Long-haired Grove Project idea: Inmates shelling shrimp!

I want to do the right thing about local shrimp.

Tricky Hickey: School Board candidate removing signs

Last Saturday I heard some gossip that I can’t get out of my head. Dr. Derrick Hickey, who is running for one of the four open positions on the New Hanover County School Board, was spotted driving a car where his passenger was plucking his opponents’ campaign signs out of the ground and throwing them [...]

Working Toward Ending the Persecution of Falun Dafa in China, Wilmington Family Calls for Freedom in China

My husband, Xiaodong or ‘Nite”, was born and raised in Northeast China. His hometown is Tonghua, a mountain city at the foot of Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province. He graduated University with a Bachelor in Biochemistry and came to the United States in 1996 for further study and to obtain a Doctorate in the United Sates. My husband found himself calling Wilmington home nearly 14 years ago.

Note to Constant Contact regarding Titan’s email practices

“This is an email that I sent to one of your clients, whom I believe put me and a lot of other people on a contact list we do not wish to be on (Bob Odom, Titan America):
Mr. Odom – You do not have my support at all. In fact, I believe that I [...]

WQHR 25 Big Ones Celebration

if you are anything like me, then I know you like to sit around Saturday mornings in your pajamas drinking coffee, eating breakfast yummies and listening to WHQR programs. Well guess what? We can all get together on Saturday, September 12th from 10:00am- 2:00pm and do just that!

I Love You Russell I Am Sorry

(Holly Tree and College Rd.)

I love you
Russell
I am sorry
Please
come home
Russell
Russell
Please
come
home

Three Chicks From Whiteville

Poppy, Posey and Petunia in their makeshift home the day we brought them back from Gurganis Mill Co. in Whiteville, North Carolina. Our neighbors, the Murrays, who have three cows and two donkeys suggested we make the trip out to the mill because the biddies there are guaranteed good layers.

Halyburton Park: Sanctuary in the City

It is hard to overestimate the charm of this pretty pine-forested preserve which, by-the-way, happens to be right in the middle of the city. The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program (NCNHP), along with Andy Wood, the Education Director of Audubon North Carolina, were able to convince Wilmington city-officials that the land purchased in 1991 was worth more to our community as a nature preserve than as the proposed athletic field complex. Halyburton Park was officially opened to the public in October 2004.

Flytraps Poached! Emergency Venus Flytrap Planting!

NC Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) caught some poachers yesterday. 900 Venus Flytrap plants were recovered from the Boiling Springs Lakes area and need to be re-planted immediately. If you can help plant on Sunday, February 8th or Monday, February 9th please contact:
Sara J. Over
Conservation Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy.
sover@tnc.org
(910) 395-5000 (Phone)
Thank you for your help– [...]

Wal-Mart Really Is Evil

Having recently watched the film “WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price” by Robert Greenwald, I’ve been in a state of despair for days.