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 [...]
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david on September 30, 2009 | Posted in
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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 [...]
Brunswick Catch is a program that helps our fisherman, seafood dealers, and restaurants promote local fishing and locally harvested seafood.
I’m sure this is just Business As Usual, but at least two things occur to me about this news: The first is that Wilmington ought to feel (of course!) completely manipulated by this kind of extortionary talk from the studios. It’s so common we don’t even blink at how pushy these statements are: If you [...]
The Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization needs help in assessing the area’s transportation needs for the next 25 years. Fill out the survey for Cape Fear Commutes 2035 at this website: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mE32fllqcOiXlig708qJhQ_3d_3d
Hey, maybe we can make our voice heard to get more bicycle paths, more car-free zones, and more walker-friendly areas. How about a tram to [...]
Press release from Castle Branch, a company about to do a ribbon cutting with Mayor Saffo on 130 new jobs in the area:
Wilmington, NC, April 9, 2009 – Castle Branch Inc., a nationwide employment
screening firm, is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new
Wilmington-based national headquarters April 15th at 5:30 PM. The new
building is located [...]
Forwarded by a colleague who works on economic development in the area:
Wilmington is 13th on a list of best metro areas for business and careers in the nation! Raleigh is first, Durham third, Charlotte, Winston-Salem…North Carolina dominates the rankings of best business cities, as the article mentions. And Wilmington kills as — in the Grove [...]
“Information technology is like a coral reef…”
Recently, Titan cement has ramped up its efforts to squelch debate and tar opponents with some expensive new marketing and technology. If you look carefully, you can see that they’ve entertained the services of local PR and IT firms like Talk, Inc., like Blu Zeus Interactive. Collectively, they build good-looking, disingenuous websites about “new jobs for Wilmington”, try to brand the giant, old-school polluter as an environmental steward and friend of Wilmington, use lots of earth tones and hipster fonts in their newsletters.
Their owners misuse and embezzle money, then abscond; employees report terrible work conditions and management pressures; management reports similar pressure from upper management (and so on); they’ve apparently either licensed their name or franchised themselves to create some 350 new PCJs in Asia (?!); local competitors, such as the now-closed Folks Cafe, describe arrogant, Walmart-like [...]
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editor on February 25, 2009 | Posted in
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The redo of the Creative Wilmington — precipitated by rancorous struggle of CW founders / partners?? — looks great. Site calendars and calendar engines and widgets are so seldom useful or appealing.
This one is both:
Events for Friday, February 6th
