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[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 picking out backpacks – they’re getting organized. And one of the smartest ways to prepare is by understanding how Durham Public Schools handles the basics:…
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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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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 four miles from Duke Children’s Hospital. Families are expected to start moving in by September. Heather Hindin, executive director and founder of the Harper’s Home…
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[IN MEMORIAM] Durham Obituaries – Aug. 5, 2025
Southpoint Access remembers the lives of neighbors who recently passed away. Information about services and memorials is included where available. Southpoint Access extends condolences to the families and friends of those we remember this week.
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[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 to interact, offer comments, share concerns, and talk about what’s happening in their neighborhoods around Southpoint. Visiting for this episode: Elijah King, candidate for Ward…
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[SoDu How-To] Know Your Supplies for Forest View Elementary School 2025-26
Durham Public Schools traditional calendar campuses are back in service on Aug. 25. Whether your child is entering kindergarten or wrapping up elementary school in 5th, having the right supplies can make a big difference. Here’s a complete breakdown of what your Forest View Elementary School student needs, including required materials for each grade level…
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[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 the Southern Bible Belt, and it’s not comfortable in most spaces in general. North Carolina is a basketball state, so I suppose I could work…
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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 leaders are looking for business partners in the area to contribute toward T-shirts and raffle prizes. Sponsors can contribute toward the T-shirts at two levels:…
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[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 be arrested off the street and detained. Speaking to an audience of around 70 at a “State of Durham” town hall held in the Durham…
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[SoDu How-To] Know Your Supplies for Murray-Massenburg Elementary School 2025-26
Durham Public Schools traditional calendar campuses are back in service on Aug. 25. Whether your child is entering kindergarten or wrapping up elementary school in 5th, having the right supplies can make a big difference. Here’s a complete breakdown of what your Murray-Massenburg Elementary School student needs, including required materials for each grade level and…
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