The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners has made its 2019 appointments to the county's Tourism Development Authority (TDA), according to a news release.   Those appointed and reappointed individuals are:   Patricia Kusek, a New Hanover County commissioner, has been reappointed to serve on the TDA Board as the New Hanover County Commissioner represen ...

The Wilmington executive search firm of Babb McGrew was included in the 2018-19 Forbes list of the Top 200 Best Executive Search Firms in the U.S. Babb McGrew was the only Wilmington executive search firm to be ranked in the top 200, and one of only two in North Carolina.   This is the second consecutive year that the firm made the list. It debuted on the Forbes ran ...

The Wired Wizards, New Hanover County's nonprofit team of high school students dedicated to the principles of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), entrepreneurship and service, competed in the FIRST Championship, a robotics competition, in Houston, Texas, on April 17-20, the team announced in a news release. More than 1,400 top-seeded teams from ...

Matthew Parr, owner of Surf City Dental, recently received a fellowship from the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) in recognition of his having completed a series of requirements.   The requirements, according to a news release, included documentation of successful implants and records detailing completion of at least 100 hours of implant educati ...

North State Bank Mortgage has expanded the professional staff of its Wilmington office with the addition of Stevie Mitchell.   Mitchell brings considerable experience to his role as senior mortgage loan officer, according to the company's news release. He began his career at Virginia Heritage Bank in Chantilly, Virginia, as a loan officer. He subsequently joined ...

Partners Mark Nabell and Scott Winslow of Nabell Winslow Investments and Wealth Management have been recognized for again ranking in the top 15% of Cetera Advisors, the firm announced recently in a news release. This is the fourth consecutive year the partners have achieved this distinction. Nabell and Winslow (right) were honored at Cetera Advisors’ annual awards ...

Rulmeca Corp. has added Brandon Mathis to its production staff. "With experience in CNC [computer numeric control] operations and conveyor component assembly, Brandon brings key strengths to our team of technicians and engineers," the company's news release stated.  Rulmeca Corp. supplies motorized pulleys to the U.S. market from its headquarters i ...

Pender County officials have announced the promotion of Brittany Kelly from human resources technician to HR/risk management specialist. Kelly, a Wilmington native, holds two degrees from University of North Carolina Wilmington, according to a Pender County news release. She earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies in 2012 and a master's degree in con ...

At its annual Breakfast for Children's Champions earlier this month, Smart Start of New Hanover County honored two women for their work with children. Tami Hilton was named the 2019 Children's Champion and Wanda Marino received the Starfish Public Advocacy Award. "In her work with Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear, Tami’s efforts focus on the w ...

At its annual conference in March, the Carolina Recycling Association honored New Hanover County’s Environmental Management Department with a 2019 Annual Recycling Award for its food waste composting program. "New Hanover County is reducing the amount of waste going into the county’s landfill by composting food waste and using the finished product in co ...