Durham’s newest ordinance, which bans owners in the city and county from tethering their dogs for prolonged periods, is just three days old. But already, it has spurred roughly 50 reports from citizens to Durham County Animal Control, Director Cindy Bailey said Monday. Today was the first day of 2010 that Animal Control has been […]
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Judge issues key ruling on Jordan Lake
Superior Court Judge Howard Manning had spent more than an hour on a recent afternoon listening to a throng of attorneys argue the most minute, mind-numbing detailsgeological data, county ordinances, quasi-judicial hearingsof a controversial Jordan Lake lawsuit. Finally, Manning paused. “We’ll take a short recess,” he said. “Then I’m going to come back and drop […]
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Four Triangle activists to attend Gaza Freedom March on Dec. 31
Four Triangle residents, including a history teacher from Hillside High School, will travel to the Gaza Strip next week to participate in an international protest to call attention to turmoil there resulting from Israel’s blockade of Gaza’s borders, according to a news release from two Triangle organizations helping publicize the effort. The foursome is part […]
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Mayor Bill Bell to tend bar at Revolution for fundraiser
Durham Mayor Bill Bell is building his résumé. He’ll be stirring and shaking drinks behind the bar at Revolution restaurant from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Bell will spend the two-hour stint behind the bar at 107 W. Main St., for charity, said Teresa Anile, co-owner of Revolution. Twenty percent of […]
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Judge upholds Duke’s original map change of Jordan Lake watershed
A superior court judge found in favor of Southern Durham Development on Wednesday in its major lawsuit against the county. Superior Court Judge Howard Manning said that lines drawn in 2006 by a former planning director that outline the protective boundaries around Jordan Lake are binding and must stand. This means that 146 of 165 […]
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Allison calls annual meeting of Durham Committee for January
The Herald-Sun is reporting this morning that Lavonia Allison, the newly re-elected chair of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, has called an annual meeting of the historic group for January 24. The time and location have yet to be announced. The announcement came in a news release Tuesday to select media […]
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Property owners sue Durham over Jordan Lake
More than 50 property owners near Jordan Lake have been tied up in a three-month dispute with Durham County over a petition they filed this fall, in hopes of keeping a protective area around Jordan Lake intact. Their crusade to protect the landjust north of the Durham County line, west of N.C. 751, near Chancellor’s […]
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Attendance rule turns away many potential voters at Durham Committee election
The Rev. Melvin Whitley has received dozens of condolences since his attempt last week to unseat Lavonia Allison as chair of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, a historic and influential all-black activist organization. Many of the callers have said the same thing: If you can’t beat ’em, start your own group. […]
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Jordan Lake rezoning petitioners sue Durham County over October vote
Four property owners who signed a petition this fall to protest the rezoning of the protective boundary around the portion of Jordan Lake in Durham County filed a lawsuit late Friday against Durham County officials. Attorney Jim Conner of the Ragsdale Liggett firm in Raleigh filed the complaint just after 4 p.m. Friday on behalf […]
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Lavonia Allison elected to 7th term as chair of Durham Committee
Lavonia Allison, the longtime chairwoman of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, was re-elected Thursday night for her seventh two-year term, despite a surge of support for a new nominee, the Rev. Melvin Whitley. Although more than 200 people showed up to White Rock Baptist Church in Durham to vote, only 25 […]