Minutes before midnight, the City Council unanimously struck down an annexation request for a proposed development on Monday, breaking its recent trend of development-friendly votes. …
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Five local Durham parks could be unavailable until the end of the calendar year. Durham city officials are unsure when East Durham, East End, Lyon…
On a Sunday morning this fall, Kristen Sommerfeld rang a small metal bell. Clad in overalls and a sleeve of botanic tattoos, she stood among…
On a recent Saturday morning, a tarp on the boardwalk by Durham’s Third Fork Creek in Southwest Durham revealed trash of all kinds — energy…
Beechwood Cemetery is quiet on a recent Friday. With its weathered-gray headstones and bright commemorative flowers, Beechwood is the paradigm of a traditional cemetery. Things…
On a warm evening earlier this week, the aroma of freshly baked pizza greeted those who trickled into the Hi-Wire Brewery and lined up at…
As people took turns spinning a nearly 2-foot-wide multicolored wheel, a woman sporting a “Celebrate Everyday like It’s Earth Day,” T-shirt jumped up and down…
As people arrived under the picnic shelter in Oval Park on Saturday morning by bike, car, and foot, they introduced themselves with their names, and…
At a Durham City Council meeting, you can expect to see a diversity of ethnicities, genders, religions, and opinions in the audience. Monday night’s meeting…
There’s a unique group of Durham residents who don’t think too often about the politics of City Hall. They don’t vote or sign petitions. They…