“We are playing a game of chess with Amazon,” says Ryan Brown, who founded the worker-led unionization movement at RDU1.
Lena Geller
Lena Geller is a reporter for INDY, covering food, housing, and politics. She joined the staff in 2018 and previously ran a custom cake business.
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Anne Byrn on Possum Pie, Double-Crust Blackberry Cobbler, and Other Desserts Sprung From the American South
An interview with “Cake Mix Doctor” Anne Byrn, who will makes a pit stop in Durham on her tour for “Baking in the American South.”
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Tenants’ Fight Over Lynch Family Properties Ends In Undisclosed Settlement
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Thursday, September 26 Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Earlier this year, I wrote about five tenants facing eviction from properties in East Durham owned by Leonzo Lynch and his sister, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Big news: The eviction lawsuits have been resolved. Robbie […]
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Tenants’ Fight Over Lynch Family Properties Ends In Undisclosed Settlement
As the INDY reported in May, the tenants of four derelict East Durham properties owned by Leonzo Lynch and his sister, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, had been fighting for compensation to relocate.
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High Bars, Low Profiles
Three very different new spots—Delafia, High Dive, and Club ERA—enter the Durham nightlife scene
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Duke Graduate Students Union Continues to Pressure University Admin to Pay a Living Wage
On the day after Labor Day, grad students delivered a living wage petition to Duke president Vincent Price’s on-campus office.
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LocoShop, an Evolution of Popsicle Joint LocoPops, to Open in Downtown Durham
The “treats cafe and market rolled into one” at 600 Foster Street will carry just about everything that the flagship store does.
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Durham Experiencing Record-High Levels of COVID-19
The medical director of the Durham County Department of Public Health discusses a recent spike in the virus.
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Henderson Atwater, Convicted in Nonfatal Wake County Airgun Shootings, Sentenced to 70 Years, Files Appeal
The 48-year-old Holly Springs man was found guilty in seven felony cases and several misdemeanor cases last month. His sentence amounts to life in prison.
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On a Saturday Night at COPA, Regulars Gather to Savor One Last Meal
Patrons of the restaurant, which closed permanently last week after six years on West Main Street in Durham, lingered as they said goodbye.