| 2/1/2010 4:00 PM | 4/2/2010 4:00 PM | Registration packets are available now through April 2 at the NHC Senior Resource Center, 2222 South College Road. Senior Games by the Sea Athletic and SilverArts competition will be held April 12-30. Persons 55 and older are eligible to compete in 40 events. Registration $10 thru March 15 or $15 thru April 2. Contact Tiffany Lesley, 341-7253 or seniorgamesbythesea@gmail.com | 2010 Senior Games by the Sea | 2/1/2010 3:27 PM |
| 2/1/2010 4:00 PM | 4/2/2010 4:00 PM | FREe blood pressure clinics will be held at the NHC Senior Resource Center, 2222 South College Road on the second Wednesday of each month from 10:00-2:00.
Special thanks to Wellcare Home Health and Home Care. | Free Blood Pressure Clinics | 2/1/2010 3:30 PM |
| 3/26/2010 2:00 PM | 3/26/2010 4:00 PM |
Bring the kids to Chocolate Fest and squish up some fudge in a bag, fingerpaint with chocolate syrup, compete to answer chocolate trivia, and explore many other chococentric activities together. Go home with treats to enjoy!
This free program is brought to you by the Friends of the Library. Reservations are not needed, and the dress code is washable. Main Library, 201 Chestnut St; free parking in the 2nd Street deck nextdoor to the Library.
Originally scheduled for Valentines Day, this event was rescheduled because of snow. | Chocolate Fest @ Main Library, Mar 26, 2 pm | 2/2/2010 11:15 AM |
| 3/22/2010 10:30 AM | 3/22/2010 11:30 AM |
The Civically Engaged Reader is the title of the new anthology that a library Great Books group will begin discussing at Northeast Library on March 22. It's a great time for new members to join this group!
The Civically Engaged Reader contains 47 essays, stories, speeches and poems about what it means to be civic minded, by a diverse group of authors that includes Aristotle, Maya Angelou, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, and many more. The main themes are Associating, Serving, Giving, and Leading. The group will discuss one or more selections each month until they have worked their way through the book.
The Great Books in the Morning group meets on the 4th Monday of each month at 10:30 am, at the Northeast Regional Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. Copies of the Civically Engaged Reader have been bought by the Friends of the LIbrary and group members may borrow them at the Northeast Library checkout desk.
| Join the Civically Engaged Readers @ NE Library | 2/2/2010 11:19 AM |
| 3/1/2010 6:00 PM | 3/1/2010 7:30 PM |
Finding Financial Aid for College @ New Hanover County Public Library
April Morey with College Foundation of North Carolina will explain applying for college financial aid by filling out the FAFSA form at a free information session at the Northeast Regional Library on March 1. High school students and their parents are encouraged to bring their questions.
College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) is a free service of the State of North Carolina that helps students plan, apply, and pay for college. CFNC is a partnership of Pathways, the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority, and College Foundation, Inc. Many helpful services are available online at www.cfnc.org.
The program will be March 1, at 6 pm in the Pine Room at Northeast Regional Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. No reservations are needed.
