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34779
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The North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program has established three research projects with new collaborators. These projects focus on flood risks, water contamination in the Cape Fear River, and evaluating resources of the nighttime sky at the Outer Albemarle Peninsula.
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35691
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Its original name was the “Meeting House”: its latter name, Cape Fear Baptist Church, inspired by the nearby stream. A Colonial construction, this church in Gray’s Creek was touted as one of the first erected in Cumberland County. Its value was also asserted by an illustrious history: a temporary hospital and bivouac site for General Sherman’s troops.
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36291
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Built in 1899, the building once housing the Caffe Phoenix got a new lease on life, courtesy of developer magnates such as James Goodnight. Part of his vision for downtown Wilmington is it becoming the hub for tech startups and companies seeking office space in an urban area.
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38270
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Touted by the author as the only North Carolina river running within state borders and depositing directly into the ocean, it played a role in historical events such as the Civil War and the region’s more recent industrial development. Gerard’s personal value was created by a journey on this waterway with three friends that proved challenging, dangerous, and exciting.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
p186-188, 190, 192, 194, 196-197
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43553
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Team-lead of the watershed ecology research group, Katherine Martin, and doctoral student, Elly Gay, have joined together in a North Carolina Sea Grant to address water pollution throughout the Cape Fear River Basin. Utilizing "riparian buffers," or land adjacent to a body of water providing conservation benefits, the research group plans to shed light on future urban expansion and the current decline in watersheds.
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43719
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Lab results from The Cape Fear River, in North Carolina, have shown that upstream alligators in Wilmington have an increased level of per-and-polyfluoroalkyl (a group of chemicals used to resist heat, oil, stains, and water). Researchers are worried about these reptiles becoming more susceptible to infections and unhealed lesions.
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