It looked a lot like Christmas in Leland Saturday, as the own celebrated its 16th Annual Christmas Festival. The holiday spirit was kindled, beginning with a Christmas parade, floats, automobiles, and musical groups.
Despite the low temperatures, holiday spirits were up at Southport’s Flotilla. From shrimp boats to sailboats, nearly a thousand people gathered to watch.
Thomasville knocked off East Bladen 42-13 in Raleigh Saturday night in the 1-AA state championship high school football game.
In state and out-of-state students will be paying a bit more to attend UNCW when they go back to school in the fall. This all comes in the midst of a financial meltdown. Come the next academic year. Out of state students will be hit the hardest.
Though it was hardly a landslide victory, the employees of Smithfield have spoken.
It’s now official, and those in favor of the union say the outcome is overdue.
You may have noticed a few more places for rent around town these days.
If you’re looking for a place, that can be a good thing, but not everyone is happy about the vacancies.
UNCW staff and students helped bring a little holiday cheer to some local seniors on Friday.
The college’s gerontology program created gift baskets for seniors at Silver Stream Nursing Home.
If you’re like a lot of people, you don’t have much money to spend on gifts this holiday season. So to save a buck, many people are opting to make homemade gifts this year.
With the luxury of comparing price and selection through the World Wide Web, your holiday shopping options are endless. But with online shopping, comes the potential for identity theft.
Some of the items discussed included, protecting the city’s right to annex and grow the tax base, mental health funding, and a possible sales tax to improve transportation and infrastructure.
There’s Eagle fever in Bladen County and it appears to be spreading.
The East Bladen Eagle football team is just one day away from playing for the state championship in Raleigh.
Five local people charged in connection with inventing a plan to defraud home buyers, banks and other lenders.
A born and raised Wilmington woman turns 101 Friday. Isabelle McGowan was a first grade teacher for 35 years.
Pender county schools have been coping with an issue of overcrowding for quite some time now, but one high school is getting some breathing room.