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Wilmington parade and march: Begins at noon today, Fifth Avenue and Castle Street. Lineup begins at 10 a.m. The parade will end at 13th and Church streets, followed by a step show and health fair.
Find more events in the area to celebrate the MLK jr. holiday at:
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080121/NEWS/801210344/-1/RSS
Great “Catcher in the Rye” political satire in the Washington Post today. Check out http://blog.washingtonpost.com/stumped/?hpid=opinionsbox1
My Wilmington magazine profile of Ruth Funk, head of the Alliance for a Regional Concert Hall (archwilmington.org), looks like it was just published.
Ruth Funk just laughs dismissively when her husband Frank says she is the world’s foremost authority on performance halls. But she may be. As she describes what a larger, high-quality venue would bring […]
From Star News columnist Chris Mazzolini’s (resuscitated?) blog:
NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Outside of Wilmington, the only New Hanover County voters heading to the polls today are those in the three beach towns. The mayors’ races in Wrightsville Beach and Kure Beach are uncontested, but there’s a heated battle in Carolina Beach where two town council members want […]
Not sure about where you live, but there are a smattering of folks in my neighborhood that are still watering their lawns, another instance of inconsiderate behavior that we’ve cited before. Now at least I can warn them about losing a few Benjamins. This is from WECT:
WILMINGTON — The warning period for violating Wilmington’s mandatory […]
Today’s paper states that Liddy Dole voted in favor of a bill that includes a $250,000 grant for UNCW’s School of Nursing. Her esteemed colleague, Sen. Richard Burr, however, voted against the bill because it contained $9 billion over what the president originally requested. A Burr spokesman said one of his boss’s “responsibilities and highest […]
Although we live on Tobacco Road, there’s no reason North Carolina cannot join the many sensible states that have gone smoke-free. My trip to New Orleans last week was pleasant in many ways, not least because the entire state last January adopted a ban on smoking in restaurants and other public places. If you check […]
From the Star News blogs
Sustainable North Carolina has named 11 organizations as finalists for its sixth annual North Carolina Sustainability Awards. Winners, who have demonstrated leadership in environmental stewardship and social responsibility, will be named at the awards presentation and conference Monday at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill.
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I keep seeing local “event” postings from these guys in Wilmington on eventful.com and other places:
Drinking Liberally > Wilmington, NC
Their tag line is “Drinking Liberally - Promoting democracy one pint at a time”, and they have “219 chapters in 44 states plus DC”. See main website here: drinkingliberally.org. Maybe we should go.
I did my civic duty and voted yesterday. Based on newspaper articles, some TV forums, commercials and word of mouth, I could not bring myself to vote for any of the 3 mayoral candidates. So I wrote in my friend, Ian. I suspected Bill Saffo would easily regain his seat, mainly because voters have serious […]