Cool crew quietly cleans mountains of junk from Masonboro

Cliff Cash, who owns Green Coast Recycling and participates with me in the Stop Titan project, is such a mensch! Dude went with his buddy Captain Jack, who runs one of those party pontoons you see around here in the summer, and cleaned 1400 pounds of trash off the party side of Masonboro Island the […]

Biking locally

Shoot! I missed Wilmington’s Critical Mass again. It was last Friday, and happens on the last Friday of every month, though according to a post on local bike site sirbikesalot.com, it may be losing some of its steam.

State Officials Recall Jalapenos and Avocados for Salmonella

RALEIGH – Results of ongoing disease and food investigations conducted by state public health and state agriculture officials have triggered a recall of jalapeno peppers and avocados distributed in North Carolina. Two samples from a food distributor tested positive for salmonella.
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) has asked a […]

Environmental organizations will sue Duke Energy Carolinas today

From the Southern Environmental Law Center:
Chapel Hill – Environmental organizations will sue Duke Energy Carolinas today over Duke’s construction of a new coal-fired power plant at the Cliffside Steam Station that was not designed to meet legal limits on its emissions of hazardous air pollutants, such as mercury, arsenic and dioxins. The lawsuit will […]

New neighbors: Ospreys

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Rumor: Trader Joe’s is looking at Autumn Hall

A woman who saw our Trader Joe’s bag said she’s received an email petition about letting Trader Joe’s know that we do in fact want them here. Apparently — the petition doesn’t mean this is true, of course, and others who’ve received the email can’t confirm either — specialty grocery store Trader Joe’s is looking […]

Cats of local Marine wounded in Iraq need new homes

Forwarded. Comment here or contact cwelch@whqr.org if you’re interested or know anyone who might be.

Hey All –
I’m trying to help out a friend with a cat situation and thought maybe one
of you could help or might know somebody who could.
My friend Rosie’s husband Eric, a Marine, was wounded last week in Iraq.
He’s at Bethesda now […]