Few events rile the residents of a historic district like a new home—especially when it requires the demolition of a well-maintained, 90-year-old Craftsman bungalow. Today’s Durham Historic Preservation Commission meeting (8:30 a.m., Durham City Hall) is likely to be an impassioned one as the the HPC has the unenviable task of weighing in on the […]
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More than hot dogs: Learn how to be a food truck entrepreneur
There’s more to running food truck than hopping in a step van and driving around town, waiting for someone to buy your pizza, which hopefully you made from scratch and did not microwave or drop on the floor.* Aspiring mobile food vendors can take classes as part of the Mobile Food Truck Entrepreneurship Workshop Series […]
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Durham Police: protests, body cameras and troubling crime reports
Anything that could be thrown had to be removed. In anticipation of a sizable citizen protest against Durham police last Friday, workers spent part of a stormy afternoon downtown picking up bricks. There were stacks of them on several corners, saved for streetscaping projects.Given the tense and often combative relationship between Durham Police and many […]
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Durham Solidarity Center plans protest tonight, starting at police headquarters
Tonight’s protest at the Durham Police Department could take on another dimension, since just an hour ago, Freddy Gray’s death at the hands of six Baltimore cops was ruled a homicide. The Durham Solidarity Center is leading the protest, which begins at 5 p.m. Demonstrators will then march to the Durham County Jail. A national […]
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Don’t let Durham Police headquarters screw up East Main Street
View: Durham Police Possible Sites The mood of East Main Street turns from merry to melancholy over the course of one block. Ushered in by a procession of hushed lawyer’s offices, the 200 block is freighted with two hulking, vacant shellsthe old judicial center and the former social services building. From the corner, I can […]
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What does Gov. Pat McCrory have to hide in his travel records?
GOT TAXPAYER MONEY, WILL TRAVEL Governor’s public expenses: $65,063 Security detail expenses: $53,553,47 MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES Private money that paid for McCrory travel: $8,935 When state Republicans kvetched that they’ve waited 39 whole days for Attorney General Roy Cooper to fill their open records request, we were dumbfounded. Consider this: It took 16 monthsyes, […]
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Your lunchtime reading: Gov. McCrory’s travel records
McCrory’s Travel Records: Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 7Part 8 So that the public doesn’t have to wait 16 months to see Gov. Pat McCrory’s travel records—and dear Citizen, you’re entitled to these documents as much as the media is—we’re providing the them, exactly as received them on March 13. As the INDY […]
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A meditation on a walk along East Main Street in Durham
Over the last week, I’ve spent a lot of time walking up and down East Main Street between Golden Belt and downtown, trying to wrap my head around the (largely negative) ramifications of a new Durham police headquarters on that stretch. Heading from downtown, you pass the Durham Human Services building at Dillard and Main. […]
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Homeless numbers in Durham reach 10-year high
There is Zac, aka Casper View, the guitarist, with his dog, Lela; Reggie, the veteran with cancer; Moses, who, although he shouts at the voices inside his mind, is a threat to no one but himself. There are others whose names I do not know: A woman new to downtown, who trudges down Main Street, […]
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Democracy North Carolina finds more than 2,000 voters cast ballots that did not count
The analysts over at Democracy North Carolina crunched voter numbers for the 2014 elections and came to a chilling conclusion: More than 2,000 ballots in the general election alone were cast but not counted, either because voters went to the wrong precinct or tried to register during early voting. In 2013, Republican lawmakers eliminated same-day […]