Bar for sale, history included David Kitzmiller is retiring and selling He’s Not Here for an asking price of $165,000. The original Craigslist ad was deleted because of the number of interested buyers. Ready to buy? Check out the listing on BizQuest.com. He’s Not on Facebook He’s Not on Twitter My first glimpse of He’s […]
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Ted Kennedy: “awesome and inspiring”
As senators, sports legends, former presidents and much of the White House cabinet descended on Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood last week to pay respects to Sen. Edward Kennedy, a crowd of locals stood in the rain to catch a glimpse of the ceremony. Though an invitation-only affair, Kennedy’s funeral in the heart of urban Boston […]
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The Know Bookstore’s future: unknown
Durham’s economic development department has proposed funding a cultural center near N.C. Central University that would include a jazz café, a multi-use space for lectures on African-American culture and history, a gift shop and a bookstore. “Culture is at the heart of what the project is about,” Gwendolyn McLaughlin Bookman, daughter of the building owner, […]
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Bleachers and rafters
“You are having way too much fun,” said a reporter I didn’t know in a high-school gym in Concord, N.H. We were leaving our laptops, notebooks, cameras, lighting equipment and the coffee-stained messenger bag that denoted my lowly position on the press totem pole in unguarded piles around the perimeter of the Crimson Tide’s basketball […]
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Durham Planning Commission rejects amendments that would permit Jordan Lake development
The Durham Planning Commission has sent a powerfulif non-bindingmessage that it does not want a private developer’s survey to dictate land-use decisions in rural Durham County. On August 11, the citizen advisory board unanimously voted down a proposal to amend Durham’s zoning map and Comprehensive Plan, based on the survey’s findings. Commissioned in 2005 by […]
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Durham Planning Commission nixes Hunter survey of Jordan Lake
The Durham City-County Planning Commission has sent a powerful message that it doesnt want a private developers survey to dictate land-use decisions in rural Durham County. On Aug. 11, the commission unanimously nixed a proposal to amend Durhams zoning map and Comprehensive Plan based on the surveys findings. Commissioned in 2005 by Southern Durham Development […]
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After “soul-searching,” Racial Justice Act passes
After approving versions of roughly three dozen bills, hammering out a state budget and deliberating for more than three hours, the N.C. Senate had one item left on its agenda the night of Aug. 5: the Racial Justice Act. The Senate had passed a version of the landmark bill, which would prevent the execution of […]
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Perdue signs Racial Justice Act into law
Today, Gov. Beverly Perdue signed into law the Racial Justice Act, saying the bill’s passage “ensures that when North Carolina hands down our state’s harshest punishment to our most heinous criminals – the decision is based on the facts and the law, not racial prejudice.” Perdue’s signature, which follows a dramatic 25-18 N.C. Senate vote, […]
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Environmental group seeks to intervene in Jordan Lake lawsuit; DWQ gives mixed messages
Update (4:23 p.m.): Head over to indyweek.com for an updated version of this story, and check back here for further updates on tonight’s hearing. Also, see below for a PDF of Southern Environmental Law Center’s motion. One day before the Durham Planning Commission meets to discuss a contested boundary that protects Jordan Lake, two environmental […]
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Lawsuit, planning commission meeting rev up Jordan Lake debate
One day before the Durham Planning Commission meets to discuss a contested boundary that protects Jordan Lake, two environmental advocacy groups have filed a motion to intervene (PDF, 160 KB) in a lawsuit filed by a local developer that would force the county to re-draw the lake’s protected area, but without a public hearing. The […]