Duke Employee Commits to Commute By Bike

Steve Hinkle, a chaplain with Duke Chapel's InterVarsity graduate and faculty ministries, was named New Belgium Brewing Company's Tour de Fat car-bike swap winner. Hinkle made a "gentleman's agreement" to switch to all-bike commuting and otherwise not drive until July 2012.

Durham Tech Fire Academy Receives Donated Fire Engine

Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department has donated one of their reserve fire engines to the The Fire Academy, Durham Tech's 30-year-old firefighter training and certification program.

Duke University Names New Additions to Board of Trustees

Duke University has announced the addition of six new members to its Board of Trustees: Allyson Duncan, a judge on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals; Gerald Hassell, president of BNY Mellon; Bill Hawkins, former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic Inc.; Betsy Holden, senior adviser to McKinsey & Co.; the Rev. Ashley Crowder Stanley, executive director of the Transition Into Ministry program; and Robert Penn, president of three privately held independent oil and gas production companies

Triangle Raw Foodists Emerges from the Durham Cookery

Matthew Daniels and Jane Howard Crutchfield have launched Triangle Raw Foodists, a web-based delivery service with food truck aspiration, from The Cookery.

Nanataco to Open in Rockwood District

Scott Howell of Nana's has announced plans to open Nanataco, a Mexican restaurant venture, in the Rockwood District location later this month.

NC Council of Community Programs Honors The Durham Center's Director

Ellen S. Holliman and Earl Phillips of The Durham Center Managing Behavioral Health and Disability Services were honored by the NC Council of Community Programs. Holliman, area director for The Durham Center, received the 2011 Allan D. Spader Award. Phillips, The Durham Center's board chair since 2009, received the 2011 Area Board Leadership Award.

The Durham Striders Win Big at Youth National Championships

The Durham Strider Track Club took 56 athletes to compete against more than 2,000 athletes from across the country at the USATF Youth National Championships June 29-July 3 in Myrtle beach, S.C. The Striders took home 112 medals, won 13 national championships, set four national records and had 52 of 56 athletes finish in the top eight in the country, making them All-Americans.