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[April 22, 2019] — The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold two open houses and public hearings next week concerning a major project in eastern North Carolina. The Cape Fear Crossing is an approximately 9.5-mile proposed road and high-level bridge over the Cape Fear River that would help improve traffic flow and enhance freight movements from U.S. 17 and Interstate 140 in Brunswick County to U.S. 421 near the Port of Wilmington in southern New…
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Foundation Forward: Meaningful Civic Education – Final – 7 Minutes from Andrew on Vimeo.
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March Madness is almost here, and it’s time to sign up for Frank’s Bracket Challenge 2019. As always, the only prize is bragging rights. Sign up now, and once the field is set be sure to complete your brackets before the start of NCAA Tournament Play next week. Good luck! Click here to sign up (you will need a free Yahoo! account to participate).
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Mar. 14, 2019 — Even though the ACC Tournament is underway, this headline has nothing to do with basketball (a fact that might surprise those who know that I bleed N.C. State red-and-white). A little over a week ago, I few into Wilmington International Airport for the first time since Hurricane Florence. Our flight landed mid-afternoon in the midst of clear skies. As we made our descent into ILM, I was able to see far…
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(Marc. 4, 2019) — The Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization (RPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) elected officers for 2019 at its February 22 meeting. Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams was unanimously re-elected Chair and Whiteville Mayor Terry Mann was unanimously re-elected Vice Chair. Williams and Mann were first elected chair and vice chair in January 2014. The Cape Fear RPO covers Brunswick, Columbus and Pender Counties and serves as the intergovernmental organization for local…
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