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Cape Fear Roller Girls kick off their season

Cape Fear Roller Girls - CapeFearRollerGirls.com
Cape Fear Roller Girls – CapeFearRollerGirls.com

WECT.com reports that  “The Cape Fear Roller Girls kick off their 2018 season with a home bout against the Carolina Hurticanes.” Source: WECT.com

From their Website’s ‘Press Kit’:

“The Cape Fear Roller Girls are Wilmington’s premier women’s flat track roller derby league. The league is made up of strong, independent women of all ages and from all walks of life. The Cape Fear Roller Girls, founded in 2005 with only a few members, worked diligently to be recognized as a member of the worldwide Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). We earned this coveted honor in 2010. Currently we continue to maintain this distinction with more than thirty members.” Read more about them!

Learn more about Flat-Track Roller Derby…

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Spirit of South Carolina to stop in ILM in May

Spirit of South Carolina, a 140-foot, traditional sailing vessel - http://www.citadel.edu/root/studyabroad/sea-program
Spirit of South Carolina, a 140-foot, traditional sailing vessel – http://www.citadel.edu/root/studyabroad/sea-program

Saw this on PortCityDaily.com!

As part of the Citadel’s “Citadel at Sea’ program the Spirit sailing vessel will be make a two night visit to Wilmington. The Spirit of South Carolina will be at the Port City Marina on May 25-27.

“The ‘Citadel at Sea’ program takes place aboard Charleston’s own Spirit of South Carolina, a 140-foot, traditional sailing vessel dedicated to providing a unique educational platform for the Palmetto State. Live, sail and learn aboard the Spirit of South Carolina!”

The first summer session itenary includes Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk and Washington, D.C. – Website of Citadel at Sea

Learn more about the Spirit of South Carolina via their Website.

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SPRING Wilmington Restaurant Week

encore's Wilmington Spring Restaurant Week
encore’s Wilmington Spring Restaurant Week

“encore’s Wilmington Restaurant Week is returning for Spring 2018! Beginning Wednesday, April 4th, through Wednesday, April 11th, Port City diners will once again be able to enjoy 8 days of culinary delights. There are no tickets or passes are required. Food lovers may simply dine out at as many participating restaurants as they like during encore’s Wilmington Restaurant Week”  Source:  encorepub.com

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YWCA announces new business development initiative

YWCA is on a mission logo
YWCA is on a mission logo

 

“The YWCA Lower Cape Fear is proud to announce the unveiling of a new business development initiative, Coastal Women’s Ventures, created in partnership with Carolina Small Business Development Fund. Coastal Women’s Ventures is a collaborative program focused on creating and supporting small business opportunities for women entrepreneurs through business coaching, mentoring, small business education, and connecting participants to loan capital.” Source: YWCA

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Podcasts from PortCityDaily.com

I enjoy listening to podcasts, particularly in the car.  Thus, I was happy to see that PortCityDaily.com is offering them. Here is an article about them – “Port City Daily ‘Newsroom Podcast’ – Dive deep into the latest stories”.

There may be another official method for finding them (and I will update this if I find it out) but you can use this link – https://soundcloud.com/user-655490347

PortCityDaily.com Podcasts
PortCityDaily.com Podcasts
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Carolina Sportsman: “Wilmington’s Three Rivers”

The Cape Fear, Northeast Cape Fear and Brunswick Rivers around Wilmington, N.C. (Sources: The Univ. of Texas @ Austin's Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection
The Cape Fear, Northeast Cape Fear and Brunswick Rivers around Wilmington, N.C. (Sources: The Univ. of Texas @ Austin’s Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection”

Click the image above to enlarge it and see it in more detail.

NorthCarolinaSportsman.com says:

“The area around downtown Wilmington, N.C., is home to three rivers — the Cape Fear, Northeast Cape Fear and Brunswick — plus, the Black River flows into the Cape Fear River about 10 miles upriver.

Read more about them!