Eligio Peña Jr., the 32-year-old son of the founder of the Compare Foods Supermarkets franchise and the manager of the store on Avondale Drive in Durham, said a grocery store is defined not justy by the products that it has.
It’s also defined by the products it doesn’t have, Peña said. And he defined Compare Foods, which is now a franchise operation that started as a store in New York in 1989, as “regular grocery stores” that have a heavy ethnic food influence
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by a lower court that dismissed a lawsuit brought by former UNC football player Michael McAdoo.
Duke University officials have begun rolling out a program that would supply $10,000 loans to at least 10 employees interested in buying a house in the city’s Southside redevelopment.
Heather Pendergrass always wanted to be Ms. Frizzle aboard the Magic School Bus. Now, thanks to a three-dimensional projector in her classroom at the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability, Pendergrass gets her wish.
N.C. Central’s win over Bethune-Cookman on Monday night was good therapy that helped alleviate a bad memory since the 2012 MEAC tournament quarterfinals.
There’s only one undefeated basketball team left in Division I — and it’s the Duke women.
Mount Zion Christian Academy rode senior guard Jonathan Milligan’s 27 points to a 65-52 upset of the state’s 10th-ranked team, Christian Faith Center Academy on Tuesday night.
Durham School of the Arts established some early momentum against River Mill Academy and took care of home court with a 70-51 win Tuesday night in the Carolina 12 Conference.
Like many urban areas, Durham is no stranger to gun violence. Already in this young year, we’ve seen two lives cut short by firearms
There may once have been a time when we did not need to worry much if many students failed to finish high school. A robust manufacturing economy – or a substantial agriculture sector – could for much of the past century provide a decent-paying job to someone who never tossed a tassel at a high-school graduation ceremony.
A pair of polls out this week shows the dire state the Republican Party finds itself in -- and a way out of the wilderness, should Republicans choose to take it.
No one forced me, but I finally decided it was time to discover what all the business was about Honey Boo Boo.
Even though I've made reference to the show featuring a former beauty tot, now 7, and her family, I'd never actually watched a full episode. I still haven't, but I watched enough to need a jaw adjustment.
About 40 to 50 Nature Conservancy workers are expected to have relocated to downtown Durham’s American Tobacco campus by the end of the month, according to a news release Tuesday.
Northgate Mall’s Lane Bryant is closing, according to a sign outside of the store. The chain sells plus-size women’s clothing.
Durham County home sales were up 21 percent in December compared with sales in the month in the prior year, according to data from the Triangle Multiple Listing Service.
The nonprofit Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina has opened a satellite office in Durham to serve Durham, Wake, Johnston, Orange, and Alamance counties.
Wanting pork to be as lean as chicken (“the other white meat”) may have led to drug-enhanced leaner pork; here’s the round-about way I learned about this.
For some reason, Petey doesn’t want me to sing “Happy Birthday” to him on his birthday. He does, however want me to cook for him.