The Triangle is an island of blue in North Carolina’s sea of orange. Blue is where the living is easy(ier), according to The New York Times, which mapped the hardest places to live in the U.S. Orange is the land of hardship. Unless you live in Orange County, which ranked 93rd of 3,135 counties in […]
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Roylee Duvall, Norval Tucker and a runaway painting
Not only did Roylee Duvall have to haul a 44-by-60-inch painting down the street this morning, he had to deal with someone chasing him. That someone was me. I spotted Duvall, the director of Through This Lens gallery in Durham, hoisting the painting at the corner of Main and Corcoran streets. He was eclipsed by […]
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Japanese pub/ ramen shop Dashi will open on East Chapel Hill Street in Durham
Call off your office pools, finally, we know: The owners of Dashi, the Japanese ramen shop and pub, has announced it will open at 415 E. Chapel Hill St., in Durham, near the corner of Mangum Street and near Alley Twenty Six, Rue Cler, Merge Records, tech company Two Toasters and Rock, Paper, Scissors salon […]
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Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield sets timetable for police department review
So much for summer vacation. Starting this week, Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield will spend the next two months reviewing and evaluating each of the 44 recommendations to address issues of racial profiling at the Durham Police Department, according to a letter Bonfield sent to City Council yesterday. Bonfield will have a full report for […]
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When the undertakers come to town, a vigil and hearse procession in Durham
When people talk about morticians, they often joke that it’s the only profession with job security. However, even the funeral industry changes: About 2.5 million people die in the U.S. every year; of those, 42 percent are cremated. In 1988, that figure was just 24 percent. (American Cremation on Person Steet is one of several […]
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Carolina Friends School teacher accused of sexual abuse commits suicide
The day after Carolina Friends School announced that five former students reported they had been sexually abused as children, one of the alleged perpetrators committed suicide. Bill Butcher, a former middle school teacher, was accused of sexually abusing a boy in 1976. That boy and four other male students told Carolina Friends School administrators that […]
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Durham City Council tonight: budget, guns and more
Empty your bottle of spare change and shake the couch cushions: Durham property taxes are increasing in the coming year. The rate—bear with us if math isn’t your thing—is increasing from $56.75 per $100 in assessed value to $58.04. What you really need to know is that if your house is assessed at $150,000, you’ll […]
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Dissent in the ranks: Three members of Durham Human Relations Commission issue “minority report”
For more than a year, the atmosphere in Durham between many residents and police has been tense. Much of this it stems from a spate of officer-related shootings, allegations of racial profiling and other incidents regarding DPD’s use of force. That tension has spilled over to the city’s 15-member Human Relations Commission On Monday, three […]
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Five former students at Carolina Friends School report being sexually abused by ex-principal Harold Jernigan
Five former students at Carolina Friends School in Durham have reported they were sexually abused by a former principal, Harold Jernigan between 1969 and 1975. One of those students also allegedly was the victim of inappropriate touching by a former teacher, Bill Butcher. The victims were in their lower and middle school years when the […]
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This is how you roll
It’s Saturday morning and you’re perusing a Wake County farmers market for vitamin-packed fresh fruits and vegetables. Healthy! Sustainable! And then you get in your car and drive home. Unhealthy. Unsustainable. There is an alternative: A new program in Cary, Roll or Stroll, is offering $5 in market bucks to people who, instead of driving, […]
