The news stories below are written by N.C. Central University students in Lisa Paulin's advanced reporting course, and by Campus Echo staff reporters. The stories were first published with stories written by Jock Lauterer's community journalism students at UNC-Chapel Hill.
This week ABC Nightly News began a series on elderly care. Tuesday night's segment, on prescription medicine and the problems seniors run into when they have to take up to 25 medications a day, resembled Naomi Wright's story before she found assistance through Durham's Senior PharmAssist.
Joe's Diner in East Durham is well known for the one pound hot dog. But hot dogs aren't the only thing the diner specializes in. Joe's has a wide variety of foods including breakfasts that are served all day and dinner entrees. Owner Joseph Bushfan serves everything from corn beef hash, fish plates, chicken wings, onion rings, and ham and cheese melts. Bushfan has even started doing a specialty entrée that isn't included on the dinner menu.
The cold overcast days of February can make people long for a trip someplace warm and sunny. Many people may not know that they can take a quick trip to Caribbean Paradise in East Durham to get a taste of the islands.
An extra bill is just what most people do not need these days. With snowballing financial obligations, some people may feel like there is no solution to it all. Just imagine what it is like for a person living with HIV or AIDS, who has no health coverage,but needs to cover the price of medication to combat the illness. The AASC, Alliance of AIDS Services Carolina, a nonprofit organization located in NECD, assists such individuals with occasional rent payments, utilities payments and prescription co-pays.
R. Kelly Bryant bridge opens $2.2 million bridge connects community split by Durham Freeway
A huge crowd gathered on a beautiful, sunny afternoon at the end of Lakeland Avenue last Thursday along with Durham Mayor Bill Bell, NC Board of Transportation member Charles Watts Jr., City Councilman J. Michael Woodard and R. Kelly Bryant Jr, to christen the opening of Durham's "Gateway Bridge," the R. Kelly Bryant, Jr. Pedestrian Bridge. "It's going to bring connectivity to two neighborhoods when there was none when the bridge was closed," said Mayor Bell. The original pedestrian bridge, built in 1973, connected communities that were divided by the paving of the Durham Freeway in 1965.
Habitat for Humanity organization begins building its fifth house in Durham
Women Build is an International Habitat for Humanity program that trains women to make a difference by building homes and communities. It began construction of Durham's fifth Women Build home on Sat., Oct. 2. The organization, founded in 1998 with a mission to "empower women to take action against poverty and housing conditions," has built more than 1,400 homes to date.
Children’s initiative aims to get kids from birth to college
NECD bustles with new renovations, projects and support efforts, all aimed at making the community better for its residents. Durham C.A.N. (Congregations, Associations, and Neighbor-hoods), a community outreach group that fights social, racial and political injustices, first in Durham, then in the state, has been helping NECD for years. Durham C.A.N was founded in 2000 by Gerald Taylor and Ivan Parra, who saw the need for the residents of Durham to have a voice loud enough for people of power and authority to listen.
Science, math, advocacy, reading and technology, or SMART, program draws on Education City and Secon
Keeping hope alive is a goal of many churches in Northeast Central Durham. Orange Grove Missionary Baptist Church on Angier Avenue is counting on making big changes, now that it has received a half million dollar grant for its afterschool ministry. The 21st Century Community Learning Center SMART Program, launched on Oct. 4, will be a far cry from the traditional snack, playtime, and nap routine.
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