Owned by Phillips Management Group, around 40 acres of land across from UNCW has sat barren since Hurricane Florence forced its demolition years ago. The developer has no plans to sell. (Port City Daily/Mark Darrough)
WILMINGTON A fenced-in plot of condemned, razed land has faced UNCW for over a year. The Seahawk statue that marks the center of campus gazes across College Road, into the gates of what once was The Glen apartments.
Construction on the property broke ground in 1967, just four years after UNCW was authorized to offer bachelor’s degrees. The owners, Phillips Management Group, expanded the project since then, eventually amassing 38.8 acres of land.
Monica Shepard, wearing all black at right, talks to neighbors as Pender County Sheriffâs deputiesâ vehicles are parked behind them. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy Kelly Estes)
PENDER COUNTY â Two men facing criminal charges for confronting a Black teenager at his Pender County home with firearms last spring were found not guilty on Thursday, Feb 18.
Former New Hanover County Sheriffâs deputy Jordan Kita
led an all-white crowd on a search for his missing sister on May 3, 2020, and approached the home of Monica and Dameon Shepard, who had no ties to the girl. Kita was off the clock, yet carried a weapon and wore his uniform.
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Northward of Fall Brook neighborhood, a stubbed road will eventually be connected to an adjoining development of 750 homes. The Pender County Board of Commissioners chairman lobbied the developers to keep traffic out of Fall Brook, at least for a time. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
PENDER COUNTY A 35-house neighborhood is the sticking point for a 300-acre rezoning request, and the 750-home development to follow, in Pender County.
While most large Pender County developments in recent years have been placed along the U.S. Highway 17 corridor, this project which was considered at a Jan. 19 board of commissioners meeting but tabled until the applicants produce a revised traffic impact analysis is situated in Rocky Point, a town with approximately 1,700 residents.
Directly north of Kure Beach, the town of Carolina Beach enforces paid parking from the beginning of March through the end of October. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. – Some of the few remaining beach towns in the area without paid parking are reassessing the option as a revenue generator ahead of the upcoming tourist season.
Two municipalities are considering paid parking as a way to collect funds for their beach-specific needs, and a third is preparing to launch its program this March.
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Surf City is discussing the issue in the coming week. If it moves forward, it will join its neighbor in implementing paid parking for the first time. North Topsail Beach plans to enforce the program this March to generate revenue for regular beach maintenance and nourishment.