Teachers, students and staff in Durham’s school saved more than $50,000 last year on energy by simple conservation measures, such as turning off lights that weren’t in use, and turning off computer monitors, said Hugh Osteen, assistant superintendent for operations. The conservation efforts, which cut electricity and natural gas use, were encouraged through the DPS […]
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Third Fork Creek watershed study begins Monday
Starting Monday, Durham city staff and contract engineers will be out in the Third Fork Creek watershed in southwest Durham to study the creek and help develop a clean-up and revitalization plan, the city announced today. Third Fork Creek flows into New Hope Creek and Jordan Lake, the latter, of course, being the source of […]
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Durham Loop woes? View our map, add your comments.
Sexy, towering signs around downtown Durham beckon visitors. ‘Be downtown,” says one, suspended on the side of a building on Parrish Street. ‘Find your cool,” urges another sign in Five Points. But it’s hard to find your cool — or anything else — if you can’t get downtown. Why? The Durham Loop, the one-way connector […]
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Durham weighs converting Downtown Loop from one-way to two-way
⇒ For a more visual explanation, check out our interactive Google map that explains some of the points of contention. Have your own qualms? Add your points of concern to our map. ⇒ For the full blow-by-blow, see the draft plan proposed by traffic engineers at Kimley-Horn. ⇒ For our editorial cartoonist‘s ideas of what […]
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Latest vote: EMC Corp. gets city incentives with state, county money
UPDATE: EMC has bought a 450,000-square-foot distribution center in Durham. Read more >> Last night, Durham’s City Council voted to give EMC Corp. $1 million in economic-development incentives to build a new data center in Durham and bring 292 jobs to Durham, according to this morning’s reports by The Herald-Sun and The News & Observer. […]
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Durham PD fires officer who took extra overtime
Durham Police Officer Alesha Robinson-Taylor was fired Wednesday, the City of Durham announced this morning. A recent audit found that Robinson-Taylor, who worked in an administrative job managing towing issues, ABC liquor permits and tracking the off-duty work of Durham officers, took home more than $62,000 worth of overtime from September 2008 to September 2009. […]
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Planning commissioner resigns in light of Jordan Lake, Brightleaf rezoning cases
A member of the Durham Planning Commission, a citizen board that advises city and county leaders, sent a letter late last night resigning her post. LaDawnna Summers, whose term was set to expire next June, sent the letter to the City Council, County Commissioners, fellow Commission members and Steve Medlin, planning director. Summers cited two […]
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Jordan Lake has boundary issues
For the third time in as many years, Durham’s government officials have moved a protective boundary around Jordan Lake in southwest Durham. The change, made this week by county commissioners, is the latest advance in a tug-of-war over where Jordan Lake and its protective buffers begin and end. Determining the lake’s boundaries is an exact […]
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Official results: Clement, Drew for Ward II
In case any portion of the four percent of Durham’s voters who turned out for the municipal primaries was holding its breath … it’s official: Matt Drew finished in second place in the Ward II primaries, meaning that he’ll face off against incumbent — and 26-year-veteran — Howard Clement in the Nov. 3 general election. […]
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Commissioners move Jordan Lake protection boundaries
Durham’s Board of County Commissioners voted 3 to 2 Monday night to move a protected area around Jordan Lake on county maps, opening the door for a dense development being drafted for 164 acres in the southwest part of the county. Commissioners Ellen Reckhow and Becky Heron cast the opposing votes. Though the vote approved […]