US/NC/Durham

Earth: United States: North Carolina: Durham

• Near to: Chapel Hill, NC, Oxford, NC, Raleigh, NC
• Part of: The Triangle, NC, Durham County, NC
• Same name: Durham, NH, Durham, England
• Related pages: Category:Durham, NC

Neighborhoods

See also History

• Erwin (Road) Area Neighborhood Group
• [http://www.oldnorthdurham.org/ Old North Durham Neighborhood

Association]

• Old West Durham Neighborhood Association
• [http://www.rtpnet.org/~whhna/ Watts Hospital - Hillandale

Neighborhood Association]

Recent News

• 2005-05-27

[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/27/three_crosses_burned_in_durham/ Boston Herald]: Three crosses burned in Durham

• • Daily KOS
• 2005-05-06

[http://www.newsobserver.com/news/durham/story/2381957p-8760092c.html The News & Observer]: Westboro Baptist Church protests "The Laramie Project"

• • Daily KOS story

and pictures

• • [http://www.godhatesfags.com/featured/epics/20050508_durham-epic.pdf

PDF report] of the event from WBC's POV

• • [http://indyweek.com/durham/2005-05-11/first.html The Independent

Weekly]: Byron Woods interviews Fred Phelps

Reference

• Wikipedia

Categories

Activism

• Seeds: neighborhood-oriented greenspace

initiatives

Agriculture

• Durham Farmers' Market

Banking

• Local
  • Cardinal State Bank
  • Self-Help Credit Union: Durham-based, serves

NC

• Regional
  • Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T)
  • SunTrust: recently acquired CCB (Central

Carolina Bank), replacing the decades-old landmark CCB building sign downtown with their own

Blogs

• PamInDurham on Daily KOS

Books

• Books Do Furnish a Room: used

music (CDs, LPs), books, comics

• Nice Price Books: see [http://triangle.citysearch.com/profile/6199631

CitySearch]: user music (CDs, LPs, 45s, 78s), books, videos, comics

• The Regulator Bookshop: new books

Dining

• Dale's Indian Cuisine: very good

lunch buffet

• Harbor Bay Seafood
• Shrimp Boats: a Durham institution since 1970

Education

• Private Schools
  • CFS
  • Durham Academy
  • Immaculata

(Catholic)

• Public Schools
  • Durham Public Schools
    • Central Park School: a magnet school within the DPS system
  • Maureen Joy Charter School: a charter

school on West Cornwallis Rd.

Events

April

• Durham Earth Day (April 23)

May

• Taste of Durham Festival (May 28)

July

• Trinoc*Con (July 15-17, 2005; annual

event, but dates vary)

Gardening

• Stone Brothers & Byrd: plants, lawn ornaments, tools... an

old-fashioned general store in downtown Durham

Genealogy

• Durham-Orange Genealogical Society

Government

• City of Durham

History

• [http://www.preservationdurham.org/ Historic Preservation Society of

Durham, NC] (includes historic neighborhoods)

Internet

• RDU Online: web hosting

Museums

• Museum of Life and Science

Outdoor Activities

• Tobacco Trail Bicycle Rentals

Religion

• [http://www.immaculate-conception-church.org/ Immaculate Conception

Catholic Church]