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South Durham Weekly Crime Update – Aug. 13, 2025
Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Motor vehicle theft dominated the week’s activity, accounting for more than a third of all reports. Thefts were heavily concentrated in multi-family residential complexes and hotel parking lots, particularly along Woodcroft Parkway, Emerald Forest Drive, and Exchange Place. Several streets, including Langdon Drive and…
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South Durham Weekly Crime Update – Aug. 6, 2025
Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Motor vehicle crimes remained a major focus in South Durham last week, with police investigating a series of thefts and break-ins at homes, hotels, restaurants, and commercial properties. The week’s reports also included commercial and residential burglaries, incidents of fraud and forgery, and several…
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South Durham Weekly Crime Update – July 23, 2025
Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! South Durham continued to see a high number of property crimes last week, with a pronounced pattern of motor vehicle burglaries and thefts at both residential and commercial locations. Fraud and forgery cases also remained steady, with scattered reports of aggravated assault, individual robbery,…
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South Durham Criminal Incident Reports for May 2025
In April 2025, South Durham experienced a high concentration of property-related crimes, according to data from the LexisNexis Community Crime Map. Motor vehicle offenses led all categories, accounting for nearly 40% of reported incidents. These included both break-ins and thefts, frequently occurring at hotels, office parks, and multifamily housing complexes. General thefts were also prevalent,…
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Downtown Durham’s Central Park Fourth of July 2024
Durham Central Park hosted the Children’s Independence Day Parade on Thursday, with materials from The Scrap Exchange to decorate their bikes, wagons, and strollers. After the parade circuit, volunteers provided children with popsicles. IMAGES: Wes Platt. Southpoint Access is a free community news website run as a service to our neighbors in South Durham. Please consider…
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Earth Day Festival
Durham Earth Day Festival Sunday, April 21, 2024 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Durham Central Park, 501 Foster Street Durham’s Earth Day Festival is free and open to the public. Rain or shine!
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Solar New Year Food Truck Rodeo Shines Sunday
Durham Central Park hosts the first of four food truck rodeo events on Sunday, April 14, and this event showcases the celebration of the Solar New Year in several southeast Asian countries, including Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and India. It’ll take place from noon to 4 p.m. The schedule includes: The event also features a bounce…
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Share Your Thoughts on Woodcroft Parkway Roadwork
Woodcroft Parkway is slated for resurfacing this year and until May 1, residents can provide public comment about the project. The City of Durham has hired design contractors Kittleson & Associates and Three Oaks Engineering to plan the project, which stretches 1.86 miles from Fayetteville Road to Hope Valley Road through the Woodcroft development. During…
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