In what is now being described (obviously) as a billing system snafu, one OWASA customer received a startling notice: he owed the water company more than $100 million. Kieran Healy, a Duke professor, got a reminder today from OWASA today of his “upcoming AutoPay transaction”—in the amount of $100,000,188.92. That’s one hundred million, one hundred […]
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Streets at Southpoint Installs Signs, Can Now Tow GoTriangle Customers
Following a spat with GoTriangle, the Streets at Southpoint has installed new signs on park-and-ride spots that will allow the mall to tow cars belonging to transit riders if they violate parking rules. Last week, transit users reported finding fliers on their cars saying they could be towed if parked in designated park-and-ride spots outside […]
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Autopsy Concludes That Uniece Fennell Committed Suicide Inside the Durham County Jail
An autopsy of a seventeen-year-old found dead at the Durham County Detention Facility in March reached the same conclusion as the Sheriff’s Office: Uniece “Niecey” Fennell committed suicide. The autopsy, released Thursday by the Office of the State Medical Examiner, says Fennell died of asphyxia due to hanging. Fennell’s family, however, denies the narrative that […]
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Mayor Bill Bell Has Overseen a Bull City Renaissance. So Why Has Durham’s Poverty Rate Gone Up on His Watch?
In the spring of 2001, Bill Bell boarded a bus destined for some of Durham’s struggling neighborhoods. The soon-to-be mayor rode past West End streets that had all the infrastructure for houses, yet remained full of vacant lots. He passed the former site of the Few Gardens housing complex, where, while Bell served as a […]
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Southpoint Mall Posts Signs, Can Tow GoTriangle Park-and-Riders Now
Following a spat with GoTriangle, the Streets at Southpoint has installed new signs on park-and-ride spots that will allow the mall to tow cars belonging to transit riders if they violate parking rules. Last week, transit users reported finding fliers on their cars saying they could be towed if parked in designated park-and-ride spots outside […]
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Activists Plan to “Storm” Durham County Budget Hearing Tonight
Two local advocacy groups want Durham County commissioners to hold Sheriff Mike Andrews accountable and plan to make their demands known in a budget hearing tonight. A public hearing on the proposed 2017–18 county budget will be held during the Board of Commissioners’ regular seven p.m. meeting tonight. Inside-Outside Alliance, which works on behalf of […]
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Durham Planning Director Says Streets at Southpoint Can’t Legally Tow GoTriangle’s Riders’ Cars
After GoTriangle accused the Streets at Southpoint of threatening to tow its riders’ cars, Durham’s planning director says doing so would be a violation of the city’s unified development ordinance. The transit agency said Wednesday that fliers had been placed on GoTriangle riders’ cars saying they would be towed if parked at the mall outside […]
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State Autopsy Says Niecey Fennell Committed Suicide
An autopsy of a seventeen-year-old found dead at the Durham County Detention Facility in March reached the same conclusion as the Sheriff’s Office: Uniece “Niecey” Fennell committed suicide. The autopsy, released today by the Office of the State Medical Examiner, says Fennell died of asphyxia due to hanging. Fennell’s family, however, has denied that she […]
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Durham HRC Will Present Jail Report to Sheriff Tonight
The Durham Human Relations Commission is presenting the final version of its review of the Durham County Detention Facility to Sheriff Mike Andrews and members of his staff tonight. The commission drafted the report in January and updated it in March. Although Andrews (and other local officials) have seen the report, Commission chairwoman Diane Standaert […]
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The Durham City Council Rejects a Controversial North Durham Rezoning Request
The Durham City Council on Monday night rejected a controversial rezoning request in north Durham. The North River Village proposal, quashed in a 6-1 vote, sought to rezone property at the intersection of Guess and Latta roads from residential suburban to mixed-use to make way for the part-commercial, part-residential development. The development had stirred an […]
