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The City of Wilmington is revamping its regulations to make it much easier for more people to build an accessory dwelling unit, a.k.a. ADU, Granny flat, FROG (front room over garage), in-law cottage, etc. If you're interested, or just curious about the process, here's a step-by-step guide.
The Newsroom
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The affordable housing crisis is national in scope, but it’s uniquely painful in the South because of low wages and surging demand. So what are some creative solutions to this rapidly growing and intractable problem? Backyard cottages? Flipping hotels into rental housing? Or building out job training programs? We asked smart people in the housing space what they consider the most effective strategies to improve housing with help from the New Hanover Community Endowment.
More Local News
- Brunswick County Commission rejects request for two more elections employees
- Novant NHRMC “pleased” with B rating for safety and quality
- Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will reopen Wednesday night, ahead of schedule
- Registration open for new NHC alerting system
- CFR: The Wilmington crime lab lawsuit updates
- New Hanover High School lockdown lifted, suspect arrested
- Leland town council to vote on new budget in two weeks
- President Joe Biden visits Wilmington to announce funding to replace lead pipes
- A closer look at NHCS parents' groups, and the significant differences in their fundraising capacity
- Editor's Note: Questions about Woody White's rebuke of DEI elicit muted responses, and a little snark
- DEQ submits Human Health Risk Assessment on 1,4-Dioxane
- National Bike Month: Vision Zero, and a new tool evaluates media coverage of bicycle and pedestrian deaths
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Little Women
- STNL! Featuring: The Benny Hill Ensemble
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Rissi Palmer and September Krueger
- Comedian Meghan Cook on her origins in stand-up, and advice for aspiring comics
- Cape Fear Conversations: Health Equity
- Docutime Film Festival celebrates its 20th year
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Grahamland Amusements
- Cinematique Presents: The Beast
- Cinematique Presents: Problemista
- Cinematique Presents: Wicked Little Letters
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Dorothy Gillespie documentary
- Robert Bellamy, aka ScaleHamHawk da Poet, talks about his work, his muse, and his name
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, we have Ben join us to revisit the Wilmington Crime Lab lawsuit.
Port City Politics
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First up on this episode, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two cases coming out of North Carolina this week — one dealing with the dubious 'independent state legislator' theory, and the other with affirmative action for colleges and universities. Then, a messy story about how the culture wars are playing out at UNCW — and beyond. And, NHRMC President Shelbourn Stevens is, quite abruptly, out of a job.
National News
- Veterans who received other-than-honorable discharges may be eligible for benefits
- How Rep.Ciscomani, an immigrant lawmaker in a swing state, views the border crisis
- North Carolina's first marijuana dispensary opened last month on Cherokee land
- Morning news brief
- A mother is called to work as a doula after her first child died shortly after birth
- Why is a teen Trump in the news? Find out in the quiz
- California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices
- A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it
- Is Biden's border plan working? Here's how the top immigration official says it is
- 2 skiers killed after being caught in Utah avalanche, sheriff says
State News
- FAFSA still causing delays in students receiving financial aid offers
- Mark Robinson suggests he's being politically persecuted amid probe of wife's nonprofit
- Whooping cough crosses county lines in WNC; Transylvania confirms outbreak
- NC Senate votes to protect Jockey's Ridge amid regulatory dispute
- North Carolina environmental committee delays vote on groundwater standards for toxic chemicals
- Federal appeals court sides with Charlotte Catholic High in gay teacher firing case
- Protestors hold rally encouraging UNC-Chapel Hill faculty to withhold grades
- NC House passes expanded antisemitism definition with bipartisan support
- In Republican runoff, state auditor candidates offer contrasting visions for watchdog agency
- Fact Check: Is GOP superintendent candidate right on claims about school safety?