Tunnel will be considered for new Cape Fear crossing
By Adam Wagneradam.wagner@starnewsonline.comWILMINGTON, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) -- A meeting meant to kickstart the building of another crossing of the Cape Fear River between Brunswick County and...
View ArticleJones begins term, minus longtime post
Rep. Walter Jones, R-Farmville, soon will begin his first term representing parts of New Hanover and Pender counties in Congress, but he will no longer hold one of his important committee posts.House...
View ArticleStarNews: Goolsby, Hamilton team up to battle sex trafficking
By Patrick GannonStarNewsOnline.comWILMINGTON, NC -- Two state lawmakers from Wilmington say they want to pass new laws to battle the problem of sex trafficking of minors in North Carolina and offer...
View ArticleTeen pleads in fatal wreck that killed her dad
By F.T. Nortonfran.norton@starnewsonline.comBRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) -- A Robeson County teen pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in a fatal accident in June...
View ArticleStarNews: New Hanover school board will consider $284M bond
By Pressley BairdStarNewsOnline.comA possible bond referendum for New Hanover County Schools got a price tag and projects Tuesday.At a work session, members of the New Hanover County Board of Education...
View ArticleStarNews: Carolina Beach Town Council appoints 2 new members
By Judy RoyalStarNewsOnline.comThe Carolina Beach Town Council Tuesday afternoon appointed Tom Bridges and Jody Smith as its two new members.This follows the council appointing existing member Bob...
View ArticleLightning strike starts fire at home in northern New Hanover
By Pressley Bairdpressley.baird@starnewsonline.comWILMINGTON, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) -- A house fire that started after a lightning strike early this morning caused “very extensive” damage to a home...
View ArticleEzzell's Breakfast House closes
By Paul StephenPaul.Stephen@StarNewsOnline.comWILMINGTON, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) -- Wilmington finds itself with one less late-night dining option as 2012 wraps up with the closing of Ezzell’s...
View ArticleK38 Baja Grill closing for renovations
WILMINGTON, NC (STARNEWSONLINE.COM) --K38 Baja Grill, which has been keeping Wilmington stuffed with fish tacos and addictive salsa for the past 20 years, will be closing their Oleander Dr. location...
View ArticleStarNews: Former Greyhound bus station property in downtown Wilmington listed...
By Julian MarchStarNewsOnline.comWILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The former Greyhound bus station property in downtown Wilmington is on the market.Cape Fear Commercial has the 1.2-acre parcel at 201 Harnett...
View ArticleSchool board releases emails after requesting confidentiality
By Pressley BairdPressley.Baird@StarNewsOnline.com WILMINGTON, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) -- New Hanover County Board of Education members were asked to keep recent emails about school safety confidential...
View ArticleEzzell's restaurant to reopen Friday
WILMINGTON, NC (STARNEWSONLINE.COM) --An equal-parts exhausted and elated Shari Ezzell was in her old establishment Monday afternoon, lettering freshly reinstalled on the exterior wall, interviewing to...
View ArticleStarNews: Carolina Beach hires Bruce Shell as interim town manager
By Judy RoyalStarNewsOnline.comThe Carolina Beach Town Council has hired Bruce Shell to serve as interim town manager.He replaces Ed Parvin, who was serving on a temporary basis after Tim Owens...
View ArticleTheater community takes center stage at Wilmington Theater Awards
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The Port City's theater scene takes center stage at Thalian Hall tonight at the second annual StarNews Media Wilmington Theater Awards. The event honors the best productions of...
View ArticleMarlin & Ray’s closes
WILMINGTON, NC (STARNEWSONLINE.COM) -- Employees of Marlin & Ray’s, which opened in late May at 11 Van Campen Blvd., learned of the restaurant’s closing during a staff meeting last night according...
View ArticleBourbon St. restaurant opens downtown
WILMINGTON, NC (STARNEWSONLINE.COM) -- Chef Kevin Corbett was fine-tuning his crawfish etouffee recipe with the kitchen crew last Thursday as the opening hour approached for the highly anticipated...
View ArticlePremiere date revealed for Stephen King's "Under the Dome," will film in...
WILMINGTON, NC (STARNEWSONLINE.COM) -- Stephen King’s adaptation of his best-selling 2009 novel, “Under the Dome,” will premiere on CBS at 10 p.m. Monday, June 24, according to a network news...
View ArticleStarNews: Corning cutting 100 salaried jobs in NC
By Wayne FaulknerStarNewsOnline.comCorning Inc. is cutting a total of 100 salaried positions at its three North Carolina facilities, the company said Monday.But the company would say how many of those...
View ArticleNew Hanover OKs permit for expansion of county's landfill
By Ashley WithersAshley.Withers@StarNewsOnline.comWILMINGTON, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) -- The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to grant a special-use permit for the...
View ArticleABC Board donates $100,000 to school security fund
By Ashley Withersashley.withers@starnewsonline.comWILMINGTON, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) -- New Hanover County Commissioner Thomas Wolfe announced Tuesday morning that the ABC Board has donated $100,000...
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