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Jun. 19, 2013 @ 12:03 PM

Former Duke Chapel Dean Willimon filling in at Duke Memorial UMC

United Methodist Bishop Will Willimon is “back in the saddle and enjoying it” as senior pastor of Duke Memorial United Methodist Church in downtown Durham.

 
Jun. 19, 2013 @ 12:27 PM

North Carolina UMC passes resolutions on legislature, LGBT issues

United Methodists passed resolutions on homosexuality and the current North Carolina General Assembly session during the 2013 North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, June 12-15 in Greenville.


Jun. 17, 2013 @ 12:36 PM

Grant recipient hopes to promote lifetime learning by aiding with transition to kindergarten

It was 10:30 on a Tuesday morning earlier this month when the group of 5-year-old children trekked through the doors at Pearsontown Elementary School in Durham. This was their very first visit on an elementary campus, organized as part of a Transition to Kindergarten event through their preschool, Toddlers Academy, Inc.


Jun. 19, 2013 @ 11:48 AM

Belief Briefs

  • Barber to speak at St. Mark AME Zion
  • Vacation Bible School at Russell Memorial
  • Men’s Day, VBS at Mt. Zoar Missionary Baptist
  • Parent session Saturday for Mt. Vernon day camp
  • Jubilee Christian Church to dedicate sanctuary June 29
  • Covenant Presbyterian picnic and fair June 29
  • Summer community cookout at Duke Memorial
  • LRTs choir anniversary at Holland Chapel

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Apr. 20, 2013 @ 12:11 AM

Gallery: Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance

Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival is a four-day celebration of music, dance, art, and education in Chatham County. The Herald-Sun | Patrick McLaurin and Will Phillips

Columnist: Lewis Bowling View All »

Jun. 19, 2013 @ 08:22 AM

Prospero's new books helps you find ways to be healthy

“Even You Can Be Healthy” is a book that was recently released by a lady who lives right here in Durham, Ann Prospero. 



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Jun. 19, 2013 @ 09:28 AM

Connection between low cholesterol, stroke

Q. I had a hemorrhagic stroke a few years ago. I have low cholesterol (155), with an HDL of 58 and an LDL of 86.



Columnist: Blue Greenberg View All »

Jun. 14, 2013 @ 08:33 AM

Greenberg: ‘Art of the moment’ at CAM gallery

Against a background of photographs by nationally acclaimed artist Melanie Schiff, CAM (Contemporary Art Museum) is celebrating its first two years of operation in its renovated wholesale grocery building in downtown Raleigh.  The photographs cover a four-year period when the artist was traveling between Los Angeles and Chicago; they are about the places she saw, the suggestion of past presences and how light plays its magic on those sights.



Columnist: Debbie Matthews View All »

Jun. 18, 2013 @ 11:28 AM

Scratch-made Love

I absolutely adore Durham’s Farmers Market.  But I have a horrible problem. It starts at the ungodly hour of 7 a.m. For me, that’s practically the middle of the night.



Columnist: Don Mauer View All »

Jun. 18, 2013 @ 02:35 PM

Mauer: Prevention magazine offers tips on healthy buys

For me, grocery shopping's mostly an on-the-run, in-and-out Saturday errand. Quick-trip food shopping leaves me little to no time to read packaged product ingredient lists and places me in at a disadvantage when it comes to selecting the healthiest options.