In the fall of 2005, I harvested acorns from the great oaks at the Fort Fisher recreation center in what I hoped would be the beginning of a worthwhile horticultural experiment, to bring a lush maritime forest to our back yard.
Since moving to Greenfield Lake, we have longed for a good neighborhood bar. Let’s face it, there are a lot of bars in and around Wilmington. Since downtown is less than 4 miles away from my front door, any of the bars in downtown could theoretically be a contender.
In a world where happiness and leisure coalesce, independent publisher Ranald Totten has taken up the constitutional torch and provided Wilmington with an awesome new website from which to stage our perpetual pursuit of happiness. Whats On Wilmington makes its public debut on January 4th 2010 to an audience of eager Wilmingtonians promising what other regional entertainment publications have failed to achieve; a comprehensive events calendar updated daily in an easy-to-follow format. This much-needed infrastructure will redefine the way locals and visitors plan their spare time whether it includes film, theater, sports, performing arts, music or literature. A veteran journalist, Totten brings unique industry perspective to this new and fresh format of information delivery. Colorful buttons facilitate navigation through the myriad of event categories in a thoughtful and intuitive graphic interface. Whats On Wilmington has been a long time coming but the wait is over. Log on to http://www.whatsonwilmington.com and let your games begin!
I was unfortunate enough to receive this apparently aged recitation by way of a builder friend of mine. I try to avoid commenting on such matters, but I thought this one was particularly worthy of notation. A link to the cbs version of the original is include…if you dare. Otherwise [...]
Rising unemployment drains state trust funds, forcing them to borrow from Washington to continue paying claims.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/07/news/economy/unemployment_insurance/index.htm
On Halloween night, Obama supporters young and old donned masks of the popular candidates face imploring residents of Wilmington to take advantage of the last day of early voting before the November 4 general election.
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 [...]
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.”
I did not see this interview personally but I am appalled at her suggestion that Russia is a target of the American war machine. Unbelievable!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/2823573/Sarah-Palin-interview-pundits-give-mixed-reviews.html
To an impressionable young man, there is something remarkably fantastic about visiting a barbershop for the first time.
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