[SoDu How-To] Get Back to School for 2025-26 – Part 2: Attendance, Buses, and Emergency Plans

Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! As the first day of school approaches on Monday, Aug. 25, families are doing more than packing lunchboxes and … Continue reading [SoDu How-To] Get Back to School for 2025-26 – Part 2: Attendance, Buses, and Emergency Plans

[SoDu How-To] Get Back to School for 2025-26 – Part 1: A Handbook Overview

Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! My daughter Athena wore a baseball cap to her year-round school the other day - and it wasn't Hat … Continue reading [SoDu How-To] Get Back to School for 2025-26 – Part 1: A Handbook Overview

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 … Continue reading South Durham Weekly Crime Update – Aug. 6, 2025

Harper’s Home Opens First Two Furnished Houses in Durham

Harper's Home, a Durham-based nonprofit, is celebrating the early launch of its first two fully furnished family homes as part of an effort called the West Maynard Initiative, less than … Continue reading Harper’s Home Opens First Two Furnished Houses in Durham

[VIDEO] Southpoint Access Office Hours – Aug. 4, 2025

Wes Platt – South Durham’s neighborhood news guy – streams office hours with the editor. Paying members of the SoDu Crew subscribers are invited to participate in the livestream chat … Continue reading [VIDEO] Southpoint Access Office Hours – Aug. 4, 2025

[SoDu How-To] Know Your Supplies for Forest View Elementary School 2025-26

Support Southpoint Access in our summer fundraising effort! Durham Public Schools traditional calendar campuses are back in service on Aug. 25. Whether your child is entering kindergarten or wrapping up … Continue reading [SoDu How-To] Know Your Supplies for Forest View Elementary School 2025-26

[Commentary] Let’s Talk About HIV – and Getting Tested

By Martin HensonBeacon Media In 2023, 52% of all newly diagnosed HIV cases among adults and adolescents in North Carolina were Black. This fact doesn’t make for polite conversation in … Continue reading [Commentary] Let’s Talk About HIV – and Getting Tested

Hope Valley Elementary PTA Seeks Sponsors for Un-Fundraiser

Support Southpoint Access in our summer fundraising effort! This year's effort to provide funding for projects to improve community resources at Hope Valley Elementary School is getting underway, and PTA … Continue reading Hope Valley Elementary PTA Seeks Sponsors for Un-Fundraiser

[From NC Newsline] Durham Council Member Warns ICE Will Disappear Residents

By Brandon Kingdollar, NC NewslineAug. 3, 2025 As residents rally to alert neighbors to immigration agents around the city, Durham City Council member Javiera Caballero warned Saturday that anyone could … Continue reading [From NC Newsline] Durham Council Member Warns ICE Will Disappear Residents

[The Gourmand Next Door] A River, The Wind, and An Old New Chateau

Support Southpoint Access News in Our Summer Fundraiser! As our travelogue continues, we make our way toward the Mediterranean coast and the wines of the Rhône valley. There are two … Continue reading [The Gourmand Next Door] A River, The Wind, and An Old New Chateau

[SoDu How-To] Know Your Supplies for Murray-Massenburg Elementary School 2025-26

Support Southpoint Access in our summer fundraising effort! Durham Public Schools traditional calendar campuses are back in service on Aug. 25. Whether your child is entering kindergarten or wrapping up … Continue reading [SoDu How-To] Know Your Supplies for Murray-Massenburg Elementary School 2025-26