better access to the Internet, but cable and telecom companies say it’s too expensive to build service that reaches them. Now the industry has decided it is willing to pay an outside group, Connected Nation, to collect data about who’s stuck on dialup, ostensibly to deliver improved service. […]
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Duke’s endowment down 19 percent
Duke University President Richard Brodhead sent an email to students, faculty and staff Wednesday evening letting them know some unsettling news about how the financial crisis has affected the university: Its endowment is worth 19 percent less than it was on July 1. It could be worse. Just ask Yeshiva University. Below is a copy […]
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Anti-hunger activist Joel Berg
One recent Friday, a woman named Cathy stood in line with approximately 200 people to eat lunch at the community kitchen of Urban Ministries of Durham. Cathy is disabled but works part time. About three weeks ago, she moved out of the organization’s overnight shelter into a boarding house where she paid $400 for this […]
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AT&T rolls out TV service … and that’s not all
When AT&T announced last month that its U-verse TV service was available in Charlotte, we wondered when it would come to the Triangle. We asked, but they wouldn’t say. “Our competitors would love to know that,” an AT&T spokesperson said. Now the company announces service in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary and Garner — but […]
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NPR’s cuts don’t (necessarily) mean cuts at WUNC
Yesterday, NPR announced it would lay off 7 percent of its workforce and eliminate two daily programs. So how is WUNC, the Triangle’s NPR station, affected by the cuts? WUNC’s CEO and Interim General Manager Robert Levin said the station aired only one of the programs, ‘Day to Day,” and is considering what to put […]
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UNC students’ flashmob rave at the library
Maybe we should all try the Tar Heel approach to dealing with stress. These UNC students danced it out at the undergraduate library. More at the Daily Tar Heel’s blog.