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South Durham’s development map changed again this week.

The latest update to SoDu We Grow, our searchable guide to projects in the southern half of Durham County, includes 30 active rezoning, annexation, and development-plan cases. Thirteen now have a future neighborhood meeting, Planning Commission hearing, or City Council date listed. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-we-grow-two-projects-leave-the-list-as-south-durhams-development-calendar-fills-up/

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Most days, Southpoint Access explores what’s happening around our neighborhoods. This guide takes us considerably farther from home.

Welcome to OtherSpace, the science-fiction universe I created and a place where players help shape the story through their characters’ words, actions, and choices. Like Dispatches Received in Error, it’s part of the creative side of Southpoint Access. Here, you’re invited to join the storytelling yourself. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/welcome-to-otherspace-mush/ #gamedev #roleplaying #scifi #durham

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You’ve made it halfway through the week. Let’s have a little fun.

Welcome to Southpoint Access’ new midweek newsletter, with a local news quiz to test your knowledge, a crossword to give your brain a workout, and a coloring page for whenever you’d rather reach for the crayons. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-we-take-a-break-all-treats-no-tricks/

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Holiday retail work at Southpoint, before- and after-school program positions, and county utilities projects are among the opportunities added to Southpoint Access’s jobs guide this week.

The Oct. 21 update to SoDu We Work includes 133 listings, with 53 additions. Eighty-two listings include dollar pay figures.

Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-we-work-holiday-work-school-programs-and-utilities-jobs/

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Welcome to the Breach Desk. In an alternate-universe Southpoint, a warm coastal town has begun receiving documents from beyond the ordinary world. Notices, letters, ledgers, and warnings arrive with troubling instructions and hints of a larger story.

Horatio Guppman introduces and annotates each dispatch, maintaining the archive under increasing objection. Follow the clues in reading order, starting with Issue 1.

Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/dispatches-received-in-error/

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Every cafeteria record in Southpoint Access’ first collection of Durham school inspection data carries an A grade.

The school-building side of the database presents a more mixed picture. Twenty of the 119 latest available facility records have scores below 90, including two below 80.

Those findings come from the new Southpoint Access Durham School Facility Guide, which brings together 225 records from the North Carolina environmental health inspection database. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/new-southpoint-access-guide-makes-durham-school-inspection-records-easier-to-search/

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The Durham Open Space and Trails Commission is expected to consider a resolution Wednesday that would urge planners to make preservation of Morgan Farm one of the highest priorities in the Durham City-County Open Space Plan.

Steve Cohn, a member of the commission, said the idea is to make sure the property doesn't disappear from conservation planning simply because another development proposal is active. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/morgan-farm-conservation-push-would-offer-a-plan-b-if-development-falls-through/

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Rain reached both of Durham’s drinking-water reservoirs last week, but it wasn’t enough to stop their continued decline.

Lake Michie and Little River Reservoir were at a combined 37% of capacity as of Oct. 18, according to the City of Durham’s latest water supply snapshot. That was down from 39.7% on Oct. 12 and 43% on Oct. 1.

Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/durham-reservoirs-sink-to-37-despite-another-round-of-rain/

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Durham-based M&F Bancorp is standing behind its planned merger with Optus Financial Corp., rejecting a rival proposal from Triad Business Bank and planning to give shareholders more time before a final vote.

The parent company of Mechanics & Farmers Bank announced Monday that its board unanimously concluded Triad’s fourth proposal was not better than the Optus agreement. M&F plans to adjourn its Oct. 20 shareholder meeting until Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. so shareholders can review additional information about the competing offer. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/m-f-board-rejects-rival-bid-plans-another-delay-in-optus-merger-vote/

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Durham County is offering grants of $40,000 to $50,000 to help community organizations support young people, with applications due by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.

The new Youth Services Grant Program has $500,000 available in the county’s 2026-27 budget. The county expects to fund 10 to 12 organizations serving Durham County residents ages 4 to 24.

Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/durham-county-opens-500-000-grant-program-for-youth-services/

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Lidl is recalling one lot of its Gelatelli coffee and vanilla gelato after routine testing detected listeria in a lab sample.

South Durham doesn’t have any Lidl stores, but neighbors who shop at the chain’s Apex or Cary locations should check their freezers. Those stores are at 670 Grand Central Station in Apex and 1105 N. Harrison Ave. in Cary. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/check-your-freezer-lidl-recalls-coffee-and-vanilla-gelato/

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A drugmaker promising 734 jobs in Durham could receive up to $9.3 million in city incentives. City Council members want to know how the deal would help local workers and how it might affect future walking and biking routes.

The proposed agreement with AbbVie is up for a public hearing Monday, Oct. 19. Also on the agenda: repairs at South Durham's wastewater treatment plant, another step toward Cornwallis Road sidewalks and bike lanes, and cleanup planning for five parks with contaminated soil. Read more: https://soduwelikelocal.news/council-to-weigh-9-3-million-abbvie-deal-south-durham-upgrades/ #durhamnc

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