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Celebrate South Durham Area’s Hugo Award Finalists
Some of our friends in and around South Durham are among the finalists up for consideration for the Hugo Awards, given each year for speculative fiction by the World Science Fiction Society. The Hugo Awards, named after Amazing Stories founder Hugo Gernsback, have been given out since 1953. This year, they’re going to be presented…
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Durham Public Schools Earns Public Health Award
Durham Public Schools has received the 2024 Public Health Partners Award from the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors (NCALHD). This award recognizes the school system’s efforts in promoting health and protecting the environment, aligning with NCALHD’s mission to ensure public health across North Carolina through leadership and advocacy. The nomination for this award…
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[Nerdspresso] Arnold, Guns, Blood, and Hobo Pants: The Terminator at 40
The Terminator turns 40 this year. It came out in theaters in 1984 when I was in high school. I first discovered it’s b-movie brilliance on VHS at a friend’s house. It was a wrap party for our high school musical. Us drama nerds played hard. There were a lot of chips and some Jolt…
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Pearsontown Principal Receives $25K N.C. Milken Award
Asia Cunningham, principal of Pearsontown Elementary School, received a 2023 North Carolina Milken Award and $25,000 – a first for an educator in Durham Public Schools. The Milken Educator Awards have been given out since 1987, rewarding and inspiring excellence in the world of education by honoring top educators with $25,000 unrestricted awards. The awards target early-…
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