Santa's Eggnog
Cup Yields:36
Ingredients
1 cup(s) (unsalted) butter
1/2 cup(s) (packed) brown sugar
1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1 teaspoon(s) (ground) cinnamon
1 teaspoon(s) (ground) ginger
1/4 teaspoon(s) (ground) cloves
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
1/2 cup(s) molasses
3 cup(s) flour
1 cup(s) eggnog
3 cup(s) white chocolate chips
handful (freshly ground) nutmeg, for garnish, optional
Directions
In a large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the first 7 ingredients until blended. Reduce speed to low; add molasses and flour, mixing just until combined. Beat in 1/4 cup cold water. Divide dough into 2 pieces; flatten into disks and wrap individually in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, about 11/2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease a mini muffin pan with butter or cooking spray. On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 dough disk to 1?8-inch thickness. Cut dough into circles using a 2-inch round cookie cutter. (Keep remaining dough disk refrigerated.) Gently ease dough rounds into muffin cups, pressing down to form a cup shape. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden. Cool in pan on wire racks. Repeat with remaining dough.
In a saucepan over medium heat, bring eggnog to slow boil; remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips, mixing until smooth and creamy. Let cool slightly. Pour into a large plastic zip-top bag and snip off corner. Remove cookie cups from pan and pipe filling into each cup. Garnish with freshly ground nutmeg, if desired. Let filling set before serving. Store refrigerated in an airtight container in a single layer.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
How did Scotts Hill get its name?
I love MyReporter.com. It lets me satisfy my curiosity about local places and intersests. If you're planning on relocating to the New Hanover/Pender/Brunswick area or would like to learn more about the area, MyReporter.com is a great place to educate yourself on uncommon issues and the local history of surrounding areas. For instance,
How did Scotts Hill get its name?
Ben Steelman
StarNews
According to local historian Nola Nadeau, the region was named for a family named Scott who (surprise!) lived on a knoll or hill in the vicinity of what is now the Old Scotts Hill AME Church, 10720 U.S. 17, Wilmington [Map this]. Apparently, the roads in the vicinity were quite rough, and after floods, people would try to contact the Scotts to see if a way was passable.
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How did Scotts Hill get its name?
Ben Steelman
StarNews
According to local historian Nola Nadeau, the region was named for a family named Scott who (surprise!) lived on a knoll or hill in the vicinity of what is now the Old Scotts Hill AME Church, 10720 U.S. 17, Wilmington [Map this]. Apparently, the roads in the vicinity were quite rough, and after floods, people would try to contact the Scotts to see if a way was passable.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
OPEN HOUSE: 503 Northline Dr, Hampstead, NC
Open House
Saturday, September 5
11-4 pm
Host: Constantina Sears
Saturday, September 5
11-4 pm
Host: Constantina Sears
910-512-5047
Friday, August 21, 2009
OPEN HOUSE: 8784 NE Lanvale Oaks Dr, Leland
OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
11-2 pm
Address: 8784 NE Lanvale Oaks Dr, Leland, NC
Agent Name: Dawn Berard/ EXIT Realty
Directions: Directions From Wilmington, take bridge to Brunswick County on Hwy 17. Turn right on to Lanvale Road.(Across from Brunswick Forest) Go approx.3 miles. Turn left into Lanvale Oaks Subdivision.
Hosted By: Dawn Berard
Hours: 11-2 pm
Description: Catering will be provided by Antonio’s and will include pastas, salads, and other goodies.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Record Enrollment at CFCC
Employment may be down and funding cut to schools, but a record number of people are heading back to school. Our local college is no exception.
Record enrollment fills Cape Fear Community College classes
By Chelsea Kellner
Chelsea.Kellner@StarNewsOnline.com
Professors are pulling out the folding chairs to accommodate a record number of students at Cape Fear Community College this semester.
Enrollment numbers are up 15 percent from last year already, and that’s not counting the high school, law enforcement and truck driver training students who have yet to sign up.
“The number of applications exceeds anything we’ve ever seen before,” CFCC President Eric McKeithan said. “I’m surprised we were able to find this many extra spaces.”
The slow economy that has put a financial squeeze on state-funded schools like CFCC is also sending people back to school in record numbers. That means schools are seeing record numbers of students just when they have the least money to spend on expansion.
This time last year, registration clocked in at 7,455, with some students still to register. By the time registration closed, the school saw an 8.5 percent increase from the year before, McKeithan said.
