While India Mahal is okay, Wilmington’s always had a dearth of really good Indian food. So I’m glad to see a new restaurant moving into the space that was Big D’s burger biker bar on South College across from Hugh MacRae Park. It’s called Tandoori Bites: Fine Indian Cuisine, and I hope it lives up [...]
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 [...]
A special public affairs program about an issue we’ve raised here before (to little avail) is being held Thursday night at 6:30 PM on WHQR:
New Hanover County Commissioners are looking at possibly turning the county landfill and waste-to-energy facility over to private industry. So far, there has been no place for public input, and little [...]
“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 [...]
We all get junk mail, but I actually enjoy going through mine from time to time. This one came in one of those coupon booklets and really caught my eye.
It’s an interesting concept — tobacco-free smoking that is legal in bars and restaurants, even after the ban begins Jan. 2. My biggest question about [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
WHQR’s news feed is already here, but this seems especially important.
From Catherine Welch, Morning Edition host, and WHQR 91.3 fm
Starting October 1, plastic bottles will be banned from the landfill.
The goal of the state-wide ban is to double the annual amount of plastic bottles recycled to 2 million tons by 2012.
The new law also [...]
With more folks than usual looking for work these days, many ignore the lame want ads in The Star-News and instead go right to places like Craig’s List. Unfortunately, so many ads on CL pay pauper’s wages, lead nowhere, or are downright scams.
I do know one person who was hired by a local company [...]
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