The N.C. Board of Elections has significant accounting and auditing problems, including a backlog of 30,000 unaudited campaign finance reports. These are among the several shortcomings noted in a state audit released today. You can read it by clicking on this icon.boardofelections_audit.pdfAccording to the audit, the board failed to transfer $452,000 to the Office of […]
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Free persimmons—Part 2
I spotted some other persimmon trees today in the 600 block of West Proctor Street (near Duke Street) in Durham. Please note these trees are on private property, that of the Duke Physician Assistant program at 800 S. Duke St. Some fruit lay on the sidewalk, but the bulk of it had not fallen far […]
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Free persimmons!
Last spring, I sought out mulberry trees on public property–parks, near sidewalks and other rights-of-way. This fall, I found a great persimmon tree whose boughs are heavy with fruit. Directions: The tree is on Enterprise Street immediately to the west of its intersection with the American Tobacco Trail in Durham. (This is shortly before the […]
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Jeff Sharlet’s moving study of religious experience
Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness and the Country In Between By Jeff Sharlet Norton, 256 pages Sharlet speaks at the Center for Documentary Studies in Durham on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. The event is free. Twelve years ago, my Aunt Debra committed suicide in bed. She had been raised Methodist, but […]
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Jeff Sharlet’s ‘Sweet Heaven When I Die’
Twelve years ago, my Aunt Debra committed suicide in bed. She had been raised Methodist, but at the time of her death, at age 54, she was a devotee of the occult. Yet when the police arrived at her house, they not only removed from her hand a 9 mm gun, but also from her […]
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InsideOut: empowering LGBT youth and their straight allies
InsideOut will host a pre-Pride Parade event Saturday, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. at Mad Hatter’s, Main and Broad streets in Durham. Learn more about InsideOut. Also check out its Facebook page. If the Defense of Marriage Amendment passes next May, it’s today’s high school students who might eventually undo the damage and repeal it. […]
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HPV and me
I went to a party earlier this year where I met a health clinician who is also an aspiring baker. We joked about how she could combine her two interests into one career. Several days later, she brought me cheerily iced homemade cookies cut into the shapes of some common bacteria and viruses that cause […]
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New UNC-TV trustee, Bob Orr, has ties to right-wing political magnate Art Pope
Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly stated the station was WUNC-TV. The correct name is UNC-TV. WUNC, the radio station, is not under this board and is not affiliated with the TV station. Read about WUNC here. Two conservatives, including one with direct ties to millionaire and right-wing political magnate Art Pope, have […]
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N.C. State professors among scientists protesting fracking subcommittee
Two N.C. State University assistant professors were among 28 scientists from 22 institutions who signed a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu expressing their concern over the “impartiality” on a subcommittee that is studying the impacts of fracking. Read the letter here: Scientists_CHU_Letter_SIGNED.pdf “We urge you to modify the panel’s membership so that the panel […]
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Judge rules against Southern Durham Development, county, in 751 case
Late this afternoon, Superior Court Judge G. Wayne Abernathy ruled against a request by Durham County, Durham County Commissioners and Southern Durham Development for summary judgment in the 751 South case. Both the county and SDD’s lawyers said during last week’s hearing that Abernathy should find that the Durham County commissioners acted appropriately last August […]
