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Pipe And Valve Distributor Opens Wilmington Branch

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Sep 15, 2026

Wilmington-area Companies Named Finalists For NC Tech Awards

Several Wilmington-based organizations have been named as finalists for this year’s NC Tech Awards.  The annual awards ceremony celebrates North Carolina-based organizations and businesses across technology, entrepreneurship, academia&n ...

Sep 15, 2026

Pipe And Valve Distributor Opens Wilmington Branch

The Macomb Group, a distributor of pipe, valves and fittings, will soon open its newest branch in 22,000 square feet at 3940 U.S. 421 North, Suite 300, according to a news release. The Wilmington facility, located in the Wilmington Trade Cent ...

Sep 14, 2026

Cape Fear CREW Seeks Nominations For Real Estate Awards

Cape Fear Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) is accepting nominations for the organization's ninth annual Awards of Excellence, set to be held March 18, 2027, at UNCW's Burney Center in Wilmington. "The awards recognize excellen ...

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How a Few Unsolicited Calls Led Me Into the Truck Parking Business 

Posted Sep 8, 2026

Truck parking was not a business I originally set out to build. 

I was fortunate to own the properties where my other company, Badger Box Mobile Storage, operates, and we had some unused space. Over time, I started receiving unsolicited calls from truck drivers asking if they could park there. 

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Sep 14, 2026

Brunswick County Planning Board To Consider 450-home Development Plans

The Brunswick County Planning Board will consider two rezonings and two planned developments totaling 450 possible homes on nearly 170 acres Monday evening. The board will also amend the Brunswick County Unified Development Ordinance to comply wit ...

Sep 14, 2026

OPINION: City Council Deserves Better Information On The Bridge

This month, I concluded six years on the Wilmington Planning Commission, most recently as chairman. Before that, I served four years on the N.C. Board of Transportation, along with service on the New Hanover County Airport Authority and Global TransP ...

Sep 11, 2026

New Management Firms Announced For Older Adult Communities

Some local older adult communities are under new management or preparing to be, including Carolina Bay at Autumn Hall and Bradley Creek at Carolina Bay in Wilmington. The management of Carolina Bay and Bradley Creek, located off Eastwood Road,&nbs ...

Sep 11, 2026

Wilmington Health Tech Founder Launches New Venture

Several years after launching his health tech startup Artemis Immersive, founder Adam Isley is setting his sights on new horizons.  Co-founded in 2023 by husband-and-wife Adam Isley and Kaylan Barbrey, along with Matthew Raffa and Bill Blakes ...

Sep 11, 2026

Couple Starts New Commercial Real Estate Company

Wilmington-based commercial real estate broker Nicholas "Nick" Silivanch and his wife, Coble, have started a new firm. The couple founded Noble Commercial Real Estate Group after Nick Silivanch’s previous firm, Eastern Carolina Com ...

Sep 10, 2026

Wilmington’s Startup Network Expands Its Reach

The Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (NEW) hosted its fourth annual Investor Buzz-In Thursday, drawing a crowd of investors, entrepreneurs, organizers and founders at Cape Fear Community College’s Union Station.  Hosted by NEW fo ...

Sep 10, 2026

Latest Chemours Settlement To Provide Funds To Wilmington-area Governments

Attorney General Jeff Jackson and N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Reid Wilson on Thursday announced a $590 million deal between the state of North Carolina, 11 local governments and entities and DuPont and Chemours over PFAS contam ...


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