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Business incubator churns out success
JAMES CITY — Here’s more proof of economic recovery. The county’s Business & Technology Incubator is holding strong with eight solid, paying clients. “And eight more have an interest,” explained director Bill Bean.

Waitangi Day: How can we reclaim the day?
Historian Buddy Mikaere imagines a Waitangi Day that will mean something special to all New Zealanders In a few days' time we will mark 172 years since that sunny day on February 6, 1840 when a group of northern chiefs gathered...

Breaking ground for new complex
At long last, the City Commission will break ground for the new City Hall and Haines City Public Library complex downtown at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Entrepreneurs' hopes ride on the winds
A 22-year-old French entrepreneur and a 53-year-old shade tree mechanic from Whiteville have formed an unlikely alliance in an even unlikelier effort, jumping into the one area of wind energy that has had some success in North Carolina: small wind turbines. But there are risks in the increasingly crowded field.