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South Durham Year-Round Schools Start July 22
Durham Public Schools year-round calendar campuses are set to open on July 22. The schools here in South Durham are holding open houses this week, and they’ve released supply lists for families preparing for the academic journey ahead. Quick note: Starting this year, all DPS students can get free breakfast and lunch. Here’s what else…
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Durham Blues Artists Sought for Competition
The Triangle Blues Society’s Triangle Blues Challenge, a regional competition, seeks acts to represent the area at the Blues Foundation’s 40th International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 250 acts from around the world will converge on Beale Street to perform before the music industry, vying for recognition and prizes, including major festival…
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South Durham Teachers Seek Donors for Classroom Needs
Daniela Visbal, formerly a teacher at Parkwood Elementary School in South Durham, this August starts teaching second grade at the new Murray-Massenburg Elementary on South Roxboro Street. She wants to get off to a roaring start with her students by incorporating the latest technology into her daily lessons for whole group, small groups, and centers.…
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Support Ultra-Local News in South Durham
Ultra-local journalism can illuminate vital issues and drive positive change right here in our backyard of South Durham, but it’s also got the potential to inform, educate, and inspire readers beyond our borders. With that in mind, Southpoint Access is launching a fundraising campaign to support the production of in-depth content focused on three critical…
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New Hope Valley Development Underway in Durham
Wondering where those trees went on the east side of Hope Valley Road near Dover Road? “Covering the last untouched land in historic Hope Valley,” according to the development website, it’s Oldfourth, a neighborhood consisting of 40 lots with 1,200 feet of frontage along the Donald Ross-designed golf course. The developer is Oldfourth LLC and…
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[In Memoriam] Durham Obituaries – July 10, 2024
June 24, 2024 Martha Hadley Callaway, 90. Memorial service scheduled at New Providence Presbyterian Church in Maryville, Tenn., on Saturday, July 13, at 10 a.m. July 2, 2024 July 3, 2024 Robert Maraton Rogers, 73. Funeral service planned on Thursday, July 11, at 2 p.m. at American Cremation and Funeral Service. July 4, 2024 July…
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[Video] To the Point Episode 8: Durham Drama Teacher Takes Musical Theatre Prize
In the eighth episode of To the Point, Wes Platt, editor and publisher of Southpoint Access, interviews Olivia Bellido, drama teacher at C.E. Jordan High School. Bellido received the Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year Award. The program at Jordan receives $5,000. Become a Southpoint Access Founding Sponsor: https://southpointaccess.news/2024/07/06/support-south-durham-local-news-as-a-founding-sponsor/ Get our Southpoint Weekly…
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South Durham Newsletter Roundup No. 17
Are you caught up on the latest news from Southpoint Access? The current issue of the Southpoint Weekly Roundup newsletter is now online with headlines about what’s happening here in South Durham. Readers can sign up to receive these free updates by email. Use this link to subscribe and never miss an issue! Southpoint Access is…
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Science Corporation Plans $65M Expansion in Durham
Science Corporation, which makes semiconductors for cutting-edge technologies, is investing $65 million to expand its facility on T.W. Alexander Drive and add more than 50 new jobs. The expansion plan was announced at Monday’s Durham County Board of Commissioners meeting. In a news release, Chair Nida Allam said: “Their life-changing work is helping to make…
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Southpoint Access Sponsorship Kickoff Discount
Until Aug. 1, sponsorships supporting Southpoint Access are discounted $50. Sponsors are invited to submit 300×250 advertisements to be included in the right column of the site. Those who sign on as Gold Sponsors before Oct. 1 will be included in the ranks of our Founding Sponsors. When ad rates increase in the future, Founding…
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Durham Golden Corral Destroyed for New Golden Corral
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[Fiction] Dear Posse No. 13: Common Threads
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