As Southeastern North Carolina’s only commercial mead maker, Retro Meadery has given many local customers their first taste of mead – a fermented mixture of honey, water and yeast. Many first-time customers have never heard of mead before, said Michael Fields, who co-founded Retro Meadery in 2020 with friend Matthew Clemmons. Others come with assumptions abo ...

Tracey Ray can relate to victims of violence. Ray, executive director of Safe Haven of Pender Inc., learned the toll intimate partner violence and domestic violence can take firsthand. As a teenager growing up in New Hanover County, she experienced dating violence in the late 1980s. “I was in high school, and I sought to get a protection order and I was unable ...

It’s been more than 50 years since passenger rail linked Wilmington and Raleigh, but there’s a renewed push to bring back a passenger route between the two cities.   A recently released draft of the Southeastern North Carolina Passenger Rail Feasibility Study examined the proposed rail line. The study recommends running the line through Goldsboro and off ...

Officials from Cranfill Sumner LLP, a nationally renowned law firm with an office in Wilmington, announced the launch of an affiliate boutique group based in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.  Cranfill partners Patrick Mincey and Stephen Bell have partnered with Christina Zaroulis Milnor, a former assistant secretary of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...

North Carolina was named CNBC’s Top State for Business back-to-back in 2022 and 2023; could it go for a “three-peat”? During N.C. State Ports Authority’s annual Cold Chain Summit at Wilmington’s Hotel Ballast, Scott Cohn, a CNBC special correspondent gave a keynote speech about the news organization’s state business ranking. Cohn laud ...

Kimberly Belfer, founder and education director of Marine CSI: Coastal Science Investigations, has taught area students about the region’s ecosystem through fun, interactive activities since 2014.  Belfer has continuously updated her lessons, and she now provides curricula that relate to state science education standards as well as lessons developed specifica ...

The mayor of Surf City recently said a new mainland park and recreation complex will “absolutely” be a draw for both tourists and residents. Especially the skate park. “When it’s too cold to surf, when there’s no waves, they’ll have an alternative to go and skateboard at our skate park,” said Mayor Teresa Batts. The town&r ...

W.R. Rayson Co. Inc. 720 S. Dickerson St., Burgaw No. of local employees: 26 Year founded: 1969 Top local official: Michael DiMartino, president and CEO Company description: W.R. Rayson is a family-owned manufacturer and converter of disposable paper products used in the dental, medical laboratory and beauty industries. Products made locally: The company makes Hi-L ...

A new council from the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce will put a spotlight on supply chain and logistics firms in the Cape Fear region. The Supply Chain and Logistics Council, which will hold its first meeting next month, aims to bring together various industry stakeholders for “cross-sectoral dialogue and cooperation.” Forming the council seemed like a g ...

About 100 miles up the Cape Fear River from Wilmington, Environmental Protection Agency officials announced on Wednesday the agency's first-ever standard for PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water. EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, traveled to Fayetteville to annou ...