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In a surprise to many, including, seemingly, some city council members, Deputy City Manager W. Bowman “Bo” Ferguson was ...
12/23/2024

In a surprise to many, including, seemingly, some city council members, Deputy City Manager W. Bowman “Bo” Ferguson was unanimously voted as Durham’s next city manager at Monday night’s city council meeting.

The motion to cast a vote for Ferguson’s appointment was not listed on the meeting agenda.

✍️: By Justin Laidlaw
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In an unannounced vote Monday, the Durham City Council promoted from within to name its next city manager following Wanda Page’s retirement.

The Florida-based real estate investment company 50 Plus 1 Sports has signed a contract with Saint Augustine’s Universit...
12/23/2024

The Florida-based real estate investment company 50 Plus 1 Sports has signed a contract with Saint Augustine’s University to lease the entirety of its 105-acre downtown Raleigh property and build a mixed-use development on 55 acres.

✍️: By Chloe Courtney Bohl
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The Florida firm 50 Plus 1 Sports is planning a mixed-use housing development on Saint Augustine’s University property in downtown Raleigh

In August 2025, the Raleigh Union Station bus facility, or RUS Bus, is slated to open next door. But while RUS Bus will ...
12/20/2024

In August 2025, the Raleigh Union Station bus facility, or RUS Bus, is slated to open next door. But while RUS Bus will serve a multitude of GoTriangle and GoRaleigh bus routes—ten in total, according to a GroTriangle spokesman—one key piece of the original plan will be absent: regional Greyhound buses.

✍️: By Chloe Courtney Bohl
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Greyhound won't be part of RUS Bus, Raleigh's downtown transit hub, when it opens in the Warehouse District next year.

A couple of weeks ago, we published a joint report with our newsroom partners at The Assembly about a Durham coalition’s...
12/20/2024

A couple of weeks ago, we published a joint report with our newsroom partners at The Assembly about a Durham coalition’s campaign to get Duke University to pay $50 million to the City of Durham or Durham County annually in lieu of property taxes. We got a lot of feedback from readers and are excerpting some messages below.

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And other things our readers told us.

Working in municipal government can be a difficult and thankless job. The pay is minimal, the hours are long, and no mat...
12/19/2024

Working in municipal government can be a difficult and thankless job. The pay is minimal, the hours are long, and no matter how little power or control you actually have over things like housing, transportation, or crime, your constituents will always assume you have more.

But with some amount of power still comes great responsibility, and our seven city council members, along with city staff, have an obligation to steward our community through the votes they take and the ideology they espouse.

✍️: By Justin Laidlaw
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Here are our Top Four New Year's resolutions for the Durham City Council from their friends at the INDY for a successful 2025.

It’s been nearly fifty years since R.B. and Jenny Fitch purchased the property that Fearrington Village sits on today. T...
12/19/2024

It’s been nearly fifty years since R.B. and Jenny Fitch purchased the property that Fearrington Village sits on today. The family’s newest food and beverage concept, though, aims to make Fearrington Village’s famous wine program more accessible with a more casual dining experience.

Galloway’s Wine & Beer Bar will serve as part wine shop and part wine bar, meaning vinophiles from around the Triangle and beyond will now be able to enjoy some of the best wines from the program’s list of more than 1,500 varietals without shouldering the high cost of dinner in the main restaurant.

✍️: By Elliott Harrell
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Galloway's Wine & Beer Bar, Fearrington's newest food and beverage concept, comes with a lower price tag.

As the INDY’s staff photojournalist, Angelica Edwards continually photographs new people, musicians, food, events, and i...
12/18/2024

As the INDY’s staff photojournalist, Angelica Edwards continually photographs new people, musicians, food, events, and issue-based experiences that reveal how robust and complex the Triangle is. In this last month of the year, she looked through her 2024 photo archive.

📸: Photos by Angelica Edwards
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From election rallies to the Beaver Queen Pageant, INDY staff photojournalist Angelica Edwards looks back on a year of imagery in the Triangle.

Ryan Brown’s termination on December 3 followed an alleged exchange in late November, when Amazon claims Brown called tw...
12/18/2024

Ryan Brown’s termination on December 3 followed an alleged exchange in late November, when Amazon claims Brown called two managers an “Uncle Tom” and a “bitch” in the warehouse parking lot, according to emails reviewed by the INDY. Brown, who is Black, denies making these comments, though he acknowledges telling a Black manager that the manager was “not trained for a Negro like me” and that the manager should “get back in that field.”

✍️: By Lena Geller
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Amazon says it terminated the worker who founded the union movement at the RDU1 warehouse for violating its anti-harassment policy.