For more information please call 798-6371. | Financial Aid for College info session at Northeast Library | 2/25/2010 4:24 PM |
| 3/13/2010 11:00 AM | 3/13/2010 11:30 AM | Parents & children 6 months and older will have fun stretching and learning basic yoga postures with Reference Librarian Susan Wood. Children must have an adult present. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or beach towel. Free, but please preregister. | Family Yoga @ Main Library, 201 Chestnut St | 3/8/2010 1:16 PM |
| 3/23/2010 6:00 PM | 3/23/2010 7:00 PM | Matt Warzel of MJW Careers will give you tips about breaking into today's tough job market, based on his decade of experience in the field. Pine Room, Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. Free, but space is limited so please preregister. | Job Search Skills Refresher | 3/8/2010 3:20 PM |
| 3/25/2010 9:00 AM | 3/25/2010 7:00 PM | | Master Gardener Plant Sale | 3/11/2010 10:00 AM |
| 3/26/2010 9:00 AM | 3/26/2010 5:00 PM | Its day two of the annual Master Gardener Plant Sale at the Arboretum. Where are you? | Master Gardener Plant Sale | 3/11/2010 10:02 AM |
| 3/27/2010 9:00 AM | 3/27/2010 5:00 PM | We're at the Arboretum. Just like last year, but better. | Master Gardener Plant Sale | 3/11/2010 10:03 AM |
| 3/28/2010 1:00 PM | 3/28/2010 5:00 PM | The array of herbs will amaze you. | Master Gardener Plant Sale | 3/11/2010 10:05 AM |
| 3/29/2010 9:00 AM | 3/29/2010 5:00 PM | | Master Gardener Plant Sale Ends Today | 3/11/2010 10:06 AM |
| 5/16/2010 4:00 PM | 5/16/2010 6:00 PM | An elegant Garden Pawty for dogs and their friends. Don't miss this chance to enjoy a spring evening in the Arboretum with your canine. Featuring a dog show, raffle, live music, art and more. Hor d'oeuvres will be served and wine and beer will be available at cash bar. Tickets are $35 each or 2 for $50 beginning March 22 at the Arboretum. All proceeds support the Ability Garden | K-9 Cotillion | 3/11/2010 10:09 AM |
| 3/24/2010 9:00 AM | 3/24/2010 10:00 AM | The NHC Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at a special meeting on Wednesday, March 24 at 9:00 am. The purpose of the meeting is to hold a public hearing regarding a development moratorium of 60 days or shorter period on internet gaming establishments. The special meeting and public hearing will be held in the Assembly Room of the Historic NHC Courthouse | Public Hearing on Internet Gaming | 3/15/2010 2:54 PM |
| 3/24/2010 10:00 AM | 3/24/2010 12:00 PM |
The NHC Board of Commissioners will hold a budget work session on Wednesday, March 24 immediately following the 9:00 am special meeting, in the Assembly Room of the Historic NHC Courthouse. | Budget Work Session | 3/15/2010 2:55 PM |
| 3/19/2010 9:00 AM | 4/19/2010 2:00 PM |
Census worker Yolanda Rivera will be at the Main Library to answer questions about the US Census and help with census forms at these times:
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
9 am - 2 pm
March 19-April 19 | Questions about the Census? Come to Main Library | 3/16/2010 5:27 PM |
| 3/19/2010 6:00 PM | 3/24/2010 6:00 PM | Don't miss the Friends of the Library Used Book Sale at Northeast Library!
Preview for members of the Friends of the Library (You can join at the door for $15 individual/$25 household. Your annual dues will support free public library programs!)
Friday, March 19, 6 - 9 pm
Open to the Public
Saturday, March 20, 9 am to 5 pm
Sunday, March 21, 11 am to 5 pm
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, March 22 - 24, 9 am to 6 pm
| Used Book Sale @ Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd | 3/16/2010 5:31 PM |
| 3/25/2010 11:00 AM | 3/25/2010 12:00 PM |
New to job hunting? Matt Warzel of MJW Careers will help you organize the steps you need to take to find a job that's a good fit for you. This free workshop is sponsored by the Friends of the Public Library, at the Main Library, 201 Chestnut St, Wilmington. | Introduction to Job Search Skills | 3/16/2010 5:34 PM |
| 4/2/2010 12:00 AM | 4/3/2010 11:00 PM | | Land of the Longleaf Pine | 3/22/2010 9:04 AM |
| 4/14/2010 4:00 PM | 4/14/2010 5:00 PM |
Barbara Safani of Tutor.Com will teach a free webinar on creating a winning resume packed with powerful success stories. You’ll also learn how to use resume design templates effectively.
Space is limited so please preregister.
