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Jan. 13, 2013 @ 06:36 PM

Learning Life: Greeking out at Duke School

The ancient Greeks sit at computers, draped in self-fashioned chitons, waiting for fact sheets and speeches to print. Well, maybe they’re not that ancient.


Jan. 13, 2013 @ 03:26 PM

County crime up 16% in 2012

Reported crime in Durham County outside the city limits rose 16 percent in 2012 over the previous year, according to figures from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office.


Jan. 12, 2013 @ 10:03 PM

Small move signals big divide in assignment philosophy

It’s not a huge number of students that would be affected by a proposal to reassign the Woodcroft subdivision from Hillside to Jordan high schools this fall.


Jan. 12, 2013 @ 09:22 PM

Local briefs, Jan. 13

The Eno River Association hikes explore a new area of the river basin each Sunday afternoon from January to May in 2013.


Jan. 12, 2013 @ 09:16 PM

Keep Durham Beautiful hosting grant session

Durham-based groups looking to make a difference in Durham’s appearance, but lacking the necessary funds to get their project going, are encouraged to attend Keep Durham Beautiful’s free information session next week.


Jan. 13, 2013 @ 03:37 PM

CowParade figures to be replicated for fundraiser

Dozens of people piled into Morgan Imports on Gregson Street on Saturday to see which six of the 80 hand-painted cows featured as part of CowParade NC would be chosen for replication in miniature and sold as part of the ongoing fundraising effort for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital.


Jan. 12, 2013 @ 08:53 PM

Making connections

Steve Goldberg doesn’t want to call it a school.

“A school, I think, is a place where we used to go when information was scarce and you couldn’t get it any place else,” he said.


Jan. 12, 2013 @ 08:48 PM

Free dental services offered next month in Durham County

Have you ever had a toothache so painful that is was hard to sleep?  Now imagine you have a mouthful of toothaches and you’re only a child.


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 07:09 PM

Crime Cabinet endorses mayor’s bail proposal

Mayor Bill Bell’s push for tighter bail-bond requirements in some gun cases picked up an endorsement Friday from the Durham Crime Cabinet.


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 06:50 PM

Mixed results for local districts in state discipline report

Durham Public Schools saw its dropout rate decline by 2.4 percent in 2011-12 compared to the previous year, with 362 leaving high school.


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 06:46 PM

Blue Devils, Wolfpack battle for early ACC lead

For a change this season, a top ACC game between two ranked teams does not involve Duke and North Carolina.


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 06:45 PM

High School dropouts by the numbers


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 06:25 PM

Police find match to weapon in homicide

Police find match to weapon in homicide


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 06:19 PM

City, county may pay SBI for quicker lab work

Rather than building their own crime lab, local officials increasingly see the solution to evidence-testing backlogs as paying the state each year to hire technicians to work only on Durham cases.


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 05:58 PM

UNC system offcials say degree attainment goal is doable

Boosting the percentage of residents with bachelor’s degrees or higher to 32 percent won’t be easy, but UNC system leaders weighing the matter emerged from a week of meetings confident that the five-year goal is achievable.