By Caroline Bowyer
April 11, 2018
Husband and wife team Toriano and Serena Fredericks travel around the Durham area serving a unique combination. Their food truck, Boricua Soul, offers Puerto Rican-influenced soul food. Toriano Fredericks’ inspiration to start a food truck came from being at sea. “I spent years on ships,” he said. “I worked as a merchant mariner going to […]
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March 28, 2018
Not only are trees visually appealing, they are important for quality of life. That’s why Keep Durham Beautiful decided to plant 1,000 trees across Durham. An affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, the organization has been around since 2004, holding strong partnerships with the City of Durham and Durham County. Tania Dautlick has been the executive […]
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February 28, 2018
We all know the Hayti Heritage Center as a cultural arts center, but it didn’t start off as one. It opened as a church built in 1868 by Edian Markham, a former slave. What began as four posts anchored to the ground with boards and branches for a roof eventually became a log church. More […]
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February 14, 2018
Artist Willie Bigelow considers himself a Durham native, even though he hasn’t lived here his whole life. Born in Greensboro, Bigelow moved to Durham at age 8 so his father could be the pastor at Greater Saint Paul Baptist Church. Bigelow, now 70, has dabbled in the arts since he was a child. “My uncle […]
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February 1, 2018
El Centro Hispano, en coordinación con la organización El Pueblo en Raleigh, se manifestó en las afueras de la oficina del senador Thom Tillis en Raleigh el martes 23 de enero. Ambas organizaciones sin fines de lucro se juntaron para protestar a favor de una ley limpia que reemplazará al Dream Act. De acuerdo a […]
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January 31, 2018
El Centro Hispano, in coordination with El Pueblo in Raleigh, North Carolina, held a rally outside of Sen. Thom Tillis’ Raleigh office on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The nonprofit organizations gathered in support of a clean DREAM Act. According to its website, El Centro Hispano is a nonprofit organization located in Durham, North Carolina, that “works […]
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