WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – The 19th Annual New Hanover County Schools High School Sidewalk Chalk Art Competition will be held this Saturday at Mayfaire Town Center.

Each high school art team will be assigned a corner of Main and Innovation Drives to create their chalk designs.

Students from Ashley, Hoggard, Laney and New Hanover High Schools will have two hours to finish their artwork.

Several middle school art students will also be on hand to watch and create smaller versions of chalk designs.

The winning high school art team will receive the NHCS High School Sidewalk Chalk Art plaque to be displayed at their school for one year.

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WILMINGTON - North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory will join local community leaders and officials from Cape Fear Community College as they break ground on a major new building in downtown Wilmington later this week.

A ground-breaking ceremony for CFCC's much-anticipated Humanities and Fine Arts Center will be held on Thursday, March 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the corner of Second and Hanover St. at the college's downtown Wilmington Campus.

Designed at 160,000 square-feet, the center will serve a dual role as a teching facility and a modern performing arts center for the college and the community.

Dr. Ted D. Spring, President of Cape Fear Community College said he is excited about the new opportunities that the new facility will offer for the college and the community.  

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – More than three dozen band students from the four traditional high schools in New Hanover County have been selected to participate in the state Easter District Honor Band.

The student musicians were chosen to participate through and audition process that required students to learn seven or eight scales, multiple octaves, the chromatic scale for their instruments and full solos.

The selected students will go to ECU at the beginning of February to perform with other members of the All-District Band.

The final concert will be Saturday, February 2 at 5:30 p.m. and is free to the public.

According to New Hanover County Schools, a total of 190 students were selected for the Eastern District Honor Band, representing 30 counties and up to 64 high schools. NHCS’ student participation makes up approximately 21% of the Honor Band.

Congratulations to the following students under Band Director Robert Pearson at Laney High School: