Benjamin Schachtman
News Director at WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC)
News Director @whqr, @portcitydaily alum. Journalist, writer, food-cooker, rock'n'roller with a PhD. Opinions are my own, RTs may be used for public shaming.
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whqr.org | Benjamin Schachtman |Johanna Still
The Dive is a free weekly newsletter jointly published by WHQR and The Assembly. You can find more information and subscribe here. Shital Patel has never been a confrontational person. But in the dental office lobby in Leland that day, she felt in her gut that something was off. It was a Thursday afternoon in summer 2020, at the height of pandemic precautions, and her husband was undergoing a routine dental procedure.
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whqr.org | Benjamin Schachtman
WHQR's Sunday Edition is a free weekly newsletter delivered every Sunday morning. You can sign up for Sunday Edition here and find past editions here. Grace Note I’ve been covering Project Grace for a long time, since the summer of 2017, when my colleague Michael Praats and I heard New Hanover County was exploring some more ambitious plans for the downtown library block.
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2 weeks ago |
whqr.org | Kelly Kenoyer |Benjamin Schachtman
Ben Schachtman: So, Kelly. You recently watched the city’s budget meeting, a four hour review of various components of the municipal budget. How was it? Kelly Kenoyer: It was riveting, Ben. There are a lot of changes coming up. Ben: Riveting? Kelly: Okay, yea, it wasn’t all excitement - but there were a lot of important conversations. There is this pervasive sense that the city is a little bit broke right now, and needs to be super careful with its spending.
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2 weeks ago |
whqr.org | Benjamin Schachtman
According to court documents, Martina Morales is accused of committing child abuse on March 17, a class A1 misdemeanor. The following day, was issued for her and delivered in person in the parking lot of Morales' subdivision.
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2 weeks ago |
whqr.org | Benjamin Schachtman
WHQR's Sunday Edition is a free weekly newsletter delivered every Sunday morning. You can sign up for Sunday Edition here and find past editions here. The Griffin ListOn Friday, a three-judge panel on the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to allow Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin to challenge the eligibility of tens of thousands of voters.
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This week’s column: People are really in their feelings about AI security in schools. I think that’s a good thing, to a point, as long as we’re clear what the stakes really are. https://t.co/mD3fAqZmVA
