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Another member of Wilmington City Council echoes the mayor's belief that private investors paying for a third of the cost of a new ballpark is not enough.
The idea of adding showers at the end of two beach accesses in the Town of Topsail Beach has some people getting heated.
On the first day of the "short session", lawmakers introduced a bill to compensate victims sterilized by North Carolina's Eugenics Program.
Mama Mia's opened on South Lake Park Blvd. in 1983. According to the restaurant's Facebook page, owners decided to close the business due to financial reasons.
Deputies with the Pender County Sheriff's Office arrested a woman Wednesday morning accused of robbing the Scotchman Store off Highway 53 in Maple Hill.
Two Ashley High School seniors will each receive roughly $220,000 to attend Duke University.
Jenelle Evans announced on her Twitter account that she's engaged to Gary Head, a Marine based in Jacksonville.
Iron Man 3 productions have issued their first film request to the City of Wilmington.
Taufik Raharjo is part of the 48th class of Presidential Scholars, which "recognizes 141 high school seniors internationally for their accomplishments in academics or the arts."
Anthony Jemell Grate, 32, is charged with armed robbery, robbery while armed or allegedly armed with a deadly weapon, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree and kidnapping.
The tall ship HMS Bounty will arrive at Wilmington's downtown Riverfront Park, near the corner of North Water and Princess streets, on Thursday. The ship will be open to the public for tours from Friday through Sunday.
It is finally official – the traditional school calendar will remain in place in Pender County. School board members voted during a recent meeting to keep the traditional school calendar.
According to a press release from the company, the new store will be located at East Cutlar Crossing in Leland and will be one of the most customer and environmentally friendly buildings in the region.
Planners in Myrtle Beach are looking to expand their road projects north, as far as Shallotte, North Carolina.
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