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City, county leaders to discuss growth, finances at Thursday meeting

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer

Thursday, August 9th, 2012, 7:00am

City, county leaders to discuss growth, finances at Thursday meeting

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Wilmington City Council and New Hanover County Commissioners are scheduled to meet Thursday morning to discuss a variety of issues, according to a press release from a county spokesperson.

Leaders present will talk about growth and finances in the Oleander Room at the Executive Development Center, which is off of Military Cutoff Road and next to the Northeast Branch of the NHC Public Library.

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Don't be a victim of contractor fraud

Submitted by Kim Kopka Ratcliff, News Anchor, Carolina in the Morning

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012, 8:24am

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The National Center for the Prevention of Home Improvement Fraud (NCPHIF) will hold a “SmartPower” workshop on “Protecting Yourself from Home Repair Contractor Fraud and Scams.”

The workshop will be held on Saturday, August 4, 2012, at the David M. Paynter Assembly Room, Northeast Regional Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Road, Wilmington, NC 28405, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. The workshop is free and open to the public.

The NCPHIF is holding the workshop because they get lost of phone calls from homeowners who have been scammed. These workshops are held all over the country including Joplin, Missouri and Birmingham, Alabama where major tornadoes ripped houses apart.

During the workshop attendees will learn how to recognikze typical scams, how to find and check out a contractor, whay you will want included in your contract and much more.

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NHCS Board of Education to talk about budget, CFCC candidate

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer

Monday, July 9th, 2012, 6:36pm

NHCS Board of Education to talk about budget, CFCC candidate

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The New Hanover County Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10. Here are some items of interest from the agenda:

Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees candidate (interview is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. at the Board of Education Center, located at 1805 S. 13th Street)
2012-13 budget: 1.2% salary increase for all employees, two CTE teachers and an employee/community relations coordinator position, $150,000 increase in maintenance contracted services, $24,000 increase in technology maintenance contract for media system upgrade, $50,000 reduction in textbooks funding and $375,000 one-time $15 per student technology allotment
Surplus property
Contracts for bread, dairy and low-fat ice cream products and beverage vending at New Hanover High

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Wrightsville Beach calls special meeting to discuss fines levied by police department

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer

Thursday, June 28th, 2012, 2:11pm

Wrightsville Beach calls special meeting to discuss fines levied by police department

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WECT) – The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. on Thursday.

The purpose of the meeting is to consider a supplemental budget action, according to a news release from the Town of Wrightsville Beach. The action, which involves fines levied by the Wrightsville Beach Police and park ranger, must be addressed before the end of June, the release said.

The meeting will take place in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, located at 321 Causeway Drive.

The Wrightsville Beach Board of Adjustment is also scheduled to meet on Thursday at 5 p.m.

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Public invited to meeting about restoring water quality at local creeks

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer

Thursday, June 28th, 2012, 11:49am

Public invited to meeting about restoring water quality at local creeks

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A meeting will take place Thursday evening in Wilmington to discuss the Hewletts and Bradley Creek Watershed Restoration Plan, according to Wilmington spokesperson Malissa Talbert.

The city will host the public meeting from 6-8 p.m. at the New Hanover County Executive Development Center, located at 1241 Military Cutoff Road near the Northeast Public Library.

The goal of the plan is to “restore the water quality, shellfish harvesting and ultimately to remove the Hewletts and Bradley creeks from the State’s Impaired Waters List,” Talbert said.

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Commissioners moving closer to WASTEC solution

Submitted by Justin West, Assignment Manager

Monday, June 4th, 2012, 10:45am

Commissioners moving closer to WASTEC solution

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – It has been over a year since New Hanover County Commissioners voted to shutdown WASTEC, but Monday they could be one step closer to reopening the waste facility.

Commissioners will hold a 4 p.m. work session to discuss a proposed contract with Covanta Energy Corporation to take over the WASTEC Facility.

After the work session, Commissioners will meet for their regularly scheduled meeting in which the public will have a chance to give their opinion on the proposal.

This decision was put off from their last meeting, which was when Commissioners were told about a large increase to the price of operating the plant.

Renovations to WASTEC would allow the facility to process 500 tons of waste per day. It would cost $12.8 million every year to operate and maintain, but it would create its own electricity. It is still unclear how trash would get hauled and who would pay for it.

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