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The Durham City Council addressed a recent controversy involving city-funded repairs on the home of Marylanda Bodison on Canal Street in eastern Durham at its session Monday night.
Two candidates work on Duke Student Government committees, one leads Speak of the Devil and one serves on his dorm's house council. Despite their varied interests, these candidates share a passion for the improvement of academic life at Duke.
The Durham City Council re-opened the bid process for construction of the United States Baseball Federation's offices and clubhouse Monday night.
The Durham City Council failed to pass a measure Monday night that would have extended the jurisdiction of the Duke University Police Department to include areas off East Campus.
Durham and the Triangle lay under a blanket of snow Monday morning that left classes canceled at the major universities in the area and city government offices closed. The National Weather Service had predicted up to a quarter-inch of ice would lie on top of the several inches of snow by the end of Monday. The thaw was not expected to begin until noon Tuesday, when temperatures will finally rise above freezing.
The Duham city council voted in favor of a proposal Tuesday night that increases the salaries of police officers, firemen and other city workers--a suggestion motivated by a $1.6 billion surplus from the 2002-03 fiscal year.
At a state economic forum Jan. 5, experts had mixed news for citizens. The state's unemployment rate will decline. Interest rates will remain low. But the stigma of the failing manufacturing industry will continue to afflict many communities and dampen the state's performance, according to some business leaders. Most seem to agree that much of the industry is transferring overseas, where production costs are much lower.
The Durham city council said goodbye to two council members Tuesday night and welcomed two fresh faces, newly-elected members Diane Catotti and Eugene Brown. Members also received the Durham Police Department's third quarter crime report, presented by Chief of Police Steve Chalmers.
About 150 students, professors and community members gathered on the Chapel Quadrangle at noon Tuesday to protest the University's 14-month-old decision to drop a boycott of the Mount Olive Pickle Company. Many protesters argued that the company's workers needed more say in labor agreements.
Following on the heels of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride three weeks ago, the Durham City Council passed a resolution Monday night that scored an important victory for the immigrant community. The council also received comments concerning rezoning and future development of the University property.
There are very few events in North Carolina, let alone the world, that feature both a tractor pull and a wine-making competition. But the North Carolina State Fair, which Gov. Mike Easley officially opens today at 11:30 a.m., will offer these opportunities and many more for the next 10 days to those willing to pay the $6 to brave the crowded fairgrounds.
Nearly 40 years ago, hundreds of volunteers traveled on buses throughout the South, speaking out against racial segregation. Known as "freedom riders," these men and women often encountered violence and arrest.
In a move that North Carolinians have anticipated since Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole won last November's election, Democrat Erskine Bowles will announce his candidacy for the state's other U.S. Senate seat today, the Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday on its website.
Hurricane Isabel finally made landfall Thursday, hurtling out of the Atlantic and into North Carolina through a small inlet in the southern strand of the Outer Banks.
An inscription at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum reads, "For the dead and the living we must bear witness."
The North Carolina General Assembly drew a step closer to malpractice reform with the approval Tuesday of a state senate bill that includes several important oversight components, but lacks a cap for damages due to pain and suffering.
Duke students and Durham residents may continue to see panhandlers at major intersections up and down U.S. 15-501, after the Durham City Council dropped a proposed ordinance Tuesday night against roadway solicitation.
Sticking to a campaign pledge to do whatever it takes to reduce crime in Durham, Mayor Bill Bell announced a contract Monday night that will bring in full-time security personnel for the Durham Area Transit Authority. This contract comes on the heels of three gunfire incidents, all thought by the police to be gang-related, that have damaged city buses in recent weeks.
In part to keep a 1994 pledge "to serve no more than 10 years in the U.S. House if elected," Rep. Richard Burr, R-N.C., has taken steps towards a serious Senate bid, although his possible opponent, Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., has not yet announced his own intentions.
In a move sure to affect future development on Central Campus, the Durham City Council adopted an ordinance Monday night that established a new university-college District but prevented any large retail centers aimed at the off-campus population from falling into the new zoning district.