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Meet your neighbor and sponsor: Sarah Hill

by Annie Ambrose Sarah Hill is a longtime Trinity Park resident, currently at 1011 Dacian Ave (downstairs, unit A), and owner of Hamilton Hill Jewelry , a longtime sponsor of the Trinity Park News. Trinity Park neighbor Sarah Hill of Hamilton Hill

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Earth Day 2023 Outcomes

By Mollie Flowe Many thanks to the volunteers who came out on Earth Day, Saturday April 22, for our neighborhood Clean-Up-Palooza Beautification Extravaganza. Extra special thanks to Julia Borbely-Brown, who organized the multi-pronged event and sponsored the Triangle E-cycling collection and Jerry Reese‘s transport of hazardous materials.  Two truckloads of

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POSTPONED! FREE concert in the Park, originally scheduled for Sunday May 28, is postponed due to rain

Trinity Park neighbor and cellist Marc Moskovitz has delighted neighbors for many years through his Salon Series – performances held in homes throughout the neighborhood. Alas, all good things must come to an end! The Salon Series is now coming

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Remember to Scoop the Poop

Dog owners and dog walkers: please remember to pick up after your pet. Thanks for helping to keep our streets and waterways clean. Dog-loving neighbor Stacie says, “When I’m on a walk, I always try to have plenty of bags with

Posted in Environment, Health and safety, Neighborhood concerns, Stewardship and beautification

The Bullpen: Durham’s New Social District, Effective December 1, 2022

Durham’s downtown social district, aka “the Bullpen,” went into effect on December 1. The Bullpen extends from the corner of W. Main St. and Buchanan Blvd. to Golden Belt. In this district, people can walk with specially marked to-go containers of

Posted in Arts and culture, Local Businesses or Organizations, Neighborhood concerns, Recreation

Leave Your Leaves Again

In November 2022 the TPNA invited the New Hope Audubon Society to our monthly board meeting to tell us about the “Leave Your Leaves” initiative. We learned about the enormous environmental and economic benefits of letting the falling autumn leaves remain in

Posted in Environment, Health and safety

Traffic Update

By Mollie Flowe Thanks to all who answered the call to join the TPNA Traffic Committee. We had our first meeting on November 30, 2022, via Google Meet, to get to know each other a little and share our concerns and ideas.

Posted in Advocacy, Neighborhood concerns, Traffic

Bike Durham: Working for Safe, Affordable, and Sustainable Transportation

By John Tallmadge, Executive Director, Bike Durham The TPNA invites speakers to our monthly board meetings to educate us on topics of interest to the neighborhood. Bike Durham Executive Director, John Tallmadge, joined us at the November 4 TPNA Board

Posted in Advocacy, Community development, Environment, Health and safety, Local Businesses or Organizations, Traffic

Meet Your Neighbor: Peggy Kinney

Interviewed by Jane Brown Name and Family Members:Peggy Kinney. I live with my husband, Anndy Stewart, and our dog, Luna Address: I live on the 1400 block of Dollar Avenue on the north side of the neighborhood Occupation: I am retired but

Posted in Personal interest

Trinity Park Memories with Gil Wheless

By Shelley Dekker Gil Wheless moved to Trinity Park as a boy in 1949 and returned to Durham in 2008 after a long and successful career as a landscape architect in Greenwich, CT. He lives in his childhood home at

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