Time Warner will move local call center, taking more than 100 jobs with it

From the Star News:

A Time Warner Cable call center in Wilmington that employs 120 to 130 people is closing next year.
The center at 3809 Shipyard Blvd. will close in December 2011, said Andi Curtis, public affairs manager for Time Warner Cable’s coastal and Fayetteville operations. Sales, technical and billing calls for this area will then [...]

NCDOT, NCSU Harvest Canola Plants from Highway Rights of Way

Two weeks ago, NCDOT harvested these flowers – actually canola plants – with the aim of turning them into fuel for diesel engines. The plants are part of a pilot program with N.C. State University to research the feasibility of growing biofuel crops on highway rights of way

Wilmington resident’s response to Caster’s runoff defeat

From a response to a WHQR news piece about County Commissioner incumbent Bill Caster’s defeat in a runoff election yesterday with anti-Titan candidate Brian Berger:

Your report said: Bill Caster says he thinks the wave against incumbents helped end what will be 18 years on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners once he steps [...]

Long-haired Grove Project idea: Inmates shelling shrimp!

I want to do the right thing about local shrimp.