Tutor.com is a free online service available through your library’s website, www.nhclibrary.org. Tutors are available 24/7 for live online chat with students in grade school through beginning college, as well as adult learners and job hunters. To access Tutor.com, go to www.nhclibrary.org and click on the icon for "Homework Help". Enter your NHC Library Card number for access. | Resume Webinar @ Main Library, 201 Chestnut St | 3/30/2010 4:29 PM |
| 4/17/2010 12:00 PM | 4/17/2010 1:00 PM |
Celebrate National Poetry Month by attending a poetry reading featuring UNCW student Kevin Dublin and ECU's Professor John Hoppenthaler, a Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet. The program is sponsored by the NC Poetry Society and the NC State Library. | Poetry Reading @ Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd | 3/30/2010 5:28 PM |
| 4/1/2010 12:00 AM | 4/1/2010 11:00 PM | If you haven't already mailed in your US Census form, please do it right away. This will save census workers (and your tax dollars) from having to go door to door. | US Census Day | 3/31/2010 10:26 AM |
| 3/31/2010 11:00 AM | 4/30/2010 11:00 AM | The Library's Strategic Planning Design Team wants to make sure we're “Creating Library Experiences that Matter to You!” We need your feedback about how using the library benefits you! Please contact Assistant Library Director Tammy Baggett at tbaggett@nhcgov.com for details about how you can share in this process. | Library asks for feedback | 3/31/2010 10:33 AM |
| 4/24/2010 9:00 AM | 4/24/2010 12:00 PM | Interactive Workshop for Parents of Young Children @ Main Library, 201 Chestnut St, Wilmington
Learn how to use play to encourage early literacy in your young child! this free workshop is sponsored by the Library, Smart Start Growing Readers, and the Cape Fear Association for the Education of Young Children. Info: 910-798-6308. | Read! Play! help your child be ready to read! | 3/31/2010 2:01 PM |
| 5/4/2010 6:00 AM | 5/4/2010 7:00 PM | | Primary Election Day | 4/1/2010 9:40 AM |
| 4/2/2010 7:00 AM | 4/2/2010 5:00 PM | All county offices are closed in observance of Good Friday | Good Friday | 4/1/2010 9:42 AM |
| 4/5/2010 7:00 AM | 4/5/2010 5:00 PM | All non-emergency services are on an unpaid, mandatory furlough today. | Mandatory Furlough Day | 4/1/2010 9:43 AM |
| 5/31/2010 7:00 AM | 5/31/2010 5:00 PM | All county offices are closed in observance of Memorial Day. | Memorial Day | 4/1/2010 9:44 AM |
| 4/6/2010 5:00 PM | 4/6/2010 5:30 PM | NHC Chairman Jason Thompson delivers the State of the County address, followed by the board's regular meeting. Watch the speech and meeting live on NHCTV | State of the County Address | 4/6/2010 8:50 AM |
| 4/7/2010 8:00 AM | 4/7/2010 10:00 AM | The NHC Board of Health meets monthly at the NHC Health Department, 2029 South 17th Street (next door to NHRMC). | Board of Health Meeting | 4/6/2010 10:09 AM |
| 4/6/2010 5:00 PM | 5/6/2010 5:00 PM |
NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide online library, has just added a new tool called LearningExpress Job & Career Accelerator™. You can use it anywhere you search the Internet and all you need to get in is your New Hanover County Public Library card number!
Job & Career Accelerator™ gives step-by-step assistance for job hunters at all levels of experience and education. You can:
· explore new career fields
· search a database of over 5 million up-to-date job postings
· create professional resumes and cover letters
· master interviewing and networking techniques
· improve work related skills
· prepare for job related exams.
New Hanover County residents should get to Job & Career Accelerator™ through their local public library website, www.nhclibrary.org. Click on the NC LIVE icon, enter your New Hanover County Public Library card number, and start searching.
