From Old Books on Front Street downtown, by way of a friend:
Do you own a hand truck? Little red wagon?
Location:22 n front to 221 n front
Time:8:05AM Saturday, February 27th
Do you own a hand truck? Little red wagon? Do you have 20 minutes on Saturday to help your favorite neighborhood bookstore?
Moving day is fast approaching! [...]
From the Where’s My Midwife folks, a great fundraising event this coming Saturday February 20th
Mardi Gras Masquerade and Silent Auction
Local midwifery advocates seeking community support and a raging good party this Saturday, Feb. 20th at the Mardi Gras Masquerade and Silent Auction! No admission fee required. Complete with Jambalaya (and other culinary treats), [...]
Expectant mothers who have dizzied themselves chasing the tail of midwifery nomenclature trying to get to the bottom of what all those acronyms really mean would be relieved to meet Olivia Marshburn, the newest midwife in town, who introduces herself on her business card as, simply, a midwife.
Local business leader and entrepreneur Tom Looney on this region’s worrying association with Detroit:
Detroit and the Carolinas: Economically Hard Hit Areas.
During White House talks this week on the deep economic problems being faced by millions of Americans, the Carolinas and Detroit were singled out as being particularly “hard hit areas.” To be lumped with Detroit [...]
It’s been nearly two years since our county commissioners offered Titan Cement 4.2 million of our tax dollars to build the fourth largest cement plant in the U.S. on the banks of the Cape Fear River. Since then, as the protest at the New Hanover County Courthouse this week showed, public opposition to this heavy [...]
A post on stoptitan.org makes Huffington Post! Things are heating up here in River City:
Yuna Shin: Can Grass Roots Organizations Take On a Corporate Giant?.
I love cupcakes. Brownies are my favorite, but cupcakes are a close second. For a long time, to get a cupcake in Wilmington you had to head to one of the chain grocery stores or know someone with a killer recipe, and even then you were limited to the ordinary flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and the occasional variation on the theme.
There is a lot of talk in Wilmington about shopping locally. This is great, and when given the chance I always try to support local businesses. I do this because I understand that spending money locally will keep that money circulating locally longer, not to mention the fact that locally-owned service providers are usually well above par compared to larger chain stores. However, I am shocked at the extreme stances some Wilmingtonians are taking regarding the support of national and regional chain stores calling downtown Wilmington home.
Exploring Creative Writing is a four-week class designed to equip writers with the tools and community they need to grow as artists.
Exploring Creative Writing.
We are excited to announce that we’ve found a space in the Brooklyn Arts District of Wilmington, NC to hold what we hope will be the first of many Creative Writing Workshops.
Looks [...]
If you’ve been following the Star News and Wilmington Business journal reporting on the local midwife/birth activist group Where’s My Midwife, then you know that yet another small group of thoughtful people have proved Margaret Meade’s touted theory. In only four months “Where’s My Midwife?” has succeeded in convincing the initially resistant, even adamant administrators at New Hanover County Regional Medical Center to change their policy requiring a supervisory obstetrician to be in the hospital during midwife-attended births. New Hanover County Regional Medical Center was the only hospital in the state operating under such an outdated, restrictive policy.
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