WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A unique student project will be auctioned off tomorrow at CFCC’s North Campus in Castle Hayne.

Students in CFCC’s carpentry program built a 1,000 square-foot home, located at 2210 Sidbury Road. The students worked on the home three semesters and finished it earlier this summer.

The exterior of the house is planked with cedar siding and has a large front porch. Interior features include three bedrooms, two full baths, and a roughed in mechanical system including an installed evaporator, duct system and condenser. The house meets the rough in requirements of the New Hanover Building Inspectors.

Proceeds of the sale will go back into the carpentry program, which gives students  hands-on training in residential construction.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - New Hanover County Commissioners voted Monday night to deny a rezoning request by Ridgewood Health Investors to rezone approximately 37 acres for a new apartment complex in the Porters Neck area of New Hanover County at the intersection of Market Street and Futch Creek Road.

Commissioners held a public hearing to listen to two presentations.  One, from developers with the Futch Creek Village apartment site, and another from representatives for residents in the Porters Neck area who are in opposition to the new development.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Paperback books will be on sale for 50 cents each on Saturday, July 21.

The Friends of the New Hanover County Public Library are 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.