Month: September 2012

Thrift shop offers more for less

By Carl Kenney

September 27, 2012

By Jalen Dixon NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com   Twice Is Nice Thrift Shop is where they give from the heart. The shop at 706 South Alston Ave. opened in 2009 when owner Katrina Harris saw the recession coming on. Harris, a long-time Durham resident and bus driver for Durham Public Schools, felt […]

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Community icon Samuel and Sons Barber Shop reopens

By Carl Kenney

September 20, 2012

By Chris James (NCCU) and Jackson Foster (UNC) Staff Writers the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail Nineteen months and 12 days is how long it took to rebuild and reopen Samuel and Son’s Barbershop on 2110 Angier Ave. after a fire from an old fuse box in the trophy shop next door caused him to lose everything. […]

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Catch “Malloy Motivation” and move forward

By Carl Kenney

By M. Wilson, reporting for Praycious Wilson-Gay Teen Editor-in-Chief the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com   Editor’s Note: 17-year-old Ciara Malloy died in a single-car accident early Saturday morning, Sept. 15, in Durham. She was a senior at Josephine Dobbs Early College High School.   Ciara Malloy was a huge Alabama University fan.  She loved the University […]

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EDCI: Turning the tide of summer’s slide

By Carl Kenney

By Carlton Koonce Teen Mentoring Coordinator The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com   If you are a regular reader of the VOICE, you might wonder why you don’t see our publication during summer months. As a community paper but also an educational tool, we print from September to May when our students are grinding pavement. But just […]

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Build A Better Block with Tootie

By Carl Kenney

by Anita Keith-Foust NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com   On Oct. 27, at noon, the block where Driver Street and Angier Avenue intersect in East Durham will come alive again with the Build A Better Block with Tootie program. This program will show residents of Durham what East Durham will look like once […]

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“Sustain-a-Bull” businesses build a sustainable Durham

By Carl Kenney

September 19, 2012

By Leah Gawrysiak UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Last Wednesday, Durham business owners came together to strengthen their connections with each other — and with the community as a whole. Sustain-a-Bull hosted a mixer at Casbah, a private club located at 1007 West Main St., Durham. The event gave people from veteran as […]

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Meet Breylon Smith of Global Scholars Academy

By Carl Kenney

By Lauren Bunch UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedhurhamvoice@gmail.com Crime, poverty and certain degrees of poor achievement in schools are ambushing minority communities across the nation. Factors such as these are intimidating, as they deprive some children of a fair, balanced shot at a quality education (especially if some have unrecognized learning disabilities). Thankfully, […]

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Walking Tour shows history through Durham’s eyes

By Carl Kenney

By Alex Arey UNC Staff Writer The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com   Malcolm White, a tour guide with The Historic Preservation Society of Durham, doesn’t claim to be a historian, but he sure knows a lot about Durham. “I’m not a historian. I don’t play one on TV, but I love history — I love this […]

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SEEDS Harvest Dinner a community celebration

By Carl Kenney

By Hayley Paytes UNC Co-Editor The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com   On Sept. 13, a Durham nonprofit celebrated Thanksgiving a little early. SEEDS NC hosted its 9th Annual Harvest Dinner at The Pavilion at Durham Central Park. The organization, Southeastern Efforts to Develop Sustainable Spaces, seeks to educate and improve the community through gardening. The dinner […]

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Big crowds attended TROSA Yard Sale

By Carl Kenney

By Brianna Rolfe UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Community members came in large numbers to seek out great deals at the Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers (TROSA) mega yard sale and to offer their support to the organization. The TROSA yard sale was held from Thursday, Sept. 13th til Saturday, Sept. 15th […]

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¡Viva Fútbol!: soccer tourney launches Latino Festival

By Carl Kenney

By Carol Longoria UNC Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The sun rises over Holton Career and Resource Center on Saturday morning, Sept. 15, while dozens of young athletes cluster with their teams for warm-ups in anticipation of the start of the soccer games. Tournament coordinators Alberto Carrasquillo and Fidel Quiroga ensure coaches know their field […]

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Facility offers culturally sensitive mental health counseling

By Carl Kenney

By Matt Phillips NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The best way to change negative behavior is to reward positive behavior. That’s one of the main tenets of Upward Change Health Services, a mental health treatment facility located at Golden Belt in Durham. They also seek to alleviate negative stigmas associated with pursuing and […]

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Dorsette teaches life lessons on the court

By Carl Kenney

By Trenton Little NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedhurhamvoice@gmail.com N.C. Central University alumnus Joshua Dorsette knows exactly how it feels to not have a male mentor or father figure while growing up. Since his arrival at The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club on Alston Avenue six years ago, he has striven to be […]

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Out of a seat, but still in the game

By Carl Kenney

September 6, 2012

Editor’s Note: “Our woman at the DNC,” Jessica Coates, is sending real-time observations and tweets (@jessicalcoates) to the Carrboro Commons and Durham VOICE. Coates is a rising senior at South Mecklenburg High School and a future journalism major at UNC-CH.   By Jessica Coates Special Correspondent The Durham VOICE and Carrboro Commons Weds. Sept. 5 […]

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The DNC: You can feel the difference

By Carl Kenney

September 5, 2012

Editor’s Note: “Our woman at the DNC,” Jessica Coates, is sending real-time observations and tweets (@jessicalcoates) to the Carrboro Commons and Durham VOICE. Coates is a rising senior at Southk Mecklenburg High School and a future journalism major at UNC-CH.   By Jessica Coates Special Correspondent The Durham VOICE and Carrboro Commons Tuesday night, Sept. […]

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Live from the DNC: Let the games begin!

By Carl Kenney

September 4, 2012

by Jessica Coates Speacial Correspondent the Durham VOICE I cannot stop pinching myself, checking to make sure that I’m not dreaming. I will never fully comprehend how a regular high kid like myself could be lucky enough to end up in the heart of the DNC commotion; but here I am, in the basement of […]

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