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.
It was 40 years ago that Roe v Wade legalized abortion. It was 30 years ago that Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina, which provides abortions and a wide range of other medical services, began its operations.
Sixteen families remain at the Lincoln Apartments complex, though Durham Housing Authority officials believe two more are poised to move out soon.
How do you get a pistol permit?
First, a person must submit an application to the sheriff’s office for approval. Once approved, the person is issued a permit to take to a gun dealer, where her or she can buy a pistol.
Permits to buy guns shot up 47 percent in Durham in the days after the massacre in Newtown, Conn., and weapons sales are following suit.
Officers with the Carrboro Police Department caught a man in the woods near Fidelity Street Friday and charged him with attempted first-degree rape.
The week that started out with spring-like temperatures is likely to end up with a white coating.
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.