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Feb 17, 2025

Local Medical School Campus Set To Welcome Largest Ever Doctors-in-training Group

When the local UNC School of Medicine campus started in 2016, the program had three third-year medical students who called Wilmington home. In March, the local class coming in will number 30 third-year medical students and 18-20 in their fourth ye ...

Feb 14, 2025

Senior Residential Community Proposed In Porters Neck

A community meeting will be held later this month on a newly proposed 55-plus community in Porters Neck.  A 38-lot, single-family residential community would be built on 12 acres of vacant land at 226 Edgewater Club Road. Developers are askin ...

Feb 14, 2025

Dollar Tree Coming To Oleander Drive Shopping Center

The Dollar Tree is coming to Hanover Center. The national discount chain, which has raised its prices in recent years from $1 to a range of $1.25 to $7, will occupy 11,000 square feet formerly leased by Pier 1 Imports. Efforts to reach Dollar T ...

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Elevating Wilmington: Why a New, Taller Bridge is Essential for Our Progress

Posted Jul 25, 2024
Last week’s celebration was a testament to the power of community and the strength of our collective vision. It was exhilarating to see leaders from both sides of the river and political spectrum come together as the Federal Highway Administrator announced an unprecedented grant of $242 million for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement thanks to investments from the Bipartisan Infrastruc...read entire article
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Feb 13, 2025

Realtors: More Homes On Market At Higher Prices In January

Realtors say January's residential market in the Wilmington area saw more homes listed and higher prices than the same month last year. In Pender County alone, the median sales price for homes leapt nearly 22%, rising from $390,000 in January ...

Feb 13, 2025

Leland Chiropractor To Grow With New Brunswick Forest Building

A building in the works in Brunswick Forest’s commercial center will become a new, larger home for North Brunswick Chiropractic, a longtime Leland business. Since opening in 2008, North Brunswick Chiropractic has operated out of Leland&rsquo ...

Feb 12, 2025

Publix Confirms Upcoming Leland Store

A Publix grocery store is coming to Leland. In an announcement Wednesday, company officials said they had signed a lease for a new store at Savannah Branch Town Center, a commercial development at U.S. 17 and Lanvale Road. According to a news r ...

Feb 12, 2025

Program Could Help Finance Commercial Building Upgrades

New Hanover County could become the first in North Carolina to take part in the state’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. The program, approved by state legislators last summer, helps commercial property owners secu ...

Feb 12, 2025

OPINION: Seeing Green: A Case For Community Collaboration On Parks And Green Space

Recently, I took a morning off of work to spend time with my son, Luke Jr. We set out to visit multiple parks across Wilmington, enjoying one of those perfect 60-degree days that somehow feels like 75. I left my phone in the truck at each stop &ndash ...

Feb 12, 2025

Leland Copes With Growing Up

If the town of Leland were a person, it would be a millennial. People forget that Leland is only 36 years old, said Nicholas Newell, a Leland resident who is also a Realtor and president of his neighborhood’s homeowners association. The a ...

Feb 12, 2025

Locals Team Up To Offer Unique Treats

Wandering Cone Creamery opened in Wilmington’s Soda Pop District last year, and culinary collaborations have been on owner Amanda Cassella’s radar since Day 1. Her shop at 921 Princess St. is one example of the many food and drink esta ...


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Pirate-inspired Bar Perseveres

Early on, thirsty welders, pipefitters and sailors from the nearby North Carolina Shipbuilding Company found cold beer – and wartime solace....


City (and Former City) Properties Performing New Functions

The Thalian Hall space is one of several properties vacated by the city in recent years, following the move to Skyline Center. While the cit...


Officials Count Film Dollars, Challenges

The growth of Wilmington’s film industry since the 1980s, when Dino De Laurentiis built his studio here, has not been steady or even predict...

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