Features
Summer 2009
Downtown Belville: The Next Big Thing?
by Hilary Brady
The quaint Brunswick County town of Belville has experienced tremendous change and notable growth since its incorporation in 1977, but nothing like what’s in store with its new Downtown, or Central Business District (CBD), project.
The Buckinghams Performing in Brunswick County by Marybeth G. CaleThe power of good music. How is it that a single song or guitar riff can transport us back to an entirely different period of our lives? All it takes is a certain melody in the background and there we are, back at the high school prom or dancing on our wedding day or driving around in our first car.
Vote For Your Favorites in Northern Brunswick County by Michelle Macken“Go green” seems to be the catch phrase for the 21st century. Green habits often save you money, which is always a plus, but especially so in today’s economic climate. By making small green efforts, we can improve our health and life as well.
Cape Fear National at Brunswick Forest: On Target For Fall
by Tobin Spirer
Cape Fear National®, one of the coastal South’s newest and most ambitious golf courses, is on schedule to open this fall. The course is set in the heart of Brunswick Forest, a 4,500-acre master planned community 10 minutes south of Wilmington. The first 18 holes of a planned 27-hole complex will invite area golfers sometime in late September or early October.
The Leland We Don't Know: Connecting Newcomers to Leland's Past by Marimar McNaughtonOld Leland echoes the town’s history, whispering its secrets — Post Office, Old Mill, Old Village, Old Fayetteville. These relics of a bygone time still hold the place that the founders of this up-and-coming crossroads mapped out on parchment. A vintage roadbed for horse and carriage followed the trajectory of a train line that brought goods to the hamlet established in the late 1800s. A pair of old thoroughfares linked this waterfront village and its currents to the trading post, the steel rail and the hub of commercial trade over the river to Wilmington and through the woods to Fayetteville.
Departments
relocation
education
Town Creek Elementary School Gears up for the 2009–10 School Year
by Heather Lowery
new construction
across the cape fear
The Wilmington Sharks: Puting the Family Back in Summer Baseball Games
by Bryan Stange