NC LIVE also contains eBooks, magazines, newspapers, journals, and videos for children and adults on business, investing, auto repair, health, history, genealogy, and many other topics.
New Hanover County Library cards are free to New Hanover County residents, teachers, students, and military personnel serving in New Hanover County. To apply for a card please visit your library and present a picture ID and proof of current residence or other qualification.
Questions about Job & Career Accelerator™ or other services available through NC LIVE? Ask a Reference Librarian for help, or call the Main Library Reference Desk at (910) 798-6301. | Accelerate Your Job Search @ NHC Library! | 4/6/2010 4:58 PM |
| 4/12/2010 7:00 AM | 4/12/2010 9:00 AM | The League of Women Voters hold Breakfast with your Legislators at the New Hanover County Government Center Atrium. Meet your state and local representatives. | Breakfast with your Legislators | 4/7/2010 3:25 PM |
| 4/29/2010 4:30 PM | 4/29/2010 7:00 PM |
Come see the latest addition to Airlie Gardens. The 3,000 square foot butterfly house is the only permanent structure in Southeastern North Carolina, housing 11 native species of butterflies. Reception starts at 4:30, ribbon cutting at 6:00 pm | Grand Opening Airlie Gardens Butterfly House | 4/7/2010 3:29 PM |
| 4/17/2010 12:00 PM | 4/17/2010 6:00 PM | Over 50 environmental exhibits, live entertainment, hands on activities for kids, register to win a kayak and go shopping in the Green Market. Off site parking and free trolley service available from the Cinema Six on Oleander Drive. | Earth Day at Hugh MacRae Park | 4/7/2010 3:33 PM |
| 4/26/2010 9:00 AM | 4/26/2010 10:00 AM |
Come see the long awaited Trail's End Park and Boating Access. This new facility will make an ideal place to launch a canoe for a quick paddle to Masonboro Island. Located on the site of the former Trail's End Restaurant, off Masonboro Loop Road. | Trail's End Park Grand Opening | 4/7/2010 3:41 PM |
| 4/13/2010 8:00 AM | 4/16/2010 5:00 PM | Come visit New Hanover County Government Center this week to learn what makes us a community! Our kick off event on April 13 will feature displays, demonstrations and the opportunity to meet the folks who keep our county running. The NHC Government Center is located off Racine Drive, between Eastwood and College Roads in the heart of New Hanover County. | National County Government Month Expo | 4/7/2010 3:45 PM |
| 4/20/2010 4:00 PM | 4/20/2010 5:00 PM | The Community Child Protection Team invites you to take part in the 5th Annual Flower Launch for Abused Children. Speakers include Department of Social Services, Child Advocacy and Parenting Place, District Attorney, Blue Ribbon Commission, Carousel Center, Office of Justice, and Smart Start of NHC. Location: Henrietta boat dock, Water Street. | 5th Annual Flower Launch | 4/7/2010 4:56 PM |
| 4/28/2010 6:30 PM | 4/28/2010 7:30 PM | New Hanover County Commission Chairman, Jason Thompson will host a Town Hall meeting with the public at the Williston Auditorium at Cape Fear Museum. Chairman Thompson and other commissioners and county staff will be available to answer the questions you have about county government and services. | Town Hall with Chairman Jason Thompson | 4/9/2010 11:20 AM |
| 4/27/2010 12:00 PM | 4/30/2010 12:00 PM |
The showcase will display heritage, visual and literary work of Senior Games participants age 55 and older. In addition to the SilverArts show, the Wilmington Wood Carvers Association and Woodturning Association will have a demonstration and display of beautiful wood art pieces.
