Index

activism art blogs Books Carolina Beach cement Civics Commerce Congress Culture downtown Environment Essays Events Food & Restaurants Food and Restaurants Gossip ILM Images Interviews Issues & Opinion Issues and Opinion local locavore Media music nature nc obama Places politics radio reading restaurants Ron Paul Smoking ban Star-News sustainability Technology titan Wilmington Wilmington NC wine writing

 

 

Select a tag from the "tag cloud" above to see related articles in the list below.

 

Articles

• Looking back: Carolina Beach in 1897

  I’ve come across an intriguing piece of propaganda put out 10 years ago by the Federal Point Historic Preservation Society. Entitled “Carolina Beach: The Mecca of Excursionists and a Delightful Ocean Resort,” it was published in 1897 by The Wilmington Messenger, and features facts and figures and observations about everyday life in our area back […]

• Homeless advocacy group starting in Wilmington

  I received the following email today. It’s directed at those in the hospitality industry, but anyone can help/take part:

  My name is Kip Damrow. I am the Director of Sales for the Hilton Garden Inn Mayfaire Town Center and the Courtyard by Marriott - University.
  I need your help. This will be the easiest […]

• The Myth of Eshelman

  

  For me, the right context for understanding developments like this one about RightChange.com (PPD’s CEO bankrolls ads attacking Obama), a conservative counter-punch to MoveOn.org created by local businessman Fred Eshelman, or this recent letter to the editor decrying Eshelman’s politics as unbecoming a local “philanthropist” (Politics v. Parks), is the mythology of Eshelman himself and his relationship to Wilmington.

• Barack the Vote (Myths and truths about early voting)

  

  Let’s get out there, everyone, and show Obama (or McCain, if you must) your support by voting early.

• Can a newspaper survive without the Associated Press?

  

  What would the Star-News look like without stories provided by the Associated Press?

• Downtown restaurant Catch opening for dinner

  

  After two years I finally tried Catch, the award-winning casual restaurant featuring sparse hours (Mon-Fri, 11am-2pm) and a seafood menu. While its chef, the well-regarded Keith Rhodes of Deluxe fame, likes to mix traditional southern dishes with a curious medley of Asian influences, it somehow works.

• Critical Mass set for Sept. 26!

  Anyone who rides a bicycle is invited. This Critical Mass is dedicated to the memory of Wilmington resident and cyclist, Phil Tidmarsh, who was senselessly hit and killed by a motorist on River Rd. on Sept. 10, 2008. 
   

• Obama campaign: Tight race in NC and how you can help tip it

  I had the chance to speak with a source close to the North Carolina Obama campaign, and although he refused to be quoted directly, he did offer insights into the race, how local volunteers are affecting it, and how others might get involved.
  Some gleanings:
  Democratic voter registration in the area and the state is up […]

• Wanted: Decent movie critic

  I wonder how lame the movie reviews in Encore Magazine can get. Have you even made it through a piece by Anghus Houvouras? This week, for example, is supposedly devoted to Will Farrell’s new flick, Step Brothers. You’d never know it, though, because Fungus has keyboard diarrhea for seven paragraphs and a review of the […]

• WAAV-AM 980 gets a not ready for prime time comment

  I sometimes listen to WAAV 980 am (The Wave) during my drive to work. The talk program from 8am-10am is hosted by Rhonda Bellamy, who I find fair and impartial and engaging. Her show focuses chiefly on local issues and she often interviews relevant guests, but she also might discuss national politics, gas prices, the […]