His eyesight may be going and he needs some assistance to get around now and then.
But Ed Sheneman, who has been inventing things for more than a half-century, still knows a problem when he sees one, and sometimes, a solution.
So it was only natural that the 84-year-old Wilmington resident wasn't dry of ideas on how to conserve water during the recent drought.
By Thanksgiving he had an idea to save water in older toilets, and, a few weeks later, a working concept.
"I'd say by Christmas I had some handmade models," Sheneman said in his backyard workshop just off Blue Clay Road, which is covered with early prototypes of what became the Float Booster.
» Full Story | Star-News - May 12, 2008
On March 6, just weeks after learning the show had been picked up for a sixth season, the cast and crew of “One Tree Hill” set up shop at Wrightsville Beach’s Seapath Marina to begin filming episode 13 of season 5.
As a result of the 100-plus-day writers’ strike, the area has suffered in terms of production income, and now, with a looming actors’ strike hanging in the balance, Hollywood east is still not out of the woods.
» Full Story | Lumina News
BEAUFORT — On the condition the issue will be revisited in six months, once tourist season has subsided, the planning board voted unanimously Monday night in the train depot to send a proposed noise ordinance to the board of commissioners for approval.
With additions that allow police officers to monitor the sound in town with sound meters, call for private parties of 50 and more to hire an off-duty Beaufort police officer and limit outdoor entertainment permits to four per household, per calendar year, the board agreed it was worth giving the new ordinance a test run.
» Full Story | Carteret News-Times
PENDER COUNTY -- Wednesday was a day of sadness in the small community of Penderlea, where a young child died.
The girl was killed in a fire in her home in the rural area North of Burgaw.
» Full Story | WECT
Local Sports
Devils make a long-distance callWashington | The hardwood around the navy blue 3-point stripe was fresh and clean early Wednesday evening. Expect scuff marks to stain that space tonight as Duke and Belmont dial long distance in the Verizon Center.
The Blue Devils finally found a foe who loves firing from the arc more than they do.
» Full Story | Star-News
Who says 13 is unlucky?
Don't tell that to the UNC-Wilmington baseball team following a 5-2 upset of nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina on Wednesday at Brooks Field.
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