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Benjamin Schachtman

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Benjamin Schachtman

    Environmental and community groups join call to reconsider federal requirements for CFMB replacement height (opens the original)

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    This week, a group of organizations called on Senators Ted Budd and Thom Tillis and Congressman David Rouzer to request a reevaluation of federal requirements driving the high cost — and likely tolling — of a replacement for the aging Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The Alliance for Cape Fear Trees was joined by Cape Fear River Watch, North Carolina Coastal Federation, Eagles Island Nature Park, Cape Fear Sierra Club, Save Sledge Forest, and the League of Women Voters of the Lower Cape Fear. The grou

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Benjamin Schachtman

    New Hanover County BOE sets hearing for potential disciplinary action against board member (opens the original)

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    On Tuesday afternoon, at the end of the board's agenda review meeting, Republican Chairman Pete Wildeboer opened discussion of a hearing to consider disciplinary action against Libertarian member David Perry, including the possibility of censure or removal from committees. Republican Melissa Mason moved to schedule the hearing within two weeks, noting that it would address Perry's behavior at the September 1 regular meeting. Related: NHC school board member storms out over policy, meeting moves

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Benjamin Schachtman

    The Endowment announces nearly $16 million in grants, largely to support recreational opportunities (opens the original)

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    On Tuesday, The Endowment awarded seven grants totaling $15.8 million. The foundation, created from the sale of the county hospital to Novant Health, said four of those grants, totaling $13.5 million, would help “improve and expand recreation facilities, including two that augment public infrastructure in partnership with the Towns of Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach.” A grant of $3.5 million will “supplement” Carolina Beach’s “Coastal Park and Event Stage.” (The 'supplement' language is im

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Benjamin Schachtman

    Superior Court judge orders release of law enforcement recordings from NHCSO use-of-force incident (opens the original)

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    Shortly before Thanksgiving last year, 37-year-old Wilmington resident Corey Temoney was arrested on Princess Place Drive. Parts of the incident were captured in a roughly two-minute video, in which Temoney appeared pinned down by a deputy from the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, eventually assisted by several members of the Wilmington Police Department and a firefighter. The video appears to show Temoney repeatedly saying he was “not resisting” while he was being held down. It also showed

  5. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Benjamin Schachtman

    Sunday Edition: Editor’s Notes on Chemours, Flock Camers, and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge (opens the original)

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    WHQR's Sunday Edition is a free weekly newsletter delivered every Sunday morning. You can sign up for Sunday Edition here. Earlier this month, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced a historic settlement for nearly $600 million with Chemours and DuPont. The largest environmental damages deal in the state’s history, the settlement does more — by an order of magnitude — than the EPA’s deal with Chemours earlier this year, derided by environmentalists as weak and deemed “insulting”

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