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.
County officials worked out a deal Monday that will allow County Commissioners Fred Foster and Ellen Reckhow to both serve on the Triangle Transit board.
A study group of the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Sanford to examine local governments’ regulation of oil and gas exploration and development in North Carolina.
If Sarah Dessen had her way, every household would come equipped with “Goodnight Moon.” But not every home has a copy of the children’s classic ready-for-bed story, or “Make Way for Ducklings” or the Madeline books, Dessen understands. That’s why the Chapel Hill writer of young adult novels is such a big supporter of Book Harvest.
The 11 candidates vying to replace Penny Rich on the Town Council all put their best foot forward Monday, hoping to be the one the council chooses next week to serve the remainder of Rich’s term.
County Commissioners have given the Durham Public Schools permission to channel $31.6 million in bonds previously reserved for a new high school into a passel of repair efforts at the district’s other schools.
Three former Duke University lacrosse players say they’re going to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that tossed out most of their civil-rights lawsuit against the city.
The buses are just about filled and ready to roll to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President Barack Obama Jan. 21
Mayors from Durham, Chapel Hill and Morrisville and the daughter of a professor slain in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre held a news conference at City Hall Monday, demanding action from President Obama and Congress to reduce gun violence.
A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday that UNC physics professor Paul Frampton filed against the University of North Carolina.
Put the shorts and the T-shirts back in the closet. Get the sweaters and the scarves out.
Danny Cahill, the Season 8 winner of the hit television show “Biggest Loser” believes everyone must find their why, the thing that motivates them.
Durham police are investigating a fatal traffic accident that happened Saturday night in the 3700 block of Carver Street in northern Durham.