By Carl Kenney
November 28, 2012
By Christa Watson NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Standing proud just south of the Durham Freeway in the Rolling Hills neighborhood of the historic Hayti district is a building that once-upon-a-time thrived with high school and junior high school students. For about 30 years the abandoned building on Umstead Street – built […]
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November 27, 2012
By Matt Phillips NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Residents of Wellons Village are without easy pedestrian access to a grocery store after Lowes Foods at 1001 North Miami Blvd. shuttered its doors this past September. The store, formerly a key retail asset in The Village Shopping Center, closed after providing service to […]
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By Trenton Little NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com N.C. Central University studio art senior Quintin Neal knows that opportunities don’t come to students frequently. He decided to take advantage of a unique opportunity he was given; take up residence in a Golden Belt art studio for the fall semester. NCCU Suntrust Endowed […]
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By Anita Keith-Foust NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com With a quick internet search, one can see that dirty politics is no stranger to North Carolina. Pollworkers in Durham reported that the local election took on an unusual degree of shadiness in the Durham County Commissioner and Superior Court Judge races this general […]
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By Chris James NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Almost one year after the VOICE brought you a story about the Bull City Urban Market, the renovations are complete and the indoor market plans to open on Dec. 15. The outdoor market has been open on Saturdays for over a year, and the […]
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By Jorashae Graddick NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Durham seniors can get a nutritional boost through a twice-monthly program at the Holton Career and Resource Center. The Farmer’s Market holds nutritional talks and gives out food and produce. The most recent one was held on Thursday, Nov. 15 and more than 60 […]
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By Katie Godwin NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Artists from near and far are finding the Golden Belt studios to be productive, inspiring places to work Ross Ford, who moved to North Carolina in 2010 so his wife could study neurology at UNC, drives daily from Carrboro to his studio in Northeast […]
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November 26, 2012
By Hayley Paytes UNC Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Evenflo convertible carseats are stacked three boxes high, and rainbow rows of baby clothes line the walls. Baby food is served up on a swivelling rack and Huggies are rubber banded in packs of six. At Welcome Baby, everything is baby – but it’s the “welcome” […]
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By Carol Longoria UNC Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Voices poured out of Walltown Children’s Theater as parents and children rushed into rehearsal. “Let’s go through the party scene,” directed Cynthia Penn, artistic director and founder of the Walltown Children’s Theater. The voices died down as the cast scrambled into place. Since September cast […]
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By Dylan Campfield For the last 37 years, Share Your Christmas has been providing happy holidays for underprivileged families in the Durham area. A joint collaboration between The Volunteer Center of Durham, Durham County Department of Social Services and The Herald-Sun, the program pairs people who wish to help with a family in need over […]
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By Brianna Rolfe UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Locally grown fruits and vegetables, natural soaps and crafts lined the perimeter of The Pavilion at Durham Central Park, Nov. 17. Every Saturday at 501 Foster St. from 8 a.m. until noon, the Durham Farmer’s Market attracts a crowd of people in search of […]
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By Jackson Foster UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE The members of Durham’s Neighborhood Improvement Services are excited, according to Constance Stancil, the director. On Nov. 12 and 13, Stancil and other representatives from the Durham presented a grant proposal to the Bloomberg Foundation in New York City at an “ideas camp”. “We were […]
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November 13, 2012
By Shazeeda Mohamed Teen Staff Writer Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High School the Durham VOICE thedurahmvoice@gmail.com Mohandas Gandhi said, “the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Second Chance Pet Adoptions is one animal shelter paving the way for a greater nation. […]
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By Nishun Stone YO:Durham Intern the Durham Voice thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Love is the heart of the kitchen. For me, becoming a chef is more than a dream. On both sides of my family, my mother and father, there are great cooks. Growing up around food, cooking became more than second nature to me. It became […]
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Gang members’ use of social media sites goes beyond reflecting their identities and gang-related behaviors. It helps create them, Durham gang prevention officials said. Many young gang members actively use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. The effects of social media sites on gang activity are increasing, said Chad Martin, staff member of the resident services […]
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November 7, 2012
By Hayley Paytes UNC Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The oversized sweatshirt is faded grey with wear. The stitching on the front has started to unravel. But as Johnathon, 27, tugs it away from himself, the red script emblazoned on the front stands out just fine: “Dairy Queen,” it reads. “I work there,” Johnathon said. […]
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By Brianna Rolfe UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com People from across the community came to pay homage to their lost relatives at the South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, SEEDS, El Dia de los Muertos celebration, held Nov. 3. SEEDS held the celebration from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the SEEDS […]
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By Dylan Campfield UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Art can take many shapes and forms in many places, but for local artist Eleatta Diver, it found a home in Durham. “I’ve painted all my life really,” Diver says. “But since moving to North Carolina in 2003, I’ve focused my work in a […]
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By Trenton Little NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com As Breast Cancer Awareness month came to a close last week the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club had “Pink Day” on Oct. 30. Kids, mostly girls, were encouraged to wear pink, and become more knowledgeable about the disease. “The Boys & Girls Club […]
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By Christa Watson NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The “One Million Strong” photography exhibit captures unity as seen through seven different marches. The Hayti Heritage Center is home to this exhibit from now through Nov. 30. Katina Parker, filmmaker and photographer started in 1995 with the Million Man March and ended in 2005 […]
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By Julia Brooks NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The Master Plan Steering Team, created by Durham Parks and Recreation, met last week to discuss issues with the way parks are used and information about parks is communicated with the public. The meeting, held on Nov. 1 at 7:00 p.m. at the Holton Career […]
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By Jonathan Alexander NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com It didn’t take long for Walter Sneed, owner of Tater Bread Café, to decide he wanted to run his own restaurant. He was riding through Northeast Central Durham and stopped at what was formerly Jane’s Takeout. He said he asked the people next door who […]
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By Jalen Dixon NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmai.com Nov. 20 marks the launch of Pür Bella, a set of aromatherapy oils that are 100 percent all natural, organic and chemical free. Lashanda DeBerry, a hair stylist of 20 years and Durham native, invented Pür Bella and will be selling at her hair salon […]
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By Monique Lewis NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, respecting and remembering a person’s life. And the place where someone is buried is traditionally a dignified setting. But at Geer Cemetery in North Durham, the reality is a resting place that is in tatters. The entire cemetery […]
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By Chanel Coley NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com What used to stand as Y.E. Smith School on Driver Street in NECD will be the new location of Maureen Joy Charter School beginning in August. The school, currently located on Garrett Road in Durham, has 350 students enrolled and will be able to […]
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