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Parkwood Park, Blue Clay Bike Park to re-open later

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Monday, August 29th, 2011, 4:29pm
Parkwood Park, Blue Clay Bike Park to re-open later

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Parks are beginning to re-open in New Hanover County after Hurricane Irene's arrival last weekend, although not all of them are ready to go.

Parkwood, Kings Grant, Cape Fear Optimist are not going to open up on Tuesday with the rest of the county parks. Snows Cut is expected to open Wednesday or Thursday.

Some are going to be closed longer than those. Summer Rest Trail at Wrightsville Beach, Blue Clay Bike Park, the frisbee golf course at Castle Hayne and Blair baseball field restrooms are closed until further notice due to tree damage and debris.

Athletic fields should re-open Tuesday as well, with the exception of the Ogden baseball fields, Eaton Elementary soccer fields, Five Acre fields, Pop Warner football fields, Castle Hayne soccer fields and Cape Fear Optimist baseball fields.

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Landfill to stay open longer in anticipation of Hurricane Irene

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011, 5:46am
Landfill to stay open longer in anticipation of Hurricane Irene

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) — The New Hanover County Landfill is opening for longer periods of time in anticipation of Hurricane Irene.

 The landfill will be open from 5:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 through Friday, Aug. 26, according to New Hanover County’s Mark Boyer.

If a Hurricane Warning is issued before Saturday, Aug. 27, the landfill will be closed on that day. If it is issued after 6:30 a.m., it will close within 30 minutes of the issuance. If no warning is issued, it will be open from 6:30 a.m. until noon.

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County to continue spraying for mosquitoes

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011, 3:17pm
County to continue spraying for mosquitoes

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) — Mosquito spraying will continue Wednesday and Thursday in New Hanover County.

Officials from the New Hanover County Health Dept. Division of Environmental Health will apply treatments between 6 p.m. and midnight in the following locations:

Wednesday, Aug. 17

  • North 132
  • North Lansdowne
  • South Castle Hayne

Thursday, Aug. 18

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Portion of West Northchase Parkway to be closed

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011, 12:41pm
Portion of West Northchase Parkway to be closed

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) — Construction crews have been hired by Cape Fear Public Utility Authority to repair a portion of damaged sanitary sewer line on West Northchase Parkway.

Work is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Aug. 17 and is expected to be completed on Sept. 1. Construction will occur Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and no sewer service interruptions are expected.

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King's Grant area to switch water sources on Wednesday

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011, 12:07pm
King's Grant area to switch water sources on Wednesday

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) — Approximately 2,000 Cape Fear Public Utility Authority customers in the King's Grant neighborhood will be getting water from a different place soon.

The customers indicated in pink in the above map are currently served by CFPUA's Nano-Filtration Water Treatment Plant in Ogden. According to a news release, on Aug. 17 they will be changed over to the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant.

The news release states:

Water provided by the Nano and Sweeney Plants are very similar; they are both fluoridated comparably, both are of equal and high quality, and both are very ‘soft’ water with Sweeney water a little softer than Nano. Customers who did not remove water softeners when the Nano facility came online and began producing and pumping ‘softer’ water into the system in 2009 may wish to consider eliminating their use of softeners after this August 17th switch. Otherwise customers in Kings Grant should experience no noticeable change in their water quality during or after the switchover other than improved water ‘softness’ and perhaps some brief / isolated periods of discoloration.

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CFCC offers course on growing, harvesting and distributing food

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Monday, August 15th, 2011, 12:46pm
CFCC offers course on growing, harvesting and distributing food

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) — Cape Fear Community College is offering a new class this semester that will teach students how to grow their own food and profit off of it.

The school’s Small Business Center is offering a class called Sustainable Agriculture once a week for eight weeks, beginning on Tuesday, August 23. According to a news release, the course’s topics include an introduction to agriculture enterprise, soil and site analysis, seeds, plants and water, whole farm design, weed, insect and disease management, and harvesting and distribution.

The cost to attend the course is $79 and pre-registration is required.

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CONTEST: Share your photos with us, you may win $100

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Sunday, August 14th, 2011, 2:14pm
CONTEST: Share your photos with us, you may win $100

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) — Do you have photos of New Hanover County, shots of beautiful sunrises, or pictures of breathtaking sites around the area? We want to see them…and we may even publish them in our 2012 calendar.

WECT is looking for 12 photos that will fill the 2012 WECT Collector’s Calendar. Each winner will receive $100 for their picture and will be featured in the calendar.

Entries are being accepted until Sunday, August 21 and only two entries per individual are allowed.

Submissions must be mailed to WECT 2012 Collectors Calendar Contest at 322 Shipyard Blvd., Wilmington, NC 28412 or dropped off at the front desk during normal business hours.

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