courtesy Southern Durham Development An update to a post from Monday night. (We promised to give more detail on affordable housing when it was available.) Southern Durham Development President Alex Mitchell said he plans to meet with Durham department planning staff on Wednesday to discuss 11 more committed elements to add to site plans for […]
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Mitchell: wary residents, including PA, to see new 751 South commitments next week
Durhamites and their county commissioners are likely still weary from last week’s heated five-hour meeting on whether the controversial 751 South development should be allowed to go forward. The debate among Durham commissioners will continue next Monday, August 9, and there’s no telling what will happen in this so-far unpredictable process that has stretched on […]
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Bowser, Ali, Woodard late on campaign finance reports
Three elected officials and one former county commissioner candidate are late in filing their semi-annual campaign finance reports to Durham’s Board of Elections. According to a county schedule, Commissioner Joe Bowser and City Council members Mike Woodard and Farad Ali were supposed to file the reports last Friday, said Michael Perry, deputy director of elections. […]
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Complaints could bring trouble for Scarborough & Hargett Funeral Home
Just days after a national announcement honoring Scarborough & Hargett Funeral Home Inc., the 100-year-old, renowned business could be under fire with state authorities and a local widow, whose husband’s body was allegedly allowed to decay at the funeral home. Another unrelated complaint against the funeral home is also pending a hearing on the matter, […]
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The ugly power struggles over 751 South
Follow this story on our Triangulator news blog. Behind their stately wooden dais Monday night, Durham county commissioners had rarely looked so disorderly. The meeting started friendly enoughwith smiles and congratulations to an employee of the month and an award-winning local poetry team. But the pleasantries wilted as the five-member board moved to the evening’s […]
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County attorney stalls ruling on DOT’s land rejection; 751 vote expected Aug. 9
That burning question? Yep, still no answer. After hearing three and a half hours of public views on the contentious 751 South development, Durham’s county commissioners stalled a vote on whether to rezone the project’s land until their Aug. 9 meeting. The postponement came just before midnight, and added another two weeks to a process […]
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Durham commissioners to vote tonight on 751 South
D.L. AndersonSteve Bocckino, an outspoken opponent of 751 South, talks with members of the Durham People’s Alliance at a protest the group held against the development on Thursday, June 17, 2010. At tonight’s public hearing county commissioners will decide whether one of the last stretches of rural land in southern Durham should be open to […]
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Luebke: N.C. DOT has agreed to reject land that would nullify protest petition
UPDATE, 3:30 p.m. – Rep. Paul Luebke (D-Durham) confirmed that the N.C. DOT plans to announce this afternoon it is rejecting the easement it accepted earlier this month from Southern Durham Development, as not to interfere in the local zoning process. Luebke said he credits the swift action of 751 opponents, who sent hundreds of […]
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Hill’s campaign finance violations chalked up to human error; corrected reports expected Tuesday
Durham County Sheriff Worth Hill Sheriff Worth Hill’s re-election campaign treasurer has been asked to submit amended campaign finance reports to Durham’s Board of Elections after a Republican group pointed out Hill’s past two reports omitted the identities of people who contributed thousands of dollars to his campaign. Donald Baker, Hill’s campaign treasurer for the […]
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Second chances: Commissioners offer leniency to several nonprofits
Photo by D.L. AndersonLarry Thomas, a mentor with Durham Companions, talks with X’Zavier McFadden, age 9. In this week’s issue, you’ll see a story about Durham Companions, a nonprofit mentoring program that, despite getting a tongue-lashing a couple weeks ago from county commissioners for poor performance last year, still got funding for the coming year. […]
