Volume 20, Number 15
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
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Friday, August 1, 2014
Government intern spending the summer at Town Hall By Mark Dionne Town Times
Before returning to Washington, D.C. for his sophomore year at American University, Justin Etheridge of Durham is spending the summer as the Government Intern for the town of Durham. Etheridge said he does “anything and everything that is needed of me.” “I work in almost all the departments in the building,” Etheridge said. “I’m an intern for everyone.” See Intern / Page 17
July 25, the house on the end of Tuttle Road damaged in a 2010 fire had been mostly hauled away to Manchester. The removal of the home immediately changed the look of the neighborhood. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Demolition of fire-ravaged house cheered Town Times
The destruction of the house at 322 Tuttle Road in Durham that began with a fire on Jan. 15, 2010 was completed more than four years later. On July 25, workers leveled and removed what was left of the fire-ravaged structure for the new owner. The fire was severe enough to ruin the large home – which had 3,984 square feet of living space – and summon fire departments from
several nearby towns. According to residents, and the original Town Times report, the house was vacant at the time of the fire. The new owner, Nicholas Laudano, purchased the property on Dec. 16, 2013 from Capital One for a price of $119,995, according to public records. Capital One foreclosed on the property on Sept. 25, 2013, taking possession from Alicia Alfano, who owned the home at the time of the fire. Of the structure that had been
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eye-catching for all the wrong reasons on the corner of Tuttle and Parmelee Hill roads, only the foundation remains. Neighbors reacted positively to seeing the construction crews level and remove the house. One neighborhood resident said drivers honked their horns as they drove past the demolition. “Bulldozers were like the sound of music to my ears,” one neighbor said. After the fire, the open areas of See Demolition / Page 18
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Government Intern Justin Etheridge has been helping out in different Town Hall offices, including the Town Clerk’s office. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
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