Issue Fatigue? Too wasted for waste development?

Last week, as WHQR reports (Should NHCo Privatize the Landfill?), New Hanover County residents were surveyed for their feelings about the proposed privatization of the county’s trash management services, in part because of financial strains on the county budget.
The feedback from those polled — and about this important story in general — has been [...]

Wilmingtonians Team Up With 100 Other Small Business Owners to Urge Congress to Pass Health Care Reform

A press release from the North Carolina Main Street Alliance:

Ms. Nequan Peartree Bell, owner of Shoe Diva on Princess Street and Mrs. Kim Hirchak, co-owner of The Black Cat Shoppe and Wilmington Ghost Tours on Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington will travel to Washington, D.C. next week to join 100 other small business owners [...]

Straight to the Top of the Charts: Bass at Last Makes its Wilmington Debut

The following thread appeared yesterday on Craig’s List/Wilmington/Musicians. While the postings there are often snarky, with musical tastes heatedly debated and talent evaluated sight unseen, this one has an alluring sense of humor.
Well, I’ve finally done it. I bought a bass guitar and an amp yesterday, so now I’m a bass player. I haven’t [...]

Is US Air Leaving Wilmington High and Dry?

The Charlotte Observer is reporting that US Airways is shedding 1,000 jobs and will focus nearly all of its flying on its three hubs (Philly, Phoenix and Charlotte) and Washington, DC.
Anyone know what this means for Wilmington?
You can read the story here.

Abandoned Spaces: Surrey Street

Dressed in a fairly conspicuous lumberjack outfit, sporting corduroy pants, a thick flannel shirt, and heavy leather boots, I’m sure I look out of place pacing up and down a deserted urban street plotting the best place to jump a fence and explore a derelict area of the Cape Fear River just for the hell of it.

Front Porch podcasts from the WHQR newsroom

WHQR news director Catherine Welch and Star News reporter Si Cantwell sit down every once in a while to talk about local stories in a less formal but often insightful and much more in-depth way. These podcasts can be difficult to find on the WHQR website, but they’re great listening, so I’m dropping the feed [...]

What’s Up With Local Hamburger Joints Wearing Their Politics/Religious Beliefs/Patriotism on Their Sleeves?

Star News: Online allegations spawn lawsuit by Wilmington mayoral candidate

Wilmington mayoral candidate Paul Knight filed a lawsuit Thursday against an unidentified person who posted negative comments about him on StarNews online forums.
The suit, filed in New Hanover County Superior Court, seeks at least $50,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages for each statement. The defendant is identified in the lawsuit as “John [...]

Paddling Island Creek

I wrote a blog post on the Stop Titan site about the “fishermen’s wing of the Stop Titan movement,” which was inspired by a great banner we saw at Atlantic Seafood in Hampstead, as we were turning onto 210 to get to the put-in for a terrific black water canoe paddle.
Posted some photos online [...]

Wilmington Restaurant Week

From Encore Magazine, this great-looking, week long event starting on October 21st:

Wilmington, NC, August 25, 2009 —encore magazine presents the first annual 2009 Wilmington Restaurant Week, featuring over 25 restaurants that are offering 3- and 4-course prix fixe meals at amazing prices for one week only! The event takes place October 21st-28th, and includes something
for [...]