Hillsborough
Politics
City of Durham’s Cemetery Maintenance Policy Raises Questions
When Meg Solera visited Maplewood Cemetery in March 2020, it seemed like a nice resting place for her granddaughter, Wren, who had been stillborn on the 16th of the month. She picked out a plot and, after the burial, went on to visit Wren’s grave weekly. Like other families with loved ones buried at Maplewood—one of two cemeteries owned and operated by the City of Durham—Solera and her husband, José, placed totems on or within a few inches of Wren’s marker: heart-shaped stones in a small bowl; real and artificial flowers; a metal post with a sculpture of her avian namesake.
Major North Carolina city proposing property tax increases
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — As construction booms across Durham, and as the area adds more people, many of those homeowners are poised to pay more in taxes. It’s part of an effort to increase compensation for city and county employees. “So long as those people do get paid by these funds, I guess I’m for […]
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