A study of a proposed passenger rail line between Wilmington and Raleigh recommends running the route through Goldsboro and offers new projections about the line’s cost and service areas. A Southeastern North Carolina Passenger Rail Feasibility Study draft released earlier this month provides a high-level overview of a proposed route between Wilmington and Raleigh ...
Former President Donald Trump’s rally in Wilmington was stopped shortly before 7 p.m. because of the threat of severe weather. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, was scheduled to give remarks at Aero Center on the Wilmington International Airport property at 7 p.m. But severe thunderstorms, including reports of hail, swept through the area, and Trump an ...
Plans for the sites of two former Wilmington fire stations are moving forward, following approvals from city leaders on Tuesday. Local nonprofit Leading into New Communities Inc. (LINC) secured a rezoning and special use permit on Tuesday to establish a boarding school on the site of a decommissioned Princess Place Drive fire station while Good Shepherd, a nonprofit tha ...
New Hanover County leaders approved more than $3.3 million in incentives Monday to help fund the expansion of an industrial park on a U.S. 421. When finished, the park could be “one of the largest of its kind in the state of North Carolina,” Scott Satterfield, CEO of Wilmington Business Development told New Hanover County’s Board of Commissioners on Mo ...
New Hanover County leaders are slated to consider more than $3.3 million in incentives next week for the addition of 10 buildings at an industrial park along U.S. 421. The new buildings proposed for the Wilmington Trade Center could add between $300 million to $400 million to the county’s property tax base and generate more than 2,000 new jobs for the area, a ...
In a split vote Tuesday, the Carolina Beach Town Council voted down a request to bring another property into the town’s central business district, which some council members said could create a “slippery slope” of expansion for the business district. STLNC LLC, the limited liability company that owns the roughly 0.17-acre lot at 204 Harper Ave., submit ...
Two months after the resignation of its inaugural leader, the New Hanover Community Endowment announced Monday it has selected a firm to guide the search for a new president and CEO. North Carolina-based moss+ross will guide the search for the endowment’s next president and chief executive officer, according to a news release issued Monday. William Buster, th ...
A rezoning approved by the Wilmington City Council on Tuesday will allow plans for 30 townhomes to move forward on two parcels of land along North Kerr Avenue. In 2022, Wilmington leaders approved a rezoning for a 15-unit townhome project at 206 N. Kerr Ave. Following that initial rezoning, the owner of an adjacent lot at 204 N. Kerr Ave. decided to join in on the proje ...
Wilmington and New Hanover County leaders are working to iron out the details of a land transfer that’s set to become the site of a grocery store run by the Northside Food Cooperative. In 2022, Wilmington leaders authorized the transfer of a 2.5-acre lot at 905 N. 10th St. on the city’s Northside to New Hanover County for the future grocery store. The long-a ...
New Hanover County leaders approved a zoning change this week for a project that promises to bring 128 units of workforce housing to Castle Hayne. New Beginning Christian Church, led by Pastor Robert Campbell, is working to build workforce housing on nearly 11 acres located just east of its church building in the 3100 block of Blue Clay Road. Another 68 affordable senio ...
YMCA Eyes Growth With Plans For New, Expanded Facilities
Emma Dill
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Apr 23, 2024
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Burns, Redenbaugh Promoted At Coastal Horizons
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Apr 23, 2024
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Cold Storage Developer Sets Near-port Facility Completion Date
Audrey Elsberry
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Apr 24, 2024
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Wilmington Financial Firm Transitions To Wells Fargo's Independent Brokerage Arm
Audrey Elsberry
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Apr 24, 2024
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Krug Joins Infinity Acupuncture
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Apr 23, 2024
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Michelle Penczak, who lives in Pender County, built her own solution with Squared Away, her company that now employs over 400 virtual assist...
Lydia Thomas, program manager for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UNCW, shares her top info and tech picks....
With millions in committed funding from New Hanover County and the New Hanover Community Endowment, along with a land donation from the city...
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