Detroit and the Carolinas: Economically Hard Hit Areas

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 [...]

Op-Ed: Rescind Titan’s Incentives

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 [...]

Yuna Shin: Can Grass Roots Organizations Take On a Corporate Giant?

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?.

Star News’ mugshots are gross

The new Mugshots app on Star News online site is gross. You can’t go all high-minded and Fourth Estate in one day’s letter from the editor — as editor Robyn Tomlin did in her don’t-cry-for-us-journalists piece a week or so ago, in which she patted the paper on the back for the good job they [...]

A Conversation with Wilmington City Council Candidate Dana Page

The Exchange: Wilmington local Sam Fleishman (Bike rider) asks Dana Page (City Council Candidate) a question about bike paths.
From Sam Flieshman–Sunday, 11/1/09 at 12:02 pm
Dana,
You said that spending $16 million on bike paths is a waste of money. Do you not think that we need to use more and more alternative (not oil based automobiles) [...]

Mung Bean Monologues, by Pat Delair: Wheatgrass, the Green Miracle

As a Hippocrates Health Educator, trained at the Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI) in all things green and healing, I lecture and consult on the HHI’s Life Change Program. Over the next few columns I will share with you the various components of this program. We will start with the cornerstone of HHI, wheatgrass juice; a now widely recognized health and red blood cell builder and restorative.

Wilmingtonians Team Up With 100 Other Small Business Owners to Urge Congress to Pass Health Care Reform

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 [...]

Straight to the Top of the Charts: Bass at Last Makes its Wilmington Debut

The following thread appeared yesterday on Craig’s List/Wilmington/Musicians. While the postings there are often snarky, with musical tastes heatedly debated and talent evaluated sight unseen, this one has an alluring sense of humor.
Well, I’ve finally done it. I bought a bass guitar and an amp yesterday, so now I’m a bass player. I haven’t [...]

What’s Up With Local Hamburger Joints Wearing Their Politics/Religious Beliefs/Patriotism on Their Sleeves?

Local school redistricting and the environment

There has been much talk in the Wilmington area about economic development. One thing that seems to be overlooked is how our school districts affect this issue. School districts are one of the first things that companies and families look at when planning to move to a new area.