DURHAM -- Three Durham Parks and Recreation Centers are closed for renovations.
They are the Weaver Street Recreation Center, the W.D. Hill Center and the Edison Johnson Recreation Center & Aquatics Center.
Renovations are funded by a 2005 bond issue and will include making the facilities ADA compliant. The centers are scheduled to reopen in June.
Meanwhile, the programs, activities and events held at the centers will be relocated to the following facilities:
- I.R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills, 2000 S. Alston Ave.
- Center for Senior Life, 406 Rigsbee St.
- Holton Career and Resource Center, 401 N. Driver St.
- Priess-Steele Place, a low-income public housing facility for seniors, 500 Pickwick Trail.
For more information, visit www.DPRPlayMore.org or call (919) 560-4355.
Vacation day camps offered
DURHAM -- The Durham Arts Council will offer an Intersession Arts Camp for youth ages 5-12 from Jan. 4-8. Each day will include visual and performing arts activities.
DAC's Winter Wonderlands Day Camp runs from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. Daily cost is $30, weekly cost is $130.
The Afternoon Adventures Camp, ages 6-12, runs from 2-5:30 p.m. daily. Daily cost is $20, weekly $90
Call (919) 560-2726 to learn more or visit www.durhamarts.org online.
Intersection changes Monday
RALEIGH -- The state Department of Transportation plans to modify the intersection of N.C. 57 and N.C. 157 (Guess Road) in Orange County on Monday to a four-way stop with full-time overhead red flasher.
The current setup has vehicles on N.C. 57 able to go through the intersection without stopping, while traffic on N.C. 157 has stop signs in both directions.
An NCDOT investigation of the intersection found traffic volumes and crash patterns warranted installing the additional stop signs on N.C. 57 and the overhead flasher. Crews will be installing stop bars and "stop ahead" pavement markings and signs on N.C. 57 to help alert and warn motorists of the new stop sign setup. Work will begin after Monday morning rush hour and it is expected to be finished by early afternoon.
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