Pompieri Pizza Opens in Former Firehouse

Pompieri Pizza has opened at 102 City Hall Plaza in a building that once held Durham firefighters.

Gregoria's Cuban Steakhouse Reopening Jan 13

A year after a fire closed it, Gregoria's Cuban Steakhouse will reopen January 13 at 2701 Hillsborough Rd.

Square 1 Bank Files to Go Public

Durham-based Square 1 Bank has filed paperwork with the Securities & Exchange Commission to go public.

Akinleye Named NCCU Provost & Vice Chancellor

Johnson O. Akinleye has been named provost and vice chancellor of North Carolina Central University.

New SECU Branch to Open

State Employees’ Credit union is opening a new branch on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard on Wednesday at 4055 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. in the former Golden Corral restaurant location near the South Square.

Merle Norman Plans to Move to South Squar

The Merle Norman cosmetics shop at Northgate Mall has closed to move to a new location in the South Square Shopping Center.

Duke Researcher Receives White House Honor

Sallie Permar, M.D., Ph.D., of Duke University School of Medicine, was one of 102 researchers honored by President Obama with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.