Star-News (Wilmington, NC) articles from August 2003

Star-News (Wilmington, NC) archives from August 2003

US Airways to Begin Flying Wilmington, N.C.-Washington, D.C., Route.
August 1, 2003

Wilmington, N.C., Firm Guilty of Wetlands Violations.
August 2, 2003... Byline: Gareth McGrath Aug. 2--A federal judge has found a Wilmington development company guilty of illegally ditching and draining 200 acres of wetlands adjacent to Stump Sound along the Pender-Onslow county line without a permit. ...

Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., Eliminates 55 Positions.
August 2, 2003

Family Has Long History of Building in Wilmington, N.C., Area.
August 5, 2003... Aug. 5--WILMINGTON, N.C.--Four generations of the Jones family have been building in the Southport area and on Oak Island and Bald Head Island since the 1890s. Great-grandfather Lewis Jones started with a few structures, including a...

GE Foundation Encourages New Hanover County, N.C., Students to Go to College.
August 5, 2003... Aug. 5--WILMINGTON, N.C.--The GE Foundation awarded a $550,000 grant to the New Hanover County Schools on Monday to increase the percentage of college-bound high school graduates by 2007. This is the second grant awarded to local schools by...

Construction, Retail Sales Boost Economy in Wilmington, N.C.
August 6, 2003... Byline: Bonnie Eksten Aug. 6--The area's economy will grow at 5 percent to around $7 billion between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004, predicted William Hall Jr. and Claude Farrell, University of North Carolina at Wilmington economists. ...

Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C., Business Briefs Column.
August 6, 2003

Wilmington, N.C.-Based Pharmaceutical-Research Firm Announces Merger.
August 6, 2003

North Carolina Motor Vehicles Department Probing Sales of Untitled Cars.
August 8, 2003... Byline: Todd Volkstorf Aug. 8--WILMINGTON, N.C.--Tracey Whaley of Jacksonville thought he was getting a good deal when he bought a vehicle for his mother from a Wilmington used-car dealer in late May. In the two months since Mr. Whaley...

New Hanover County, N.C., Asked to Ease Restrictions on Adult Businesses.
August 9, 2003

Wilmington, N.C., Window Coverings Business Still Strong after 61 Years.
August 12, 2003... Byline: Rachel Wimberly Aug. 12--WILMINGTON, N.C.--Jim Strickland, owner of Strickland's Window Coverings, said that when his father, James R. Strickland Sr., first started making wooden venetian blinds in the early 1940s, it was a...

Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C., Bonnie Eksten Column.
August 13, 2003... Byline: Bonnie Eksten Aug. 13--COFFEE TALK: Wilmington-headquartered Port City Java is making news on several fronts. Owner Don Reynolds has donated coffee (and cups) to all the high schools in New Hanover County. The schools get to sell...

One Tropical Storm This Season Could Upset Wilmington, N.C., Region's Ecology.
August 13, 2003... Byline: Todd Volkstorf Aug. 13--Even a minor tropical storm could mean major trouble for the region soaked by persistent rains this year, a UNCW researcher said. "Everyone is crossing their fingers and hoping that this weather pattern...

North Carolina Law Makes Price-Gouging after Natural Disaster Illegal.
August 15, 2003

Harris Teeter Grocery Chain in Southeast Halts Honoring Printed Online Coupons.
August 19, 2003

Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C., Bonnie Eksten Column.
August 20, 2003... Byline: Bonnie Eksten Aug. 20--WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: Julie and Roger Ford have taken to the wilds of Southport and opened Backyard Wild at the end of June. It is the third store for the couple who closed their two western North...

North Carolina Officials to Study Coastal Shrimp.
August 21, 2003... Byline: Mark Schreiner Aug. 21--RALEIGH, N.C.--Saying it is needed to save one of the state's most lucrative fisheries, members of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted Wednesday to move up a scheduled study of coastal shrimp. ...

North Carolina Officials Investigate Accident at Polyester Maker's Plant.
August 21, 2003

Wilmington, N.C., Hospital Officials See 'Fragile' Finances in 2004.
August 22, 2003... Byline: Sherry Jones Aug. 22--New Hanover Regional Medical Center could find itself in a financial crisis a year from now if budget projections for the 2004 fiscal year don't hold true, the hospital's chief financial officer warned...

Company Bids on Firm Set to Merge with Wilmington, N.C.-Based aaiPharma.
August 22, 2003

Wilmington, N.C., River-Deepening Project Is Delayed.
August 26, 2003

Growing Traffic Causes North Carolina to Reexamine Plans for Hampstead Bypass.
August 26, 2003

Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C., Bonnie Eksten Column.
August 27, 2003

Wilmington, N.C., University Marketers Struggle to Define School's Hues.
August 28, 2003

North Carolina Labor Commissioner Candidate Promises to Push Movie Industry.
August 29, 2003

Wilmington, N.C., Swensen's Ice Cream Parlor to Close.
August 30, 2003