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Kale’s Kitchen Express Closes Its Durham Restaurant After 10 Years
Kale’s Kitchen Express has closed its Durham restaurant after more than 10 years in business. Owner Monica McLaurin is not renewing the lease at 2100 Angier Ave. The decision was posted to Instagram on Oct. 21. In a report published Wednesday, The News & Observer said customers can still get meals through occasional pop-ups, catering, meal-prepping and personal-chef appointments, and that McLaurin is moving into content creation.
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This Down-Home Steakhouse In Oxford, North Carolina Serves 20-Ounce Ribeyes With A Huge Salad Bar
Some steakhouses spend their budget on dark wood and fancy lighting. This one in Oxford, North Carolina spends it on the grill instead. Out here in Granville County, a small-town spot has been quietly turning out ribeyes big enough to hang over the edge of the plate, including a hefty 20-ounce cut. Every steak comes with a trip to a salad bar that people talk about almost as much as the beef.
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Over 2,000 people in Durham are homeless. How Duke and others will help house hundreds
Duke University and the philanthropic A.J. Fletcher Foundation are putting $1.65 million into a Durham fund that pays housing costs for people moving out of homelessness, officials announced Thursday. The $1 million from Duke Health and $650,000 from the foundation are the first two major private contributions to Durham’s Strategic Framework to Make Homelessness Rare and Brief. The fund is expected to support about 100 households, or about 210 people, for a year. It pays costs including deposits, application and move-in fees, utilities and a year of rent. City officials estimate the first year costs about $15,500 for a single adult and $17,300 for family of three. Flexible funding is available before a landlord commits to a tenant, allowing partners to clear financial barriers in days rather than months, officials say. “I experienced homelessness as a teenager, early in my life,” said Ian Lee Brown, a health executive at Duke University, at a news conference Thursday. “So, when we talk about the plan, I’m thinking about what it means for a person and for a family to finally have a door of their own.” As of September, over 2,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Durham. Of that number, 1,066 were
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Water main break in Durham neighborhood, near Southpoint Mall
Crews are working to contain a water main break in Durham Saturday morning. A water main break was reported in the 500 block of Chancellor's Ridge Drive, a residential neighborhood near NC-751 and close to Southpoint Mall. WRAL's Breaking News Tracker arrived at the scene and saw water spewing onto...
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Mr. Fries Man Closing Its Only Durham Location After Five Years
Mr. Fries Man's Durham restaurant will shut its doors for good after service on Saturday, Nov. 21, ending a five-year run near Brightleaf Square. The chain announced the closure through an Instagram post that did not explain the reason behind the decision. The restaurant at 1105 W. Main St. is...
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NCCU Receives Historic $1.5 Million Bequest From Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Norman Anderson
DURHAM, NC — North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has received a historic $1.5 million bequest from distinguished alumnus Dr. Norman B. Anderson, marking the largest bequest in the university’s history and creating a lasting legacy of educational opportunity for future generations of psychology students. Anderson, a 1977 NCCU...