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[SoDu Week in Review] Sept. 20, 2025 – Go East, Young Man
Welcome to your SoDu Week in Review, the Saturday roundup that goes to all of our readers – free and paid alike. Each weekend, we pull together the biggest developments, stories, and neighborhood updates shaping life here in South Durham. 👉 [Support Southpoint Access here] Thanks for being part of the SoDu community – let’s dive into…
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🗞️ Southpoint Access Week in Review – Aug. 30, 2025
Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Get signed up for our newsletter! Here’s what happened around South Durham this week: 🎓 Durham Schools Reaffirm Safety After Minneapolis Tragedy After a school shooting in Minneapolis killed two and injured 17 (mostly children), Durham Public Schools leaders assured families that safety remains a…
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Durham School Officials Reaffirm Safety Commitment in Wake of Minneapolis Mass Shooting
Support our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! After a shooting in Minneapolis that killed at least two children and wounded 17 other people, Durham Public Schools leaders issued a statement reassuring the local community that student safety remains their top priority. The shooter, 23, is reported to have taken their own life after opening fire…
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Fundraising Dinner Planned to Support Parktown Food Hub
Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Break bread for a good cause on Aug. 23 at a special fundraising dinner to support Parktown Food Hub, a vital local resource that helps families facing food insecurity. Hosted by Christus Victor Lutheran Church (1615 NC Hwy. 54), the event offers two seatings –…
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[LETTER TO THE EDITOR] For Yanni, for Science, for Hope: Marking Malan Syndrome Awareness Day
Every Aug. 19, families like ours join with doctors, researchers, and advocates around the world for Malan Syndrome Awareness Day. It’s a day that means more to us than I ever could have imagined, because this rare disorder changed our son’s life, and with it, ours too. Our son Yanni is 15. He’s vibrant, joyful, and…
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[SoDu How-To] Get Back to School for 2025-26 – Part 4: Grades, Tests, and Success in Durham Classrooms
Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Grades and standardized tests can cause stress, for students and parents alike. But Durham Public Schools is working to make sure that academic success is measured fairly, consistently, and with student growth at the center. In Part 4 of our handbook series, Southpoint Access…
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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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[SoDu How-To] Best Ways to Set Boundaries for Tech with Kids?
In today’s connected world, raising kids with smartphones is a high-stakes balancing act. Whether you’re navigating your child’s first device, debating dinner-table rules, or wondering how much tech is too much – you’re not alone. I’ve rounded up some articles exploring how families around the world are rethinking screen time, social media, and smartphone boundaries.…
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North Carolina Joins Education Funding Lawsuit in Federal Court
The Tarheel State on Monday joined 24 other states to sue the Trump Administration over cuts that would eliminate nearly 10% of North Carolina’s federal educational funds. The federal government has frozen $6.8 billion nationwide in school grant funding, despite prior approval from Congress, putting programs and educator jobs at risk. In Durham specifically, the…
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Apex Lands Duke/UNC Children’s Hospital Site
North Carolina Children’s Health – a partnership between UNC Health and Duke Health – has picked 230 acres near U.S. 1 and NC 540 in Apex as the site of the campus for the only free-standing independent children’s hospital in the Carolinas. In an announcement Thursday, NC Children’s estimated that 8,000 jobs will come with…
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[SoDu How-To] Enroll for Kindergarten at Durham Public Schools
If you have a rising kindergartener intent on Durham Public Schools (DPS), it’s time to get ready. Kindergarten registration for the 2025–26 school year is officially open, and DPS is encouraging families to act now so students can hit the ground running. A “Children’s Garden” for Lifelong Learning The word kindergarten comes from the German…
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First Measles Case of 2025 Reported in North Carolina
North Carolina health officials have confirmed the state’s first case of measles in 2025, involving a child who became ill while traveling to the state from a country experiencing a measles outbreak. The child visited Forsyth and Guilford counties, and the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is working with local health departments…
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