Right now, the college is looking at the possibility of enrollment topping 9,000 students for the first time. As of Friday, enrollment stood at 8,594, with many more students expected to sign on this week. These figures represent continuing students and first-time students.
To squeeze in as many students as possible, the college has more than doubled the number of classes offered online – 385 this fall compared to 157 last fall – and increased class sizes. That’s where the folding chairs came in, when some courses were standing-room-only on the first day of class.
Despite added seats in popular programs, most of them still filled up fast. College transfer and health care classes are full, as well as technical classes ranging from computer repair to cosmetology.
The school has new buildings in the works, but delays in the state construction permitting process mean CFCC won’t open a new building with classrooms until 2011.
In the meantime, the downtown campus is bustling.
“Walking down a couple of blocks of Front Street, there were our students in virtually every shop, every restaurant,” McKeithan said. “It’s good to see that kind of energy downtown.”
Chelsea Kellner: 343-2070
On Twitter.com: @StarNewsOnline
Record enrollment fills Cape Fear Community College classes
By Chelsea Kellner
Chelsea.Kellner@StarNewsOnline.com
Professors are pulling out the folding chairs to accommodate a record number of students at Cape Fear Community College this semester.
Enrollment numbers are up 15 percent from last year already, and that’s not counting the high school, law enforcement and truck driver training students who have yet to sign up.
“The number of applications exceeds anything we’ve ever seen before,” CFCC President Eric McKeithan said. “I’m surprised we were able to find this many extra spaces.”
The slow economy that has put a financial squeeze on state-funded schools like CFCC is also sending people back to school in record numbers. That means schools are seeing record numbers of students just when they have the least money to spend on expansion.
This time last year, registration clocked in at 7,455, with some students still to register. By the time registration closed, the school saw an 8.5 percent increase from the year before, McKeithan said.
Right now, the college is looking at the possibility of enrollment topping 9,000 students for the first time. As of Friday, enrollment stood at 8,594, with many more students expected to sign on this week. These figures represent continuing students and first-time students.
To squeeze in as many students as possible, the college has more than doubled the number of classes offered online – 385 this fall compared to 157 last fall – and increased class sizes. That’s where the folding chairs came in, when some courses were standing-room-only on the first day of class.
Despite added seats in popular programs, most of them still filled up fast. College transfer and health care classes are full, as well as technical classes ranging from computer repair to cosmetology.
The school has new buildings in the works, but delays in the state construction permitting process mean CFCC won’t open a new building with classrooms until 2011.
In the meantime, the downtown campus is bustling.
“Walking down a couple of blocks of Front Street, there were our students in virtually every shop, every restaurant,” McKeithan said. “It’s good to see that kind of energy downtown.”
Chelsea Kellner: 343-2070
On Twitter.com: @StarNewsOnline
Celebrities in Wilmington?
It shouldn't be a surprise that Wilmington has attracted celebrity residents. Many films and television shows have been filmed in the area and the city has the largest studio outside of Hollywood. So, who has made notable real estate purchases in the area? MyReporter.com recently addressed this question.
Which celebrities live in the area?
It depends, of course, on how you define “famous.” Quite a few celebrities do have Wilmington-area addresses, though.
Among the more notable is Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin – perhaps best-known as the star of TV’s “Alice” – who fell in love with the area while filming the TV movie “Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden” with Mary Tyler Moore, back in 1995. Lavin and her husband, actor/director Steven Bakunas, founded the Red Barn Studio, a 50-seat theater which opened in 2007 at 1122 S. Third St., Wilmington. As co-creative directors, they’ve staged productions of such works as Alfred Uhry’s “Driving Miss Daisy,” John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” and David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow.”
Lavin isn’t the only actor who decided to settle. Dennis Hopper spent several years in Wilmington after filming “Blue Velvet” here. He was largely responsible for the restoration of the Masonic Temple building at 17-21 N. Front St., Wilmington – now home to the City Stage theater – and he directed the 1994 feature “Chasers” here and in the Myrtle Beach area. Hopper hasn’t visited Wilmington in a few years, but he reportedly still owns real estate in Landfall and other parts of New Hanover County.
Actor/screenwriter Peter Jurasik, best known as the cosmic diplomat Londo Mollari on the TV series “Babylon 5,” has lived in Wilmington with his family for nearly a decade. He’s taught classes at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, has appeared on the locally filmed series “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill,” and co-starred in the locally filmed feature “Amy & Isabelle.”
