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Trick or Treat? This spooky season, we’re thinking about things that vanish. Pumpkins rot. Candy bowls empty. And too often, local news outlets disappear. soduwelikelocal.news/trick-or-tre...

Help! AI Pinocchio's Stuck in a NIN Video!

Help! AI Pinocchio's Stuck in a NIN Video! Writes Jeff Stanford: "If all you want from a movie is savage tunes and blinking lights, then Tron: Ares is super lit." Read Nerdspresso: soduwelikelocal.news/nerdspresso-... #movies #tronares #disney

Get caught up on headlines from the past week in our SoDu Week in Review: soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-week-in... #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

What’s neighborhood news worth to you? Consider donating, subscribing, or becoming a sponsor with Southpoint Access! soduwelikelocal.news/support-sout... #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

DID YOU KNOW? No matter where you live, you can play the free crosswords offered by Southpoint Access! soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-we-like... #crossword #games

Our latest SoDu Parenting Pickle: Home lunch vs. cafeteria! soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-parenti... #durhamnc #schools #parenting

[SoDu Fuel Tracker] Sept. 3, 2025 South Durham drivers can find regular gas as low as $2.73 per gallon at the stations monitored by Southpoint Access.

Find the best gas prices among the stations monitored by Southpoint Access!

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What’s on the radar in South Durham? Check out September’s report in Southpoint Access! soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-rezonin... #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

We’ve shifted our news production focus entirely to the newsletter platform now that Ghost seems to have optimized its search functionality. Sign up today! soduwelikelocal.news/a-big-shift-... #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

Parenting Pickle of the Week: Carpool pickup line pee etiquette! soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-parenti... #durhamnc #parenting

On Tuesday, I’m off for the @lionpubs.bsky.social summit in St. Louis! Looking forward to representing South Durham and @southpointaccess.bsky.social! #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

Durham Public Schools has more than 100 teaching positions unfilled during the first week of traditional calendar school. More about the agenda for Thursday’s regular meeting in our newsletter! soduwelikelocal.news/sodu-we-watc... #durhamnc #schools

[SoDu Parenting Pickles] Snoop Your Teen's Smartphone? - Southpoint Access Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Disclaimer: SoDu Parenting Pickles posts are written by a fellow parent,

In our first SoDu Parenting Pickle: Is it ok to snoop on your child’s smartphone? southpointaccess.news/2025/08/20/s... #durhamnc #technology #safety

[SoDu Shopping Basket] Comparing South Durham Grocery Prices - Aug. 21, 2025 - Southpoint Access Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! In the SoDu Shopping Basket, we take a look at grocery prices at some of

Find the best grocery deals in South Durham with our weekly SoDu Shopping Basket! southpointaccess.news/2025/08/21/s... #durhamnc

[VIDEO] Southpoint Access Office Hours - Aug. 21, 2025 - Southpoint Access Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Wes Platt – South Durham’s neighborhood news guy – streams office

In today’s Southpoint Access Office Hours, meet Dr. Jennifer Stone of Stone Circle Speech Therapy in Durham: southpointaccess.news/2025/08/21/v... #durhamnc

A Freeway Reimagined: Durham to Weigh Bold Visions for NC 147 - Southpoint Access When the Durham Freeway (NC Highway 147) was constructed through the heart of the city in the 1970s, it came at a steep cost: vibrant, predominantly B

During Thursday’s City Council work session, officials are expected to discuss three visions for the future of Durham Freeway: southpointaccess.news/2025/08/19/a... #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

Durham Sees 19.5% Drop in Violent Crime in Q2 2025 - Southpoint Access The Durham Police Department’s latest quarterly report shows encouraging progress on violent crime, even as property crimes remain a persistent chal

Durham Police Department report: violent crime down in Q2, but juvenile crime on upswing southpointaccess.news/2025/08/19/d... #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

[VIDEO] Southpoint Access Office Hours - Aug. 19, 2025 - Southpoint Access Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Wes Platt – South Durham’s neighborhood news guy – streams office

In the Aug. 19 Office Hours livestream, neighborhood news guy Wes Platt talked with Durham author Russell W. Johnson about his Mountaineer Mystery series:

southpointaccess.news/2025/08/19/v... #durhamnc #writing #storytelling

Fundraising Dinner Planned to Support Parktown Food Hub - Southpoint Access Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Break bread for a good cause on Aug. 23 at a special fundraising dinner t

Get your tickets to the fundraising dinner to support Parktown Food Hub: southpointaccess.news/2025/08/13/f... #durhamc #localnewsmatters

Durham School Administration Addressing Troubling Audit Findings - Southpoint Access Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! An independent audit of Durham Public Schools’ finances during the cont

What’s got you concerned about the findings of an independent auditor looking into Durham school district finances from 2023-24? southpointaccess.news/2025/08/13/d... #durhamnc #localnewsmatters

[LETTER TO THE EDITOR] For Yanni, for Science, for Hope: Marking Malan Syndrome Awareness Day - Southpoint Access Every Aug. 19, families like ours join with doctors, researchers, and advocates around the world for Malan Syndrome Awareness Day. It’s a day t

What do you know about Malan Syndrome?

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[VIDEO] Nerdspresso Phase II Episode 14: It's Nerding Time - Southpoint Access Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Join Jeff Stanford, the nerd behind Nerdspresso, and South Durham’

Catch episode 14 of Nerdspresso Phase 22: It’s Nerding Time! southpointaccess.news/2025/08/11/v... #marvel #movies #fantasticfour

there have been zero mass shootings in Washington, D.C. in the past 12 years. In Tampa, where Benny lives, there has been at least one mass shooting every year since 2022.

[VIDEO] Southpoint Access Office Hours - Aug. 7, 2025 - Southpoint Access Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Wes Platt – South Durham’s neighborhood news guy – streams office

Did you catch the Office Hours interview with Durham City Council candidate Ashley Robbins? southpointaccess.news/2025/08/08/v...

[VIDEO] Southpoint Access Office Hours - Aug. 7, 2025 - Southpoint Access Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Wes Platt – South Durham’s neighborhood news guy – streams office

Did you catch the Office Hours interview with Durham City Council candidate Ashley Robbins? southpointaccess.news/2025/08/08/v...

[VIDEO] Nerdspresso Phase II Episode 14: It's Nerding Time - Southpoint Access Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Join Jeff Stanford, the nerd behind Nerdspresso, and South Durham’

Catch episode 14 of Nerdspresso Phase 22: It’s Nerding Time! southpointaccess.news/2025/08/11/v... #marvel #movies #fantasticfour

[LETTER TO THE EDITOR] For Yanni, for Science, for Hope: Marking Malan Syndrome Awareness Day - Southpoint Access Every Aug. 19, families like ours join with doctors, researchers, and advocates around the world for Malan Syndrome Awareness Day. It’s a day t

What do you know about Malan Syndrome?

southpointaccess.news/2025/08/11/l...

South Durham Weekly Crime Update – Aug. 6, 2025 - Southpoint Access Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Motor vehicle crimes remained a major focus in South Durham last week, w

Get the latest neighborhood crime update for South Durham: southpointaccess.news/2025/08/06/s... #durhamnc

From @beaconmedianc.bsky.social: "I wish that vague memories of the early ’90s AIDS crisis were the only things that scare me about HIV." - Martin Henson

Today’s the final day of my revenue-sharing effort with Parktown Food Hub in South Durham! Tomorrow, I’ll send them 20% of revenue from subscribers, advertisers, and other contributors. Supoort neighborhood news and fight food insecurity in our back yard! soduwelikelocal.news #durhamnc