On a recent Friday night at Durham’s Fullsteam Brewery, founder Sean Lilly Wilson is pointing to a color-coded menu, helping three customers on the opposite side of the bar decide what to order. “I’m partial to this one,” he says, recommending the Brumley Forest porter, “because we all went out and foraged these nuts to […]
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Lilian Cardona, Pregnant North Carolina Mom, Will Avoid Deportation For Now
A pregnant mother of five facing deportation will get to stay in North Carolina for at least another year. Lilian Cardona learned last week that her application for a stay of her removal from the country was approved. This buys her a year of relief from deportation while she applies for a visa. Cardona, who […]
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Awesome-Sounding Film and Food Hub Going into a Building on West Chapel Hill Street
Markay Media, the Southern Documentary Fund, and The Cookery are renovating a West Chapel Hill Street property into a film hub and events center. Construction at 1105 West Chapel Hill Street is expected to be completed by July 31. Seminary Avenue Redux LLC, the group overhauling the nine-thousand-square-foot space, got $100,000 from the city of […]
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Justice Department Drops HB 2 Lawsuit
Attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department filed a motion today to dismiss a lawsuit over House Bill 2 “in light of the passage of North Carolina Session Law 2017-4, House Bill 142.” The lawsuit, filed in May 2016, had accused the state of requiring “public agencies to follow a facially discriminatory policy of treating transgender […]
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Durham Commissioners Want You to Know There’s Good Stuff About Light Rail, Too
Durham County commissioners are hopeful about a plan to connect Durham, Wake, and Orange via light rail, commuter train, and express bus service, even though the cost of building light rail may force commuter rail to be delayed. Four residents who spoke during a public comment period at last night’s board of commissioners meeting were […]
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The N.C. Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association Says Craft Brewers Can’t Handle Their Taxes, Shouldn’t Be Able to Distribute Their Own Beer
The N.C. Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association threw some serious shade at North Carolina’s craft breweries Monday. The groups are at odds over House Bill 500, legislation filed last month that, among other things, raises the limit on how many barrels of beer a brewery can self-distribute before it must go through a wholesaler to […]
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Kenneth Bailey Jr.’s Family Wants the Story of His Death-by-Cop Told Their Way
Kenneth Bailey Jr. loved classic cars, music, and his family. He had three sisters, two brothers, and two five-year-old sons, born within a few days of each other to different mothers. With a goal of opening his own business, he had dreams of going to barber school. “He always liked to look neat,” says his […]
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Thanks for Calling Durham Hip, Vogue. Please Don’t Ruin It for Us.
According to a Vogue article posted last week, Durham is North Carolina’s hippest city. We’ll take it, sure, especially considering that the author, Jenn Rice, used to live in Raleigh. But it doesn’t escape us that what distinguishes the Bull City in Vogue‘s eyes is, with some exceptions, kinda bougie. If you call Durham homeor […]
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Sticker Shock: Why Does the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project Suddenly Cost $3.3 Billion?
WHAT’S UP WITH THE APRIL 30 DEADLINE? The FTA asked GoTriangle to submit updated cost estimates for the project and a cost-sharing agreement between Durham and Orange counties. It also requested transit plans (including light rail) for each county and proof of commitments for at least 30 percent of the project’s nonfederal funding. GoTriangle is […]
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House ABC Committee Hears Beer-Cap Arguments
The House Alcohol Beverage Control Commission discussed a bill this morning that would raise the cap on how much beer breweries can sell before they must go through an independent distributor. The morning committee meeting included testimony from the N.C. Craft Brewers Guild, Craft Freedom, a group of brewers in favor of raising the ‘’barrel […]
