The May 20 executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” begins: “Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, […]| The Georgetowner
Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of every disease’s respective “month.” One caught our eyes — and our hearts — recently: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Held every September, it helps […]| The Georgetowner
SOUTHEASTERN NC — The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction unveiled school performance grades at a meeting on Wednesday, showing student scores are rising slowly but have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. READ MORE: School bond projects ranked: Riverlights and NHHS at top, Isaac Bear removed from list In the tri-county region, Pender County has […]| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Residents expressed their concerns to the New Hanover County commissioners this week, urging them to hold Novant Health accountable for patient care and safety standards. READ MORE: Former physician asks commissioners to hold Novant accountable to ‘five-star’ rating ALSO: Novant NHRMC gets ‘B’ safety grade per new report About 30 demonstrators […]| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Despite bringing down density from its former requests, a familiar development along Carolina Beach Road was denied its rezoning request this week. READ MORE: CB road townhomes, Sheetz mixed-use gain NHC planning board approval New Hanover County commissioners unanimously declined the R-15 low density change to R-5 moderate density, thwarting a 36-unit […]| Port City Daily
PENDER COUNTY — Spurred by calls for open dialogue on recent decisions, the Pender County Board of Commissioners is bringing its most pressing debates to the public in a series of town hall meetings. READ MORE: Dirtbike noise ordinance delayed in Pender County, community meeting planned ALSO: Pender commissioners vote on EMS and Fire merger, […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — A transportation sales tax across New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties is in the early stages of research at the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, though elected leaders are looking for constituent feedback before moving forward. READ MORE: WMPO subcommittee: Funding CFM Bridge could come with tri-county bond referendum On Aug. 26, […]| Port City Daily
PENDER COUNTY — A developer’s second attempt at a Topsail Township project proved successful, as a scaled-back plan for a mixed-use community won approval in Pender County. READ MORE: D.R. Horton development denied subdivision of 191 lots in Burgaw The board of commissioners approved a conditional rezoning request for Hilltop Landing on Aug. 18, a […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The City of Wilmington has its biennial community survey live and wants to hear back from residents on how they'd rate the quality of life in town and the city's varied departments. READ MORE: ‘No one government, no one entity’ can tackle homelessness alone: City, CoC press on without county buy-in The goal of […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — On Friday the Wilmington Police Department held a press conference updating the public on their investigation into a former GOP elections leader charged with allegedly drugging two teenagers. ALSO: GOP elections board chair resigns after arrest for allegedly putting MDMA, cocaine in kids’ ice cream READ MORE: Man arrested for allegedly drugging granddaughters’ Dairy […]| Port City Daily
Last week, a survey by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington found that new restaurant openings are down 17 percent compared to this time last| The Georgetowner
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Every Monday Port City Daily will share upcoming government and community meetings around the tri-county region. If there’s an item of public interest, it will be included, too.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The City of Wilmington’s investment portfolio, at least the portion it has direct control over, now is intended to be free of fossil fuel assets. READ MORE: Utilities Commission approves…| Port City Daily
OAK ISLAND — Oysters may be the saving grace for Oak Island’s marsh shorelines as a new partnership between the town and the University of North Carolina Wilmington begins with the goal of testing…| Port City Daily
Editorial note: This was updated after press to reflect the votes of the board from the meeting. BRUNSWICK COUNTY — More development plans are appearing before the planning board in the state’s…| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The New Hanover Community Endowment announced its second leader in its five-year infancy has stepped down from his role as president and chief executive officer. READ MORE…| Port City Daily
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Every Monday Port City Daily will share upcoming government and community meetings around the tri-county region. If there’s an item of public interest, it will be included, too.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — One local nonprofit is beginning its campaign for a new facility to host a new professional sports team in Wilmington. A fundraiser this weekend will help pay for a feasibility study to…| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — More than 400 cities nationwide have a curfew for youth and if one council member gets his way, Wilmington may be added to the list. READ MORE: ‘First in flight, first in business’…| Port City Daily
NORTH CAROLINA — Gov. Josh Stein and a national media outlet appeared at the Battleship North Carolina Thursday morning to make the announcement that the Tar Heel State ranked on a popular poll as the…| Port City Daily
PENDER COUNTY — A third-party will be brought in to manage construction of the new K-8 school coming to Pender County. READ MORE: Tri-county schools hit with fed fund loss, NHCS says its already at…| Port City Daily
Plus: The Illinois Secretary of State’s office decries the “illegal” use of license plate readers| Chicago Reader
How a South Side small business is delivering trust and opportunity.| Chicago Reader
The abrupt closure of Passages’s preschool raises questions about its future at a time when other charter schools across the city are closing their doors.| Chicago Reader
Plus: CPD’s “peer-to-peer” visit with cops in Los Angeles and a new housing program for survivors of gender-based violence| Chicago Reader
Plus: State lawmakers break for the summer and the CHA sells more public land to private developers| Chicago Reader
Plus: A new, free public shower program at 10 S. Kedzie and Alec Karakatsanis unpacks his latest book on copaganda| Chicago Reader
A Trace analysis found Chicago’s clearance rates are declining even with fewer homicides to solve. Thousands of families are still looking for closure.| Chicago Reader
As masked federal agents kidnap immigrants, a state bill to protect medical face coverings sits in limbo.| Chicago Reader
Situated at 79th and Clyde, Chicago Body Shop neighbors a few tire shops, but its mission is not to tune up your car, but a biological vehicle: your body.| Chicago Reader
Plus: Chicago History Museum workers allege retaliation for union organizing| Chicago Reader
Black mobility, as seen in the case of the Haitian migrant-slave, is not only a threat to the border, but to the border-as-limit to the meaning of emancipation and agency writ large.| WYV Archive
Founded by Tamara Hill-Norton in Notting Hill in 1998, the business is named after a song by a British punk band and plans to open Nov. 15.| The Georgetowner
District Council member Brooke Pinto has been representing Georgetown and Ward 2 since June of 2020. A 2017 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, the| The Georgetowner
They’re pretty, but they’re dangerous—and officials want you to kill them.| Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
The week of July 15 saw unusually high levels of criminal activity in Georgetown. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District rapidly mobilized to| The Georgetowner
With the arrival of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., this week, the Metropolitan Police Department issued the following traffic| The Georgetowner
D.C. Carjackings Fall After Multiyear Surge| The Georgetowner
With the help of the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the District Department of Transportation has installed corrals on 31st and 28th Streets at M| The Georgetowner
The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black" outside when| Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
Canada, under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, has positioned itself as a global advocate for progressive policies. In my latest documentary featured in The Telegraph, I embarked on a journey to ...| DocumentaryHeaven