Castle Hayne Elementary school kindergartener Jadeyn Blair raises her hand to answer a question in Tina Weldon's class on March 18, 2010.

Roger Hamrick packs boxes in his classroom Friday at Wrightsboro Elementary School.

Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 11:17 p.m. The man who presided over two standing-room-only public hearings on Titan Cement's draft air quality permit listened to residents' concerns.

The New Hanover County ABC board is weighing the costs of reopening the Castle Hayne ABC store, which close in 2007 because it wasn't making enough money.

Published: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 4:12 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 4:12 p.m. Wilmington A Wilmington woman told lottery officials she planned to travel to Cancun or Jamaica with the $250,000 she won last week in the North Carolina Education Lottery's Mega Millions drawing.

Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:46 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:46 a.m. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has extended its nuclear power plant sales effort to Italy, telling reporters in Paris it expects to sell 10 to 15 of its reactors in Europe over the next decade.

Published: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 8:27 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 8:27 p.m. The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office and the CUE Center for Missing Persons are trying to locate a Castle Hayne teenager who disappeared Friday.

Emergency vehicles block the 100 block of Linville Drive in Castle Hayne, where officials are investigating a suspicious item.

Submitted by Nadine Maeser on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 4:54pm. The New Hanover County School Board made some parents happy last night by honoring their petition to re-join their community.

The ABC store in Castle Hayne has been vacant for more than a year, but the lights have been on 24/7, and taxpayer money is footing the bill.