US/NC/Durham/news

Ongoing Issues

See also Issuepedia

• commuter rail
• Homelessness
  • 2006-05-03 Durham unveils plan to end homelessness
  • 2006-03-29 The Family: How three homeless men's lives came together in a plastic encampment just off West Main Street in Durham

Feature Articles

• 2009-06-13 36 Hours in Research Triangle, N.C.: covers Raleigh and Chapel Hill also
• 2006-05-24 Durham: The making of an image
  • Readers write: What I love about Durham
  • Central Park South photo slideshow

Incidents

• 2005-05-27 cross burnings: see Race issues in Durham, NC
• 2005-05-06 anti-gay rally:
  • The News & Observer: Westboro Baptist Church protests "The Laramie Project"
  • Daily KOS story and pictures
  • PDF report of the event from WBC's POV
  • The Independent Weekly: Byron Woods interviews Fred Phelps

Movies

• 2004-02: "Welcome to Durham", the movie
• 1988: Bull Durham: Wikipedia

Notes

The movie adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale was filmed in Durham, or at least parts of it were. I remember hearing that at least one house on Hermitage Court had been turned into a set for the movie, and possibly other locations in the Durham area were used as well. (A friend of mine even worked as an extra.) Does anyone have more information on this? (Also, have any other movies been filmed around here?) --Woozle 09:29, 12 January 2006 (EST)