Durham Council Gives Pink Slip to the Company It Selected to Redevelop the Old Police Headquarters
The old police headquarters in Durham
The Durham City Council faced criticism two years ago when it unanimously awarded the sale and redevelopment of the old police headquarters to the Fallon Company.
The Boston-based commercial real estate firm had offered millions less than what another out-of-state developer, Akridge, in partnership with New South Ventures, a local Black-owned firm, had offered. Fallon won the bid, however, in part because of its national recognition and its own partnership with WinnCompanies, the nationâs largest developer of affordable housing.
Backup singer for Mary J. Blige and Al B. Sure! is hit in the neck by stray bullet while watching TV in her North Carolina apartment
A singer for R & B artists like Mary J. Blige and Al B. Sure! was struck by a stray bullet in a shootout on April 26 outside her Durham, North Carolina apartment
The artist, who family are only referring to as Grace to protect her anonymity, was hit as she watched TV in her bedroom
The bullet shattered her right shoulder blade and lodged itself in her trachea
She faces six months in rehab to regain function of her right arm
DURHAM, N.C. The number of open positions for sworn officers in the Durham Police Department has hit a five-year high, forcing officers to work overtime to fill in the gaps. The unfilled vacancies have city officials and residents concerned, WRAL reported.Police Chief C.J. Davis told the Durha