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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – If you’re looking to go ahead and pay your real estate tax bill, now is the time to do so -- New Hanover County officials will begin mailing this year’s real estate tax bills out so that they arrive in residents’ mailboxes next week, according a news release from county officials.

Taxes are due Sept. 1 of this year, and can be paid without interest until Jan. 7, 2013, but the tax office is already accepting payments. 

"Residents who have appealed their revaluation will not receive their tax bill until their appeal process with the Board of Equalization and Review is complete," said a county official in a statement.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Paperback books will be on sale for 50 cents each on Saturday.

The Friends of the New Hanover County Public Library group is holding a beach reads paperback books sale from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Northeast Library, located at 1241 Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington. Mysteries, romances, thrillers and sci-fi paperbacks will be available. No children’s books will be at the sale.

The library accepts used books, CDs, DVDs and other materials throughout the year. Then the Friends of the Library organize three sales each year (fall, spring and summer). The sales raise about 20% of the funds used to buy new materials, according to Assistant Library Director Paige Owens. The fall sale is scheduled for September 28 through October 3.