3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (304+ words) SOUTHPORT — Southport has a new parks and recreation director six months after its department’s finances have been probed by the State Bureau of Investigation, one employee resigned from the department and its former director also stepped down. Judy Singletary, a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (154+ words) Port City Daily End-of-season Pooch Plunge returns to Legion Stadium pool WILMINGTON — Annually, the YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina and the City of Wilmington open Legion Stadium Pool for one final weekend … but only for the dogs. The annual Pooch…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (143+ words) WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Police Department is investigating two fatal incidents that happened over Labor Day weekend. Both involve vehicle-pedestrian collisions: The first happened Saturday evening along Market Street and the other early Sunday morning on 17th Street. According to WPD, 33-year-old…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1252+ words) CAROLINA BEACH — Carolina Beach is one step closer to owning several boardwalk properties, after the Local Government Commission approved Tuesday its $10-million debt agreement. But how the town got there has been a winding path. For one, the town settled…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (160+ words) Port City Daily Person who jumped from Isabel Holmes Bridge rescued from Cape Fear River WILMINGTON — Wilmington police officers and fire department crews helped rescue a man on Sunday who jumped from the Isabel Holmes Bridge. Wilmington Police Department was…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (693+ words) NEW HANOVER COUNTY — New Hanover County’s state senator has been sent a cease and desist letter regarding a recent AI-generated ad and pamphlets mailed to county residents. Republican Sen. Michael Lee will face off against his Democratic challenger, Jessica Bichler,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (631+ words) BURGAW — The Pender County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what happened on a piece of property in Burgaw that was cleared by Clayton Homes to build a 12-acre residential development. During initial work on the plat, headstones were unturned; so far,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1002+ words) WILMINGTON — Chef Bobby Zimmerman is trading Beat Street’s global street food for something a little more familiar, if not a lot messier. Sunny Day Sandwich Shoppe has opened in Wilmington’s Cargo District, serving up Italian beef, chopped cheese and other…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1762+ words) Quarter 2 numbers reflect everything that was raised and spent up until June 30. (Notably, for the purposes of campaign finance reporting, Q1 is very short, including only January and half of February; Q2 covers mid-February through the end of June.) Data comes from…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (882+ words) WILMINGTON — Gianni Cinelli has spent four decades in restaurants, opening dozens of eateries and building a career around the Italian food he grew up with. Now, he’s putting his favorite flavors — prime steaks, homemade pasta and family recipes — into a…...