Long-time members of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People (and likely lots of newcomers) will be headed to White Rock Baptist Church, 3400 Fayetteville St. in Durham, shortly for the election of a chairperson for the 74-year-old organization. Local leaders and bloggers have been busy looking forward to tonight, when the Rev. […]
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Durham offers discount card to residents to lower prescription drug costs
The City of Durham announced today a new discount program that could help reduce out-of-pocket costs for city residents whose prescriptions aren’t covered by their health insurance. Any city resident can pick up a free discount card that will give an average savings of 20 percent of prescription charges at a number of pharmacies and […]
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A schism forms within the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People
On Thursday night, members of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People could finally demonstrate on paper ballots what many have hesitated to say out loud: The city’s most historic organization is in jeopardy. It’s time for a change in leadership, even if that means standing against longtime Chairwoman Lavonia Allisonarguably one of […]
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Plans for Durham Loop updated at meeting next week
City transportation officials and engineering consultants will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, to present revisions to a draft plan to turn Durham’s downtown Loop to a two-way thoroughfare. The session will be held in the Temple Building at 302 W. Main Street in downtown. This is a follow-up to a meeting held in […]
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City of Durham seeks input for strategic plan
Durham city officials have set up an online survey for residents, City Council members, employees and other members of the community to gain insight on the city’s strengths, weaknesses and proposed priorities. Responses will be gathered through Friday, Dec. 18. The results will be combined with feedback from other forums, such as Coffee with Council […]
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Morehead Hill neighbors fighting destruction of 90-year-old bungalows
The two aging bungalows at 804 and 806 Jackson Street may be in the spotlight, but they don’t have much to brag about. They don’t bear historic markers. No one famous ever stopped by for dinner. The two 1920s homes, which sit beside the Durham Freeway in the Morehead Hill neighborhood near downtown Durham, have […]
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Then and now: DeWarren Langley
Like many 3- and 4-year-olds, DeWarren Langley loved to play school with friends when he was young. But his mother noticed that DeWarren always wanted to be the teacher. He took charge of the pretend classroom, instructing the other children. “He made them sit down,” his mother Djuana Langley said, laughing. “They had to listen […]
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Brother Ray
The sun is shining. Balmy rays beam down on sidewalks in the Southside, a historic neighborhood near downtown Durham. Volunteer Ray Eurquhart paces inside the Southside Community Outreach Center on Enterprise Street and peers out the windows. “They’re active out there today,” says Eurquhart (he pronounces it IRK-heart). He drags a folding chair onto the […]
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UDO: Does it offer another possible option for commissioners?
UPDATE, 2:43 p.m. Planning Director Steve Medlin explained the meaning of the UDO section Lowell Siler referred to yesterday. There have been no significant changes in the facts or circumstances of the area to be rezoned, Medlin said. Changes to the validity of the Jordan Lake protest petition have nothing to do with the area […]
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What’s next? Court, Durham county attorney says
Durham County Commissioners met in closed session Thursday morning to discuss next steps in the controversy around an intensely debated protest petition that could have limited commercial and residential development around Jordan Lake. The controversy surrounds a petition filed last month by an environmental group whose members wanted to make it harder for county commissioners […]