SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — It can be time-consuming to keep up with all the local news. If Sunday is your day to catch up on the headlines of the week, allow Port City Daily to help.
Below are the top read stories published since last weekend by Wilmington’s independent news source. This week readers took particular interest in an update on the Hampstead Bypass project and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office’s plan to acquire license plate detection technology.
Also tracking, a Noble Middle School teacher was arrested for assault on a female, which Port City Daily has reported updated information on. The Wilmington Police Department investigated two high-interest crimes: a homicide-suicide in the Holly Tree area on Tuesday and a hit-and-run into an apartment building last weekend.
Catch up on some of the stories affecting the southeastern N.C. region. Here are PCD’s top 10 read stories of the week:
1. Hampstead Bypass inches closer to groundbreaking in Pender County
2. New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office requests $43K to install 15 license plate detection cameras
3. Noble Middle CTE teacher facing charges for assault on female
4. Small parcels targeted for new townhomes in Carolina Beach
5. New pizzeria headed to Market Street, True Blue slated to open South Front restaurant in January, and more
6. Proposed across-the-river towers put on back burner by county planning board
7. Durham’s Ponysaurus Brewing Co. eyes expansion to downtown Wilmington
8. New Hanover County Schools extends mask mandate, intends to go optional by January
9. Man arrested for hit-and-run into apartment, victim passes away from injuries
10. Shooting in Holly Tree area leaves two dead
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