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North Brunswick Is Growing. The Chamber Is Growing With It

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The Advocate You Never Knew You'd Need

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What Will Your Family Really Inherit?

Tyler Thomas - The Cypress Group at RBC Wealth Management

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 ...

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 ...

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What Happens in the First 60 Seconds?

Posted Sep 1, 2026

When an emergency occurs, most people assume the greatest threat is the event itself. Whether it’s workplace violence, an active threat, a medical emergency, a fire, or another crisis, attention immediately focuses on the incident. However, the reality is that the greatest challenge during the first 60 seconds is often not the emergency—it is the human response to it.

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Wilmington Bed And Breakfast Voted No. 1 In USA Today Contest

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 ...

Sep 10, 2026

OPINION: The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Is A Decision We Have To Get Right

The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is one of the most important pieces of infrastructure in southeastern North Carolina, and we can all agree that we need a reliable crossing that will serve a growing region for generations to come. The existing bridge is ...

Sep 9, 2026

Local GE Aerospace Plant Nets Investment, Apprentices

GE Aerospace has invested more than $130 million in its Wilmington-area plant since 2024, according to company officials. The company also has announced plans to spend millions of dollars on its facilities nationwide and is marking the first year ...


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S. Fletcher Daniels writes, "Nonprofits work at the intersections of complex social issues, so there isn’t a single 'bottom-line' metric lik...


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