View This Email In Your Browser It’s Thursday, January 23. Thank you to this week’s sponsor Duke Arts Presents: Durham native and former Alvin Ailey dancer Hope Boykin brings States of Hope, a powerful and honest work of dance-theater, for its hometown premiere. In this fully-scripted autobiographical performance, Boykin narrates her own journey as a dancer […]
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View This Email In Your Browser English muffins on the griddle at Michael’s English Muffins. Photo by Angelica Edwards The latest from INDY: In Raleigh, Michael’s English Muffins Has Found a Cult Following Since 2015, Annabelle Comisar has been perfecting her take on the breakfast staple. The work has paid off. INDY Selects: What to […]
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The Company Behind ShotSpotter Says It Curbs Gun Violence. But Some Cities Fear It’s An Empty Promise.
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Wednesday, January 22. Thank you to this week’s sponsor Duke Arts Presents: Durham native and former Alvin Ailey dancer Hope Boykin brings States of Hope, a powerful and honest work of dance-theater, for its hometown premiere. In this fully-scripted autobiographical performance, Boykin narrates her own journey as a dancer […]
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Attorney General’s Review Stalling Saint Aug’s $70 Million, 105-Acre Land Lease Deal With 50 Plus 1 Sports
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Tuesday, January 21. Support free and local independent journalism. Join the INDY Press Club Good morning, readers. A $70 million deal to lease Saint Augustine University’s land and build a mixed use development is on hold pending review by the Attorney General’s Office. The proposed land lease, which […]
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Backtalk: “More folks on more trains!”
And other things our readers told us.
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Making Friends With the Creator of “How to Make Friends in Durham”
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Friday, January 17. Support free and local independent journalism. Join the INDY Press Club Good morning, readers. Last week, one of my editors dropped something interesting in our Slack channel: a website called “How To Make Friends in Durham.” The site had no “about” page, just a list […]
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Jefferson Griffin Wants to Discard my Ballot—and 60,000 Others
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Thursday, January 16. Support free and local independent journalism. Join the INDY Press Club Good morning, readers. Jefferson Griffin’s far-fetched scheme to throw out 60,000 votes from November’s state supreme court election and reverse the results in his favor has become a national story, putting North Carolina under […]
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Will 2025 Be the Year Construction on Raleigh’s First Bus Rapid Transit Line Finally Gets Off the Ground?
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Wednesday, January 15. Support free and local independent journalism. Join the INDY Press Club Good morning, readers. In November 2023, the City of Raleigh hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for Raleigh’s first Bus Rapid Transit line along New Bern Avenue. The mayor and other elected officials were on hand, […]
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A Letter from the INDY’s New Editor-in-Chief
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Tuesday, January 14. Support free and local independent journalism. Join the INDY Press Club Good morning, readers. For nearly 20 years, I’ve been an INDY reader like you. As a student at Carrboro High School, I would pick up a copy at Weaver Street Market during lunch and […]
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Durham Public Schools Changes Course on Bus Plan
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Monday, January 13. Support free and local independent journalism. Join the INDY Press Club Good morning, readers. Durham Public Schools’ experiment with rotational bus service will soon come to an end. Approved in November in response to a shortage of bus drivers, the rotational bus service sorted each […]
