Morning Notes for Nov. 5: City Hall, Today and this week

Weather alert

• Dense Fog Advisory: Dense Fog Advisory issued November 5 at 6:00AM EST until November 5 at 9:00AM EST by NWS Raleigh NC * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog across portions of the eastern Piedmont, Sandhills and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina. * WHERE…Portions of the eastern Piedmont, Sa (National Weather Service) Weather: Today: Patchy fog then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, 78°F. Tonight: Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms then chance of showers and thunderstorms, 64°F. Friday: Patchy fog, 70°F. Friday Night: Mostly clear, 49°F. (NWS forecast)

City Hall

• Williams Water Treatment Plant and W. Club Boulevard Project Update | November 4, 2026 The W. Club Boulevard Improvement Project will be wrapping up shortly. Note: work at the Williams Water Treatment Plant to clean sedimentation basins begins Thursday, November 5; w (City of Durham)
• Durham Police Department's Public Comment Portal on Accreditation 2026 The Durham Police Department, in compliance with The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), Incorporated standards, has a public comment portal to receiv (City of Durham)

Today and this week

• Durham Chess Club Wed. Nov. 11, 5:45 p.m.; Durham Food Hall; 530 Foster St, Durham; Free (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina)
• Velvet Rewind: R&B Wednesdays at The Velvet Hippo! Wed. Nov. 11, 6 p.m.; The Velvet Hippo; 119 Orange Street, 3rd Floor, Durham; Free (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina)
• Mahjong Night Wed. Nov. 11, 6:30 p.m.; The Glass Jug Downtown; 545 Foster Street, Suite 10, Durham; $10.00 (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina)
• Classic Bingo Night @ DSSOLVR! (Free – Win Drinks & Lottery Tickets!) Wed. Nov. 11, 7 p.m.; DSSOLVR; 630 Rigsbee Ave, Durham; Free (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina)
• Rigged Trivia at the Durham Food Hall Wed. Nov. 11, 7 p.m.; Durham Food Hall; 530 Foster St, Durham; Free (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina)
• Music Bingo Wednesdays at Ponysaurus Brewing Co. Wed. Nov. 11, 7 p.m.; Ponysaurus Brewing Co.; 219 Hood Street, Durham; Free (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina)
• Death Becomes Her Wed. Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.; DPAC Presented by First Horizon; 123 Vivian St / William V. "Bill" Bell Way, Durham (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina)
• Cocktail Classes at Durham Distillery | Punches & Batching – Nov 10 6:30PM Tue. Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m.; Durham Distillery; 711 Washington St., Durham; $75 (Experience Downtown Durham, North Carolina) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Durham’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.