Monday, November 29, 2010

Laettner Inducted to Hall of Fame

Former Duke Basketball star Christian Laettner was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Forte-Brown Named to State Board

Durham Board of Education Chairwoman Minnie Forte-Brown was elected to the Board of Directors for the North Carolina School Boards Association.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Seasonal Changes for Northgate Mall

Below is a list of seasonal changes taking place at Northgate Mall.

  • Calendar Club kiosk is opening next week in front of Bath & Body Works and will be offering calendars, date books and other gifts for the Holidays.

  • Classic kiosk is opened in front of Logo Maniacs featuring Holiday gifts including sheets and scarves.

  • Reeds Jewelers kiosk has opened in front of Verizon Wireless specializing in Chamilla beads and buying gold for cash.

  • TROSA is back at Northgate's tree lot located outside of Macy's in parking deck 3 selling live Christmas trees, wreaths and garland.

  • Unlimited Kids is a new store just across from Kay Jewelers selling children's shoes and accessories.

  • Vivid will soon be reopening its store next to Macy's selling women and children's formal wear, party wear and men's formal wear.

  • T- Mobile kiosk is now opened across from Haagen Dazs/Planet Smoothie and Eko Wireless.

  • The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has relocated from The Shops at Northgate to the Mall with an outside entrance next to Khen's Tailor Shop on the Macy's side of the Mall.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Wittig Joins Baldwin

Barbara Wittig joined Baldwin, an advertising agency in Durham as an account supervisor.

New Cafe Opens on Erwin Road

Sandella’s Flatbread Café, a fast-casual franchise specializing in brick-oven baked flatbreads, opened in the Pavilion East at Lakeview shopping center on Erwin Road.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

New Performance Center Opens Near Southpoint Mall

BELLAN Performance Centre, a center for dance, movement, life fitness, performance and art located on Fayetteville Road, is holding a grand opening celebration on Saturday, December 4th and 11th.

Gourmet Market Coming to Hope Valley Square

Bull Street Gourmet & Market is opening in Hope Valley Square at Shannon Road and Old Chapel Hill Road in the coming months.

Monday, November 8, 2010

City of Medicine Academy Principal Earns Award

Elizabeth Shearer of City of Medicine Academy was honored as the Durham Public Schools' Principal of the Year and will now represent the district in the North Carolina Wachovia Principal of the Year competition.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Digitalsmiths Moves to Durham

Digitalsmiths, a video search system used by film studios and websites, is moving from Morrisville to the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham.