The Durham City Council on Monday night approved a $4.162 million grant that will allow the Durham Housing Authority to buy back twenty acres of vacant land known as Fayette Place. The money will come from the city’s general fund and can only be used to acquire the land and maintain it until it is […]
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Durham City Council Rejects Contentious North Durham Rezoning
Following more than two hours of discussion, the Durham City Council voted 6-1 Monday night against a proposal to rezone land at the intersection of Guess and Latta roads to make way for the part-commercial, part-residential North River Village development. Council member Eddie Davis cast the lone vote for the development. “I think years from […]
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Inside the Guess and Latta Road Rezoning Fight That Has Set a North Durham Neighborhood on Edge
When Charlie Reece asked his Facebook friends for thoughts on a rezoning request coming before the Durham City Council this week, he expected a few repliesmaybe “three or four people already in my social network weighing in,” he says. After all, the debate over North River Village, a proposed commercial and residential development at the […]
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Alerta Migratoria NC: Wendy Miranda Fernandez To Be Deported This Morning
Wendy Miranda Fernandez, a Durham resident unexpectedly taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March, has been taken to the airport for the third time since being detained, according to the advocacy group Alerta Migratoria NC. Her deportation, delayed several times since she was detained while seeking a stay of a 2016 order […]
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Durham County Manager Proposes a Property Tax Hike to Pay for Schools, Growth
Durham’s county manager is pitching a three-cent property tax increase to help the county fund public schools, pay off debt, and keep up with operational growth. The increase would raise property taxes for Durham County residents from 74.04 to 77.04 cents per $100 of property valuation. The annual tax bill for a home valued at […]
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By the Time You Read This, ICE Might Have Shipped Durham Resident Wendy Miranda Fernandez Back to El Salvador—Perhaps to Her Death
When her phone rings, Sandra Fernandez fears the worst. When her phone doesn’t ring, she fears the worst, too. Her twenty-three-year-old daughter, Wendy Miranda Fernandez, calls every day from the LaSalle Detention Facility in Jena, Louisiana, where she has been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since May 4. Sometimes the calls bring […]
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OWASA Says Water Is Safe, Just Smelly
Amid complaints about “an earthy or musty taste and odor,” OWASA says its water is safe to drink. According to a news release from the town of Carrboro, the smelly water, which “several dozen customers” have complained about in the past week, is being caused by algae growing in the Cane Creek Reservoir and University […]
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Durham County Manager Proposes Tax Increase to Fund Schools, Eyes Universal Pre-K
Durham’s county manager is pitching a three-cent property tax increase to help the county fund public schools, pay off debt, and keep up with operational growth. The increase would raise property taxes for Durham County residents from 74.04 to 77.04 cents per $100 of property valuation. The annual tax bill for a home valued at […]
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Deportation of Wendy Miranda Fernandez Delayed One Week
The deportation of a Durham twenty-three-year-old detained by immigration officials nearly two months ago has been delayed another week. Wendy Miranda Fernandez was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 22 when she appeared before ICE seeking a stay of a previously issueId order of removal from the country. She is being […]
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Where is Wendy Miranda Fernandez?
Amid fears that a Riverside High School graduate would be deported overnight, the law firm representing Wendy Miranda Fernandez says it has not been able to reach her. Miranda Fernandez, who fled violence in El Salvador at age fourteen, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 22. Since then, she has […]
