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Wilmington City Council to discuss surplus properties, rezoning for proposed Circle K
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The Wilmington City Council on July 16 is set to discuss surplus properties, a rezoning for a proposed Circle K and more. Multiple resolutions are being considered to declare 114 North 2nd Street and 115 Market Street surplus properties and to authorize an upset bid process for those properties and 115 North 3rd Street.
Wrightsville Beach lifeguards win regional competition
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue Team members defended their title at the United States Lifesaving Associations, South Atlantic Regional Championship competition over this week. The ORT for the past three years has earned first place in the contest, which is comprised of the best lifeguards...
Millions awarded to help fund replacement of Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
Millions in grant dollars from the U.S. Department of Transportation will help fund the replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. According to Sen. Thom Tillis and Gov. Roy Cooper, the $242 million Bridge Investment Program-Large Bridge Project discretionary grant is funded by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The award will cover about half the cost of the replacement, which is estimated to cost around $485 million.
City Receives $16M Offer For Parking Decks, Office Building
Wilmington City Council members are expected to discuss the potential sale of city-owned parking decks and an office building at 115 N. Third St. next week. According to agenda documents for the council's meeting Tuesday night, city staff recently received an unsolicited offer of $16 million for the city-owned Market Street deck at 115 Market St., the city's Second Street deck at 114 N. Second St., the five-story office building at 115 N. Third St. and the property at 210 Chestnut St.
USDOT awards $242 million grant to help replace Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A $242 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will to go towards the replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington, Gov. Roy Cooper’s Office announced on Friday. Funding for this grant comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “This major grant...
Backyard BBQ: Grilling crunchy, delicious chicken wings
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - On this edition of Backyard BBQ, WECT’s Bill Murray is joined again by Wilmington Grill’s Jon Barber to make crunchy, juicy and delicious chicken wings on the grill. You can watch the full segment at the top of this story and find more Backyard...
$242 million in USDOT funding awarded to help pay for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Governor Roy Cooper’s office on July 12 announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding a $242 million grant to support the replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The funds come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law via a Bridge Investment Program-Large Bridge...
Wrightsville Beach's acting town manager fires Police Chief David Squires
Longtime Wrightsville Beach alderman Hank Miller confirmed that Police Chief David Squires had been fired after a conversation with Tony Wilson, the town’s acting manager, as first reported by WECT. Police Captain Jason Bishop is now serving as the town’s acting police chief. Squires was hired by the...
Jefferson Weaver • Vampires, Santa Claus and Jack Kerouac
On a cold winter’s day, with a nor’easter howling in from the Atlantic, I thought I would be stabbed by Santa Claus. He wasn’t really Santa, of course. He was just a scruffy, down on his luck looking fellow with a magnificent but filthy beard, and long white hair curling down from a red toboggan cap. He didn’t wear a red suit, but an ancient military surplus coat and jeans. He did carry a bag over one shoulder, but it was an old army duffel, not a sack full of presents. One thumb was struck defiantly out in the weather, as if daring someone to give him a ride.
Fireworks set off in Independence Mall food court
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A call about shots fired turned out to be juveniles setting off fireworks at the Independence Mall food court on Sunday, July 14, per the Wilmington Police Department. Social media posts had claimed the incident was an active shooter situation. The WPD confirms that no...
‘Reluctant aye’: LGC approves Leland Town Hall financing, despite treasurer’s nay
LELAND — A town hall expansion at the center of ire from a local community, also upset about a 17% property tax increase this year, got the greenlight from the Local Government Commission Tuesday. But it wasn’t without hesitation from the nine-member board including state treasurer, Dale Folwell. The...
‘Game changer.’ NC gets big federal grant to help replace Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
North Carolina will receive $242 million from the federal government to help replace the aging Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington. The money comes from the big infrastructure bill Congress passed in late 2021. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Transportation, was announced Friday by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and one of North Carolina’s Republican U.S. senators, Thom Tillis, who voted for the bill.
Biden-Harris Administration Awards Major Grant to North Carolina for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington
USDOT awards $242 million grant for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. RALEIGH: Today, the Biden Administration announced a transformational $242 million grant to support the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement project in Wilmington. Funding for this grant gives this project an extraordinary boost toward completion and comes from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The U.S. Department of Transportation notified Congress on Friday of the impending formal announcement of the award.
Theresa Mary (Smith) Rollins, 62
LELAND — Theresa Mary Rollins, 62 of Leland, NC entered the presence of the Lord on July 9, 2024 after a short battle with cholangiocarcinoma. Theresa, the oldest of three, was born on January 6, 1962 in Wiltshire, England to Kathleen “Mary” (née Crisp) Smith and Charles “Chuck” Edward Smith. As a US Air Force family, they moved many times before settling in Virginia, where Theresa lived most of her life. Theresa graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School before studying at Chowan College, and later Strayer University.
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