It's a slow day week month for local news. Here's what you've got going on:
Bushfan to Run for Superior Court: Durham District Court Judge Elaine Bushfan has announced her intention to run for the seat of Judge Ronald Stephens, who's planning to retire. (Herald-Sun)
Bizarro Night for West Village Vote: We'll need to go back and look at the TV replays on this one, but a vote for the $5 million repaving, sidewalk and utility undergrounding project on W. Main St. at West Village actually failed last night procedurally -- despite the work being almost done and the money almost spent. Two "no" votes, at least one of which sounds from Jim Wise's report to have been meant to make a statement, picked up a third when Mayor pro tem Cora Cole-McFadden couldn't get reassurance that a promise to create a space for youth inside West Village had come to fruition. Ruh-roh. The item will come back up next month. (N&O)
Lenox at Patterson Place Sells: Apartment dwellers at the Lenox at Patterson Place will find themselves under new landlordship, after the Equity Residential REIT sold the 292-unit, ten year old complex for about $20 million, roughly a tenth less than Equity bought it for almost four years back. (N&O)
Three Shootings Grab Attention: After a quiet year for violent crime, three shootings since the weekend -- two of them fatal -- are garnering headlines. (N&O)
Durham Rescue Mission Needs Toys: Ernie & Gail Mills' ministry to the poor and homeless is 1,000 toys short of its goal for collections to brighten the holiday of some children in the Bull City. Donations can be made at their centers at Cornwallis and NC 55 or their new location on US 70 near Brier Creek. (Herald-Sun)
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