Posts Tagged ‘local miscellany’
N.C. Senate Primary
Someone help me out. June 22 is an important date in North Carolina politics for registered Democrats We have to choose a candidate in a primary runoff between Cal Cunningham and Elaine Marshall. I voted for the third-place finisher Ken Lewis. Ken Lewis has endorsed Elaine [Read More]
Why I Like Where I Live #12: Employment
I stumbled upon Google’s Public Data area. Pretty neat stuff. And it’s really neat to see how Durham County compares to the rest of the state in unemployment data, particularly during this recession. And it’s extra-neat to see how Durham County, after [Read More]
Dialysis Around Durham
A couple of people recently sent me lists of places to dialyze around Durham. I’ve found Medicare.gov has a handy search tool for locating dialysis centers. Here’s a search of dialysis centers within 25 miles of my zip code 27701 Sharing for the benefit of the [Read More]
North Carolina: Purple State
This afternoon, I dumped a few items at the Whole Foods on Broad Street for the “first-Saturday-of-the-month recycle anything” day. (This was the last one of these, I was told). Lots of broken-down items and materials were dumped in the bins and trailers. Later, [Read More]
