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Taking art to Hart

Linwood Hart is an artist. He also works at a framing shop. He has met many people doing both jobs as "picture framing keeps us in touch with the art." Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Ellerbe Creek cleanup plans on tap

Ellerbe Creek's health gets a double feature this week, with show-and-tell sessions for the public tonight and Thursday on two therapeutic projects. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Gun lock program targets pawn shops

Jen Snyder is on a gun safety crusade in what some might consider the unlikeliest of places. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Kids can get 2nd flu shot today

The Durham County Health Department will offer a second round of H1N1 vaccinations for elementary-school age children less than 10 years old from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the National Guard Armory, 801 Stadium Drive. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Southern wants to go all the way

For the first time in his three years at Southern Durham, Adrian Jones' team is the No. 1 seed in the East side of the state 4-A playoffs. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

300 attend Bronto bash

Sunday's Bronto Birthday Bash drew an estimated 300 people. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

DSS Web site now available in Spanish

Spanish speakers with limited English can now get information about services on an updated Spanish-language Durham County Department of Social Services' Web site. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Page appointed to Crime Commission

Gov. Bev Perdue has appointed Michael Page, chairman of the Durham County Board of Commissioners, to the Governor's Crime Commission. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Project teaches value of savings

The clanging of coins in mason jars signaled the beginning of the first-ever Classroom Savings Challenge recently at a pep rally held in the Rogers-Herr Middle School gym. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

This holiday, a meal fit for a vegan

If you can't imagine Thanksgiving without a turkey, then you might be surprised to learn that Durham has been home to the largest vegan Thanksgiving meal in the country for years. Published: Nov. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Oh, the places you'll eat!

I thought I wouldn't like pimento cheese. I also thought that after four years of writing about food in Durham I had a pretty good grip on what's going on around here. Published: Nov. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Rolling Hills meetings next week

The public phase of the taxpayers' $745,000 planning process for Rolling Hills/Southside area's future got under way Tuesday night with a public meeting at the Hayti Heritage Center. Published: Nov. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Laying a pipeline for city's children

Some Durham residents may have felt like they were back at school at a recent community meeting. Published: Nov. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

A bronto bash of another kind

Goats, a pig and maybe even the mayor are expected to help celebrate a dinosaur Sunday. But Nancy Rizzo isn't too sure about the weatherman. Published: Nov. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Boone breaking the cycle

Wanda Boone grew up in a family that looked like the Huxtables. Published: Nov. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

100 attend health forum

Shauntelle Evans has a brother who sees a doctor via ambulance, if he sees a doctor at all. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Students shop for life lessons

Hundreds of students went to the mall after school Thursday - but instead of shopping for shoes, they were shopping for careers. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

NCCU band looking rosy

As Roy Ector was growing up, so too was the marching band down the street. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

20 years ago when NCCU was No. 1

Twenty years ago, N.C. Central accomplished something that made even the Dukies envious: win a national basketball championship. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Arts Week

Theater/Dance/Music/Art Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

DPAC surpasses projections

Aging rockers and Broadway touring companies have been very good to the Bull City. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Project to turn gas into electricity

Those tossed fast-food wrappers and leftovers may be providing the light that's helping you read this story. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Duke breaks ground on cancer center

In a famous 1993 speech, cancer-stricken N.C. State basketball coach Jimmy Valvano launched his research foundation with a plea for funds that he said might not save his own life, but might save his children's lives. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Alumna takes on Obama mystique

The year 1955 was a wonderful year for Yvonne "Bonnie" Scruggs. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Operation Christmas Child collections next week

Christmas is arriving early all over North Carolina, as local businesses, churches and homes prepare to serve as collection points for Operation Christmas Child. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Talk to focus on NCCU, history

Arwin Smallwood, an NCCU alumnus, will deliver a lecture, "NCCU at the Crossroads of African American History and Culture," highlighting the university's contribution to the study of African-American history Friday at noon, in the Miller-Morgan Auditorium on Nelson Street. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Endowment to honor alumnus' son

Robert Lee Dobbs, Class of 1960, recently established the Curtis Lee Dobbs Memorial Endowment Fund to honor his late son, who died at the age of 18, March 26, 1985. Published: Nov. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Chains of command

Write what you know. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

New Holton program nails it

A group of local construction professionals is partnering with the new Holton Career and Resource Center to provide materials and mentoring to students in the school's carpentry class. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Rolling Hills planners seek input

The plan to revitalize the Rolling Hills goes into the community next week with a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Hayti Heritage Center to hear residents' concerns about the neighborhood and the project. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story


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