Bull City Rising

Art Walk, Third Friday bookend extraordinarily busy Durham weekend

2009-11-20T11:44:00-05:00

One of the best things about being in Durham is that there always seems to be something to do. This weekend, make that a ton of things to do. It's hard to know where to begin. Most obvious on the list: the Durham Art Walk, stretching out this year from Brightleaf Square to Golden Belt, from American Tobacco to the DAP and beyond. The free bi-annual event is designed to provide artists and craftsmen a chance to show off their wares while Durham shows off some of its downtown retail spaces, restaurants and the like. 400 artists' work will be on hand at this fall's Art Walk, a great chance to do some holiday shopping and enjoy a nice fall day. From one release: The Durham Art Walk welcomes brand new sites and sponsors including: Alivia's Durham Bistro, American Tobacco Campus, Duke Tower Hotel & Condominiums, J&K Custom Screenprinting, Meridian Design, Piedmont Restaurant and Posh the Salon. We also welcome over 50 new DAW artists! Literally hundreds of artists will be showing their work...

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BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 20, 2009

2009-11-20T07:44:23-05:00

Healthy Start and City Council mix it up on alternatives to demolishing two Morehead Hill houses. The DPS superintendent search will start soon -- but largely out of public sight, the Board says. Plus, the flu and you; fire at an apartment complex; the East Durham Children's Initiative gears up -- and, yes, the Wells Fargo wagon is a-coming down the street, bearing new ATMs as the absorption of Wachovia gets underway. Get yer Daily Fishwrap.

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BOCC upholds 751 vote despite protest petition status; Chancellor's Ridge HOA the crucible?

2009-11-19T17:02:15-05:00

Durham's county attorney says 751 assemblage project opponents will have to go to court to challenge the 3-2 vote, and suggests he and Planning director Steve Medlin are still in disagreement as to whether the signature of the Chancellor's Ridge HOA president on the protest petition was valid. BCR dives into the latest in the controversy -- and gives more background on an apparent HOA battle that's been brewing over the past couple of months.

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BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 19, 2009

2009-11-19T10:08:28-05:00

Sony Ericsson in RTP shuts down; public health officials and residents get down with the H1N1 vaccine; commercial real estate problems nationally not getting down Triangle investors and property owners; NC Mutual whittling down losses; and another Durham school sitting down with locally-grown backyard veggies. Hey, what's all this "down" bit? Save for the bad news at Sony Ericsson, it's a pretty up day in your Daily Fishwrap.

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PAC5 to yakkity-yak on taking out the papers, trash in downtown Durham Thu.

2009-11-18T22:39:57-05:00

The old way of taking your trash to the curb? In downtown Durham, that idea's about to get kicked to the curb. PAC5 will review the proposed changes to downtown's solid waste collection, one involving roughly block-wide collection stations, at its Thursday meeting.

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Young professionals survey: economics, crime and public schools matter -- but who's engaged, and who isn't?

2009-11-18T14:03:15-05:00

Triangle Research Partners has released an interesting survey looking at what young professionals see as concerns, issues and opportunities for Durham. Who's saying what in which parts of town -- and who's not part of the conversation? Plus, what do some of the results in South Durham say about the region's perceptions and engagement with the Bull City?

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BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 18, 2009

2009-11-18T09:03:58-05:00

Duke baseball goes to the DPAP; NCCU leaders want parity in comparing their performance to institutions that serve wealthier, more college-ready students; Woodcroft and Hope Valley Farms excelling in home sales; and Urban Ministries graduates drug-recovery class. All the details, all the links, all the time in the Daily Fishwrap.

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Morehead Montessori goes all locavore with its lunchtime menu

2009-11-17T10:50:26-05:00

Chef Aaron Stumb from the South Durham restaurant Mez is preparing the menu at Morehead Montessori today -- a menu that focuses on locally-grown produce and foods to help open kids' minds to eating healthy while eating local at the same time.

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751 saga continues: Will the protest petition be found valid after all?

2009-11-17T10:37:33-05:00

It's the case that never seems to end -- and if an assertion by longtime 751 assemblage opponents Steve Bocckino and Melissa Rooney are on target, it may get a lot more interesting very soon. The N&O and Indy are reporting that County Commissioners are set to meet in closed session on Thursday morning at 10am, with a public session to follow, to discuss a protest petition filed in the 751 assemblage critical watershed boundary relocation case, as well as a lawsuit against the county filed by would-be developers of the parcel. City/County Planning initially found that the petition -- which if accepted would have required a 4-1 supermajority of BOCC members to have approved the boundary change -- lacked signatures from a sufficient number of adjacent property owners. But if reports from project opponents are correct, that protest petition may (and we emphasize "may") have been valid after all. The current round of public scrutiny over the effort came after representatives from the Haw...

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BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 17, 2009

2009-11-17T10:26:32-05:00

Staff cutbacks at Duke continue, while Durham's finest are seeing much better news: significant cutbacks in violent crime rates. Meanwhile, the Rolling Hills charrette starts with a whimper and not a bang, while a nine-employee Durham pharma startup goes out with a bang, selling itself to a longtime partner.

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