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Teacher isn't playing when he says chess could be big here

As a full-time chess coach and teacher in the Triangle, Craig Jones brings a football coach's enthusiasm, rhetoric and size to the game that bit him in the 11th grade. Published: Jan. 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Full story

Museum shows students' artistic strokes

"Durham's Finest," featuring the work of students in the Durham Public Schools, displays the development of the artistic process from kindergarten through 12th grade. Published: Jan. 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Full story

County cuts budget, groups pinch pennies

Organizations depending on county for supplemental funding are squeezed even tighter as recession hits. Published: Jan. 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Full story

Crimes put Hope Valley Farms residents on edge

Safety concerns in Hope Valley Farms have increased since two recent armed robberies, and for the second time in the past month, city leaders will meet with residents upset about crime. Published: Jan. 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Full story

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Watch history in the making at luncheon

More than 100 people from Raleigh, Durham and as far as Jacksonville, N.C., will be watching Barack Obama's inauguration at the Four Points by Sheraton in Durham on Jan. 20. Published: Jan. 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Full story
New exhibit at NCCU museum
Boys choir to hold auditions
Come show off your car
MLK Day event will be held on Jan. 31

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Omissions in Durham's climate change plan

Last September, the City Council and county commissioners voted to reduce Durham's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent from the 2005 amount by 2030, joining Cities for Climate Protection. Published: Jan. 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Full story
Coalitions put citizens in power
Get with the times, let hens in
It could be worse ... a lot worse
Wrongheaded food tax wasn't Durham's only option
Columnists: Flo Johnston | Barry Saunders | Jim Wise

Political Cartoons: Dennis Draughon

What's on the menu

School meals menus for this week. Published: Jan. 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Full story
Teacher isn't playing when he says chess could be big here
Museum shows students' artistic strokes
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Watch history in the making at luncheon
More than 100 people from Raleigh, Durham and as far as Jacksonville, N.C., will be watching Barack Obama's inauguration at the Four Points by Sheraton in Durham on Jan. 20. | Full story
New exhibit at NCCU museum
The N.C. Central University Art Museum presents "Durham's Finest," an annual exhibition of outstanding student artwork from all traditional schools in the Durham Public Schools system. | Full story
Boys choir to hold auditions
The North Carolina Boys Choir, located in Durham & rehearsing at Durham Academy Lower School is currently holding auditions for boys aged 8-12 by appointment only. | Full story
Come show off your car
The Triangle Thunder Cruisers Car Club is having its Stew and Shine Car and Truck Show on Jan. 24 from noon till 5 p.m. in the Old K-Mart parking lot on Foushee Street off Avondale Drive. | Full story
MLK Day event will be held on Jan. 31
Due to overwhelming requests to reschedule, the 7th Annual Durham Martin Luther King Jr. Parade will be held on Saturday, Jan. 31, at noon. The parade, a multicultural, family-oriented event, will begin at the Heritage Square Shopping Center. | Full story

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