Seven Triangle doctors, two from Durham County and five from Wake County, made the N.C. Medical Board’s bimonthly disciplinary report for actions including allegedly failing to monitor a patient undergoing a screening colonoscopy to allegedly performing dubious genital examinations on patients with learning difficulties. The report, nc-medical-board-report, covers March and April 2009. Here are two […]
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Newsflash: Another state trooper faces DWI charges
The troubles within the State Highway Patrol have almost become cliché: troopers having sex in their patrol cars, , troopers allegedly roughing up their patrol dogs, troopers drinking and driving. Yet another trooper has been charged with DWI, according to a press release issued by the State Highway Patrol: Trooper John C. Fogg, 40, allegedly […]
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N.C. Council on Developmental Disabilities seeking public input
The North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD) is accepting public comment on its existing Five-Year State Plan through Aug. 14. The NCCDD is asking for new proposals or amendments to the plan, including helping children with or at risk of developmental disabilities integrate into regular child care settings. For more info, contact Melissa Swartz, […]
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Sammy Slade files for Carrboro alderman
Carrboro activist Sammy Slade has announced his candidacy for Board of Alderman. Read his press release sammyslade The official candidate filing period runs from July 3 through July 17.
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Tensions persist between Univapts tenants, landlord
Granite countertops aren’t cheap: University Apartments residents met with their new landlord last week and learned that rents will increaseas much as 25 percent for new tenants. The price hike will cover major renovations, including a “lifestyle center,” swimming pool and granite countertops, designed to attract Duke University students to the 71-year-old complex in southwest-central […]
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Sen. Julia Boseman: the lone No vote on Helms sycophancy
Sen. Julia Boseman, a Democrat from New Hanover County and the only openly gay state lawmaker, was the lone holdout on Senate Joint Resolution 1103, which honored “the life and memory” of former North Carolina U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, who died last July. The bill passed the House yesterday 98-0 with 19 abstentions and the […]
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N.C. State releases Easley-related documents
After news that N.C. State University Chancellor James Oblinger resigned today, the university offered a little bedtime reading: Documents related to Mary Easley’s hiring, including her contract with the university and key talking points and anticipated questions and answers about the protocol of Easley’s hiring. These are the same documents the university provided to the […]
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University Apartments sold to a student housing company
If you walked by University Apartments recently, you could have heard the clatter of dishware and the lilt of folk music wafting through tall, open windows. A yellow tabby snoozed on a sill, clothes dried on a line in the hot sunshine, and a man rung the bell on a paleta cart that he pushed […]
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University Apartments in Durham sold to Alabama company
University Apartments on Duke University Road has been sold to Capstone Development, a Birmingham, Ala.-based company that focuses exclusively on developing and renovating student housing. University Associates, which is part of the real estate firm, Reilly Mortgage Group of McLean, Va., sold the property. Wells Fargo purchased Reilly Mortgage Group in 2006. RPM has been […]
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University Apartments in Durham sold
University Apartments on Duke University Road has been sold to Capstone Development, a Birmingham, Ala.-based company that focuses exclusively on developing and renovating student housing. University Associates, which is part of the real estate firm Reilly Mortgage Group of McLean, Va., sold the property. Wells Fargo purchased Reilly Mortgage Group in 2006. RPM has been […]
