Hosted by the Wilmington Earth Day Alliance, the theme this year is “Planet vs. Plastics,” and there is no charge to attend.
New Hanover County
Cape Fear Creek Week to put focus on region’s waterways
Cape Fear Creek Week, March18-24, is a multi-organization educational effort to connect New Hanover and Brunswick counties with its creeks, rivers, and streams.
Most coastal state parks report visitor growth in 2023
North Carolina State Parks recently announced that attendance grew by 4% statewide last year, with most of the nine sites on the coast contributing to that growth.
Hubble telescope exhibit gives hands-on experience
The immersive “Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe” exhibit will be in Cape Fear Museum of History and Science through June 23.
New Hanover County sues PFAS product makers, vendors
More than a dozen chemical manufacturers and companies that sell products made with PFAS are included in a lawsuit New Hanover County filed in Superior Court last week.
The other coup d’état: Remembering New Bern in 1898
Historian David Cecelski uses old newspaper clippings to show how Wilmington’s bloody takeover was not the only example of the state’s well organized and propaganda-fueled 1880s-1890s white supremacy movement.
Gov. Cooper appoints new board, commission members
Among the dozens of appointments to state boards and commissions Gov. Roy Cooper’s office announced Monday, several of the appointees are coastal residents or will serve on boards that affect the coast.
Education, not profit, county’s aim for composting program
New Hanover County’s composting program, now more than five years old, was never intended as a revenue stream, rather it’s way to keep food waste out of the landfill.
Civil rights struggle, population boom: New Hanover history
In our county history series: Home to Wilmington and popular beaches, New Hanover County has been the setting for racial turmoil, economic expansion and changing culture over the centuries.
1898 Wilmington massacre remembrance Nov. 3-13
Join New Hanover County, Wilmington, organizations and partners to commemorate the 124th anniversary of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre and Coup d’état Nov. 3013.
Brunswick, New Hanover County chairs blast Chemours ads
Top elected officials in New Hanover and Brunswick counties have issued blistering criticisms of Chemours’ recent television ads touting the chemical company’s environmental record.
Nourishment funds now secured for 2 New Hanover towns
Earlier this year three New Hanover beach towns learned there was no appropriation for longstanding shoreline nourishment projects, since then Army Corps of Engineers has shifted funds for Kure and Carolina beaches, but not Wrightsville Beach, for now.
Getting Sued for Speaking Out Against Titan
Kayne Darrell and Dr. David Hill believed that they were armed with solid research when they spoke at public meeting against Titan America. The company sued them for slander. They talk here about what it’s like getting sued for speaking your mind.
