Applications must be received by Friday, March 19. Cheryl M. Whitaker | Wilmington StarNews Look around the community, and you’ll see the vibrant signs of preservation. Preservation efforts are what make Wilmington so special, protecting the past and using its built history to bolster this region’s future. The Historic Wilmington Foundation will […]
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Belk bankruptcy highlights century-old ties to Wilmington NC
WILMINGTON – There were only a dozen Belk stores in existence when the North Carolina-born department store opened its 13th in Wilmington in 1915. William Henry Belk’s soon-to-be mammoth retailer started in Monroe in 1888 with a single location known as the New York Racket. By the turn of the […]