The SilverArts Showcase is open to the public. Hours are as
Tuesday, April 27 from 12-3
Wednesday, April 28 from 10-3
Thursday, April 29 from 10-3
Friday, Friday April 30 from 10-12 | 2010 Silver Arts Showcase | 4/14/2010 2:51 PM |
| 5/4/2010 8:00 AM | 5/5/2010 3:00 PM |
The New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management will host our annual hurricane exercise on May 4-May 5, 2010. On May 4th, exercise play will be simulated. On May 5th, please report to the alternate Emergency Operations Center location which will be at the NHC Sheriff’s Office Annex E, Weekend Jail. The exercise will run from 8:00AM until 3:00PM with a critique session to follow. | Annual Hurricane Exercise | 4/14/2010 3:16 PM |
| 4/17/2010 11:00 AM | 4/17/2010 2:00 PM |
In Conjunction with the Opening of the Riverfront Farmers’ Market
Container Gardening Demonstration
11:00-12:00 & 1:00-2:00
By Ken Wells from NHC Cooperative Extension.
Rain Water Harvesting PowerPoint Presentation 12:00-1:00 By Rick Harris from Cape Fear Rain Water Harvesting, Inc.
Door prizes from the Ability Garden & Home Depot. Free vegetable, herb, and flower seeds while supplies last!
Call Susan @ 798-6353 for more details. | Local Foods and Gardening Expo | 4/14/2010 3:20 PM |
| 5/6/2010 2:00 PM | 5/6/2010 4:00 PM | The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will hold a budget work session in the Lucie F. Harrell Conference Room of the NHC Government Center | Budget Work Session | 4/21/2010 9:02 AM |
| 5/3/2010 2:00 PM | 5/3/2010 4:00 PM | The NHC Board of Commissioners will conduct a solid waste work session in the Assembly Room of the Historic NHC Courthouse | Solid Waste Work Session | 4/21/2010 9:03 AM |
| 4/26/2010 6:30 PM | 4/26/2010 7:30 PM | Free crafts program for ages 12 and up, at the Main Library, 201 Chestnut Street!
Space is limited so please preregister here. For info call 798-6303. | Make Your Own Poetry Magnets for Teens & Tweens @ the Library | 4/23/2010 12:23 PM |
| 4/28/2010 3:00 PM | 4/28/2010 4:00 PM | Learn about the science of space in a free, informative workshop for kids in elementary school. It's at Main Library, 201 Chestnut Street.
Space is limited so please preregister here. For info please call 798-6303. | Space Science workshop for Kids @ Main Library | 4/23/2010 12:26 PM |
| 4/30/2010 9:00 AM | 4/30/2010 4:00 PM | Come see what the library has for you! a lot of things you want are available through our webpage, www.nhclibrary.org.
Between 9 - 11 am and 2 - 4 pm, staff willl demonstrate all kinds of electronic resources, including downloadable ebooks, language learning software, collections of historic photos and documents, legal forms, the online catalog, and much more.
Can't make it on a weekday? ask a Reference Librarian for a quick orientation any Saturday! | Open House @ Main Library | 4/23/2010 12:35 PM |
| 5/4/2010 10:00 AM | 5/4/2010 10:45 AM |
The Children’s Room at the Main Library invites preschoolers and toddlers (and parents) to have so much fun you won't realize you’re getting fit! Today enjoy stories and yoga--come ready to move and stretch.
Free, no preregistration is needed, for more information please call 798-6303. | Physical Fitness is Fun! for kids @ Main Library | 4/27/2010 11:56 AM |
| 6/17/2010 6:00 PM | 6/28/2010 8:30 PM |
Join New Hanover County Commissioners for the second in a series of Town Hall meetings. The public meetings are designed to afford citizens the opportunity to share their input directly with elected officials on any numver of issues affecting quality of life, county services and other topics.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 28th beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Ogden Elementary School, 3637 Middle Sound Loop. | Town Hall Meeting | 6/17/2010 5:33 PM |
| 7/24/2010 1:00 PM | 7/24/2010 3:00 PM |
Clinic hours are from 1-3 PM Saturday at the New Hanover County Health Department, 2029 S 17th Street. | New Hanover County Animal Control Services | 7/13/2010 3:12 PM |