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.
WILMINGTON â After UNCWâs student-run newspaper,
The Seahawk, tweeted a paid political advertisement in the weeks before the November election, at least one member of the universityâs board of trustees wasnât pleased.
While The Seahawk is operated by students, it is funded primarily by student fees. Every full-time undergraduate at UNCW pays
$2,173 per year in fees; $12.50 per person goes toward student media, which includes The Seahawk as well as other campus publications like TealTV and Hawkstream Radio. Supplemental funding comes from advertising sales and sponsorships.
âI canât remember another time in my experience where the board has ever stepped in like that,â said Brenna Flanagan, editor-in-chief of The Seahawk.
Students who didn’t get tested for Covid-19 prior to returning to UNCW were asked to report to the Burney Center, where a long line had formed Tuesday of students seeking rapid tests. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WILMINGTON Hundreds of students waited outside the UNCW Burney Center Tuesday, wrapped in a line that spanned multiple blocks. They were all on standby for a Covid-19 rapid test that would allow them to move into residence halls and attend on-campus classes.
In a parking lot on the edge of campus, other students with negative Covid-19 test results already in tow were ferried through a checkpoint. After showing printed test results to staff, the students were given a green wristband to wear until Jan. 22 that verifies they tested negative for the virus.
Sarah Kenan is the daughter of white supremacist William Rand Kenan, and her name adorns two buildings at UNCW. The university is looking into it, but also hopes to preserve its relationship with the Kenan family. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WILMINGTON â When UNCW formed a committee to advance diversity and inclusion initiatives in July, part of its scope involved looking into the background of Sarah Kenan.
A philanthropist and heir to a family fortune, she often donated to UNCW during her life in the early 20th century. Now her name is attached to an auditorium and a hall on UNCWâs campus, and one of her former family homes on Market St. has been converted into the official house of the UNCW chancellor.
UNCW operations were scuffed last semester when dorms were thinned out in response to rising Covid-19 cases. This semester, university leaders hope a robust re-entry testing program will allow for consistency as students flock back to campus. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WILMINGTON â Students from N.C. and elsewhere will converge on UNCW this weekend as the university ramps up for its spring semester, the second time college students in Wilmington will return to campus amid the pandemic.
New precautions will be in place that were nonexistent in the fall, most notably, re-entry testing, which asks all students enrolled in on-campus classes to present a negative Covid-19 test after arriving. Students who donât show up with a negative test on paper will be given a rapid test onsite.