Last week, public officials and other stakeholders met on the second floor of the downtown bus station to celebrate the ...
12/17/2024

Last week, public officials and other stakeholders met on the second floor of the downtown bus station to celebrate the groundbreaking for a $26 million dollar renovation to the transportation hub.

Mayor Leonardo Williams said the renovated station, which was originally designed by nationally-renowned architect Phil Freelon, would allow the station’s 14,000 daily riders to “have a renewed transportation experience as they traverse the Triangle.”

✍️: By Justin Laidlaw
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The $26 million improvements to the downtown Durham Bus Station will mean more bus bays and the city will add more electric buses to its fleet.

The group dynamics involved in choosing a movie are complex, especially when family is involved. It gets 100 times worse...
12/17/2024

The group dynamics involved in choosing a movie are complex, especially when family is involved. It gets 100 times worse in December. Hollywood knows this. That’s why the big holiday movies are designed to have maximum demographic appeal. The studios want to provide a destination that works for you and the kids and Grandma and the relatives from out of town.

The happy news is that there are always a few bold films looking to counterprogram against all that—like, for instance, a transgressive erotic thriller about dominance, submission, and forbidden workplace lust. America!

✍️: By Glenn McDonald
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"Babygirl," "Nosferatu," and other holiday releases playing locally that you may not want to take the whole family to go see.

When Dave Curro opens the trunk of his car to reveal a model of the neighborhood he wants to build for developmentally d...
12/17/2024

When Dave Curro opens the trunk of his car to reveal a model of the neighborhood he wants to build for developmentally disabled adults, the project looks like a distant dream. But when Curro points to a manhole on the property where he plans to build the complex, the idea doesn’t seem so far-fetched.

He calls it the Midtown Housing Coalition, an affordable housing development to give developmentally disabled adults an independent life. It would consist of 26 tiny homes surrounding an activity center and event space. Curro, a 67-year-old retired quality engineer from Durham, conceived of the project more than three years ago, in part to give his son Bret, 37, who is developmentally disabled, a place to live on his own. His goal is to start construction as soon as possible.

📝: Originally published in 9th Street Journal
✍️: Written by Ethan Davidovitch
📸: Photos by Kulsoom Rizavi
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A Durham dad wants to build an affordable housing development to give developmentally disabled adults an independent life.

The premise of Rachel Ray's short-lived $40 a Day television show was simple. She would travel to different cities, atte...
12/17/2024

The premise of Rachel Ray's short-lived $40 a Day television show was simple. She would travel to different cities, attempting to eat three meals, a snack, and a drink from nonchain restaurants while staying on budget.

Challenge accepted.

✍️: By Lena Geller
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In 2004, Rachael Ray visited Durham with a mission: Prove that 40 bucks could fuel a full day of local dining. Is that still possible?

The Durham school board’s New Year’s resolution? Get kids to school. At a recent special meeting, the board discussed tw...
12/16/2024

The Durham school board’s New Year’s resolution? Get kids to school.

At a recent special meeting, the board discussed two new strategies to tackle the ongoing school bus driver shortage—Family Responsibility Zones and Express Bus Stops—which DPS transportation services hopes to implement in January.

📝: Originally published in Ninth Street Journal
✍️: Written by Lily Kempczinski
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As bus driver shortage continues, Durham Public Schools board considers walk zones and 'express stops.'

In the 70-page complaint filed in Orange County Superior Court, Carrboro attacks the utility’s alleged “knowing deceptio...
12/13/2024

In the 70-page complaint filed in Orange County Superior Court, Carrboro attacks the utility’s alleged “knowing deception campaign concerning the causes and dangers posed by the climate crisis,” arguing that the company misled the public by downplaying the impact of burning fossil fuels.

✍️: By Chase Pellegrini du Paur
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The Town of Carrboro and its government has a long history of taking progressive action.

Four law practices jointly pursuing a civil lawsuit against North Carolina State University and Monsanto say the univers...
12/12/2024

Four law practices jointly pursuing a civil lawsuit against North Carolina State University and Monsanto say the university’s lack of transparency has failed to deliver answers to people who worked and studied in Poe Hall, a building suspected of being linked to hundreds of cancer cases and other illnesses.

📝: Originally published in UNC Media Hub
✍️: Written by Olivia Geschwind
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Four firms are representing hundreds of clients in a lawsuit against NC State and Monsanto over possible PCB exposure in Poe Hall.

The North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty is urging Governor Cooper to commute all 136 death se...
12/12/2024

The North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty is urging Governor Cooper to commute all 136 death sentences to prison terms before he leaves office on December 31.

✍️: By Amanda Abrams
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Advocates are urging Gov. Cooper to commute the sentences of those on North Carolina’s death row roster.

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