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Art for the Masses - November 22nd

CreativeWilmington Presents:

ART FOR THE MASSES
ORIGINAL REGIONAL FINE ART FOR $250 OR LESS

Fear and Loathing in ‘08

I somehow found my way onto New Hanover County’s Republican Party website today, and once there (www.nhcgop.org), I immediately noticed some text (brightly painted in red and yellow) on the left border of the page that reads:
“See suspicious activity at the voting station?  Call (919) 828-6423 ext. 146″
Does a such a question/prompt presuppose that democrats […]

We’re Hungry for CHAANNGE

From the my.barackobama.com people, an awareness event about early voting

Indictment Against Manufacturing?

I have more or less sat on the sideline of the public debate about Titan Cement since its inception – mostly because it has taken me awhile to gather my thoughts but also sadly because I wanted to avoid offending a noble cause with unsolicited commentary. It was a recent post about the question […]

Make an input on the Market Street Corridor Study

Letter from Erol Caglarcan of Cape Fear Cyclists and sirbikesalot.com about a study going on about the Market Street corridor and an opportunity to speak up about how it should be updated:
To all CFC Members:
Tonight there was a public meeting to discuss plans to “integrate
transportation and land use planning in an effort to improve safety
and […]

Stop The Music!

It was shortly after the Tift Merritt show at the newly renovated Greenfield Lake Amphitheater a few weeks ago when driving down Carolina Beach Road my wife, Tanya, spotted a curious announcement displayed upon the LED marquee in front of Legion Stadium which read “Steve Miller, October 26.”

Is Industrial Development good for us?

Bleak reports about the local economy, disguised, journalistically, as a good news / bad news piece. According to the Star News (Good news and bad news this week for local economy, 10/25), though lower gas prices may be helping our pocketbooks, other things are dropping as well, like local businesses that have been around for […]

Coalition calls for “Stop Titan” demonstration

Cross-posting from Stop Titan
Organizers of the grassroots “Stop Titan Cement” effort are calling for a public demonstration on Monday, October 27. That’s the same day Titan America will hold an open workshop at the Northeast Branch of the New Hanover County Public Library. A coalition of six environmental and community groups is asking the public […]

Barack the Vote (Myths and truths about early voting)

Let’s get out there, everyone, and show Obama (or McCain, if you must) your support by voting early.

Environmental report card for Congress

Here’s a fun little something just published by the non-partisan League of Conservation Voters.  For 30 years, the National Environmental Scorecard from LCV has been the nationally accepted yardstick used to rate Members of Congress on conservation and energy issues.
A quick perusal shows that our local representative, Mike McIntyre, checks in with a solid […]