He walked the beat at night until 2 a.m. in Hayti. No, he couldn’t drive a police car. Black police officers weren’t allowed to have cars. When he went to his department’s headquarters, he was told he could only enter through the basement. He had no locker, no office space, couldn’t use the drinking fountain and couldn’t use the white man’s bathroom. Yet he and his fellow Hayti police officers are credited with defusing racial tension in Durham as black people began struggling for their rights.
Artist Michael Brown has designed and painted many murals that are part of the local landscape. Among his pieces of public art are the mural at the old Chapel Hill Post Office, the image of the bull at Durham Bulls Athletic Park and the nighttime cityscape mural at Manbites Dog Theatre.
Law enforcement officers from Durham and across the nation will do “battle” next weekend to raise money for scholarships and to honor a fallen Durham police officer.
Not every note was perfect, and sometimes they had to start again, but about 100 people joined together and read and played music Saturday during the annual Open Reading Session at the Durham Arts Council.
Ever been to the Durham Farmers’ Market and in the distance hear the sound like a blues band with a very exuberant singer?
Head on over toward the food trucks on Hunt Street, and see Lenny “Mojo Hand” Green singing and playing, while being accompanied by a sound system.
Durham Technical Community College graduates now have another established route to obtaining a four-year degree.
The two-year community college this week signed a memo of understanding with N.C. Wesleyan College that formalizes a transfer partnership between the two schools.
IIn Durham, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than just one day.
Events are scheduled the weekend prior to the MLK holiday, this year on Jan. 21, as well as throughout the month, honoring the esteemed civil rights leader in various ways. January events range from a law enforcement basketball tournament to a march and rally to guest preachers in local churches.
Today through Saturday, residents can enjoy a series of free land and water aerobics classes, health education sessions and exercise demos during Durham Parks and Recreation’s (DPR) Fun Fitness Week.
Plans have been filed to develop an automobile dealership near The Streets at Southpoint in the location off Fayetteville Road where South Carolina developers were, at one time, looking to develop a Walmart shopping center.
The top two candidates for the City Council’s Ward 3 vacancy both voiced skepticism Friday about claims that the controversial 751 South project would create the sort of jobs likely to alleviate poverty.
A couple of political newcomers could give City Council members a fallback option for filling the vacant Ward 3 seat, should they deadlock on the top two contenders.
Dave Wilkinson, head coach of the North Carolina Thunder softball team, Friday remembered Kacie Chamberlain as a talented pitcher with a bright future.
He’d had big plans for her.
Work on the long-awaited widening of a section of Smith Level Road in Carrboro is scheduled to begin Monday.
Zachary John Rose, 21, of Morrisville was arrested Dec. 30 by Durham police and charged with second-degree rape and second-degree sexual offense. He was in the Durham County Jail Friday under a $1,250,000 bond.
Video sweepstakes cafes in Durham closed this week as a law went into effect outlawing them as gambling operations.
Some people were happy to see the businesses shut down – as least temporarily – but not everyone was.