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By Christina Haley O'Neal, posted May 12, 2021 Polyhose Inc. will soon begin operations at its newly constructed facility inside the Pender Commerce Park. (Photo courtesy of Polyhose) The North American headquarters of Polyhose Inc. is ready to begin operations in the Pender Commerce Park this summer, company officials said this week. To prepare for the company's start in Pender County, the India-based hose manufacturer is currently interviewing for new positions, with plans to hire up to 12 people this year, said Jonathan Pressler, Polyhose's senior vice president. Polyhose...

By Christina Haley O'Neal, posted May 11, 2021 Nehemie Owen ​MedNorth Health Center, a federally qualified health care center in Wilmington, has appointed Nehemie Owen to its board of directors, according to a news release. Owen is a health care executive with more than 15 years of experience in acute care operations, best practice implementation and talent management strategies, stated the release. "She has a unique ability to build new programs and systems from the ground up. Nehemie led the cultural transformation of an acute care hospital to achieve top decile patie...

By Johanna Cano, posted May 7, 2021 HEALTH CARE | OPIAID DAVID REESER, CEO | YEAR FOUNDED: 2018 | EMPLOYEES: 13 (Photo by Michael Cline Spencer) Before the COVID-19 pandemic dominated health care headlines, the opioid epidemic had been, and still is, at the center of concerns for many communities in the U.S.   One Wilmington startup is leading efforts in the region to help treat the disease by using data and technology to assist Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) rehab centers.   OpiAID is a life science company building a digital platform that takes data from wearables an...

Sandy Harris didn’t plan on becoming the volunteer executive director of Pender County Christian Services.   But Harris, whose husband is a minister, started volunteering at PCCS about 23 years ago after an accident sidelined her from her career as a medical office manager.   “I was called to this. This is not a job,” she said. “This is a mission. … when you’re called by the Lord, you don’t tell him what you’re going to do or not do. He tells you what you’re going to do. My heart is to help people in need.”   PCCS is a multi-faceted nonprofit organization caterin...

By Christina Haley O'Neal, posted Sometime in the future Girard and Tracey Newkirk Genesis Block has formed its board of advisers, which will provide strategic counsel on the company’s mission to build the entrepreneur class and lower barriers to entrepreneurship, according to a news release. The board will "further advance Genesis Block’s vision of being the anchor institution for minority and women business services and economic development in southeastern North Carolina," officials said in the release. The board members are: Joseph “Joe” Finley, co-founder of Castl...