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- I own two timeshares with high maintenance fees. Can I just walk away from them?
- Why won’t somebody do something about the bear in the Middle Sound area?
- How much money does New Hanover County collect annually from churches that use school buildings on Sundays?
- Are there any singles groups or clubs for single people in the Wilmington area?
- Can I legally charter a fishing boat to take me to islands in the Lower Cape Fear River to use a metal detector?
- Are speed bumps to slow traffic now illegal in Wilmington?
- Why did the city of Wilmington open an employee health clinic?
- When will Wilmington get Verizon FiOS?
- Why is the light on top of ‘Old Baldy’ off-center?
- Who was the Donald E. Gore for whom the street was named?
- Why did the DOT not replace the granite marker on the New Hanover County-Pender county line?
- Could DOT lease out the blank backside of road signs on I-40 for ads?
- What’s the story on the Confederate Shipyard on Eagles Island?
- What is the status on City Block Apartments? Are they going to build them?
- What happened to the plans to build a CMS Food Solutions plant in Leland?
- What is being built near Oleander Drive and Hawthorne Drive between the car wash and storage place?
- Why do some TV news anchors stand while giving the news?
- Why doesn’t the turning arrow at the corner of Third and Market work?
- Who is responsible for cutting the grass at the intersection of Piner Road and Grissom Road?
- Does the Coast Guard offer tours of the cutter Diligence while it’s in port?
- Will Time Warner Cable broadcast the new SEC Network in the Wilmington/Southport area?
- Will there be any National Train Day events in Wilmington?
- What are they building next to Island Appliance on Carolina Beach Road?
- Who was the first licensed female pilot in Southeastern North Carolina?
- Are there any maps of Greenfield Lake and the trails and fixtures from the mid-1960s?
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- Why won’t somebody do something about the bear in the Middle Sound area?
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- I own two timeshares with high maintenance fees. Can I just walk away from them?
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