Alley Twenty Six to Open in Downtown Durham

Alley Twenty Six, a new bar opened by longtime Crook's Corner manager Shannon Healy, is slated to open at 320 E. Chapel Hill St in downtown Durham next month.

Hillandale Reopens After Renovations

Hillandale Golf Course has reopened to the public after undergoing a $500,000 renovation over two months. The 100-year-old course, the oldest in the Triangle area, hosts 40,000 rounds annually.

The Pit to Open in Durham's Central Park District

A second location of the Raleigh restaurant The Pit is slated to open next year in a portion of a building at 321 W. Geer St in Durham's Central Park District. The restaurant which serves whole-hog, pit-cooked pork barbecue as well as turkey barbecue and barbecued tofu is expected to seat about 250 people and to employ about 150 people.

Editor-in-Chief named for 2011-2012 Law Review Board

Hathaway Pendergrass was named editor-in-chief of the 2011-2012 Law Review Board at N.C. Central University's School of Law.

West Elm to Open at Streets at Southpoint

Upscale home furniture store West Elm will open at The Streets at Southpoint on August 23. A portion of the store's opening sales will be donated to Durham non-profit, SEEDS.

Co-Founder of PORCH-Durham Honored by Godiva Chocolatier

Jenette Meldrum, co-founder of PORCH-Durham, was selected as one of three Summer Local Lady GODIVA Honorees by GODIVA Chocolatier as part of the 2012 Local Lady GODIVA Program, an initiative celebrating inspirational women around the world who embody the attributes of Lady Godiva through selflessness, generosity, leadership and the spirit of giving-back to their community.

Charles Becton Named Interim Chancellor of NCCU

Charles Becton has been named the interim Chancellor of N.C. Central University.