Joseph Gallison, who played Dr. Neil Curtis on the daytime drama “Days of Our Lives,” has lived in the area for many years and has been extremely active in local theater.
The late Pat Hingle bought a house in Carolina Beach shortly after filming the Stephen King thriller “Maximum Overdrive” here in 1985; he lived here until his death Jan. 3, 2009. Nick Nolte, who filmed “Weeds” here in 1986, owned a condominium for a while at Pleasure Island.
Other current celebrity residents include “One Tree Hill” star Hilarie Burton and Henry Darrow, who played Manolito on TV’s “The High Chaparral” and who also appeared on “Santa Barbara,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The New Zorro.”
Clyde Edgerton, the New York Times best-selling author of such novels as “Raney” and “Walking Across Egypt,” owns a house in town and teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Among notable business leaders with homes in the area are Dr. Fred Eschelman, CEO of the pharmaceutical research giant PPD Inc., and Dennis Gillings, longtime CEO of the pharmaceutical services business Quintiles Transnational.
Quite a few celebrities tie up, at least temporarily, at Wrightsville Beach. DJ John Boy of radio’s “John Boy and Billy Show” has had a resort home on the island for many years and has participated in local fishing tournaments. Mystery writer Patricia Cornwell has spent many summers at Wrightsville and based the climax of her 1998 thriller “Point of Origin” there.
John Edwards, the former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, owns a resort house at Figure Eight Island; former Vice President Al Gore has rented property there. William Bennett, the former U.S. education secretary and federal drug czar and author of “The Book of Virtues,” has owned a house on Bald Head Island, as has “Today Show” celebrity Willard Scott.
Which celebrities live in the area?
It depends, of course, on how you define “famous.” Quite a few celebrities do have Wilmington-area addresses, though.
Among the more notable is Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin – perhaps best-known as the star of TV’s “Alice” – who fell in love with the area while filming the TV movie “Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden” with Mary Tyler Moore, back in 1995. Lavin and her husband, actor/director Steven Bakunas, founded the Red Barn Studio, a 50-seat theater which opened in 2007 at 1122 S. Third St., Wilmington. As co-creative directors, they’ve staged productions of such works as Alfred Uhry’s “Driving Miss Daisy,” John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” and David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow.”
Lavin isn’t the only actor who decided to settle. Dennis Hopper spent several years in Wilmington after filming “Blue Velvet” here. He was largely responsible for the restoration of the Masonic Temple building at 17-21 N. Front St., Wilmington – now home to the City Stage theater – and he directed the 1994 feature “Chasers” here and in the Myrtle Beach area. Hopper hasn’t visited Wilmington in a few years, but he reportedly still owns real estate in Landfall and other parts of New Hanover County.
Actor/screenwriter Peter Jurasik, best known as the cosmic diplomat Londo Mollari on the TV series “Babylon 5,” has lived in Wilmington with his family for nearly a decade. He’s taught classes at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, has appeared on the locally filmed series “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill,” and co-starred in the locally filmed feature “Amy & Isabelle.”
Joseph Gallison, who played Dr. Neil Curtis on the daytime drama “Days of Our Lives,” has lived in the area for many years and has been extremely active in local theater.
The late Pat Hingle bought a house in Carolina Beach shortly after filming the Stephen King thriller “Maximum Overdrive” here in 1985; he lived here until his death Jan. 3, 2009. Nick Nolte, who filmed “Weeds” here in 1986, owned a condominium for a while at Pleasure Island.
Other current celebrity residents include “One Tree Hill” star Hilarie Burton and Henry Darrow, who played Manolito on TV’s “The High Chaparral” and who also appeared on “Santa Barbara,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The New Zorro.”
Clyde Edgerton, the New York Times best-selling author of such novels as “Raney” and “Walking Across Egypt,” owns a house in town and teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Among notable business leaders with homes in the area are Dr. Fred Eschelman, CEO of the pharmaceutical research giant PPD Inc., and Dennis Gillings, longtime CEO of the pharmaceutical services business Quintiles Transnational.
Quite a few celebrities tie up, at least temporarily, at Wrightsville Beach. DJ John Boy of radio’s “John Boy and Billy Show” has had a resort home on the island for many years and has participated in local fishing tournaments. Mystery writer Patricia Cornwell has spent many summers at Wrightsville and based the climax of her 1998 thriller “Point of Origin” there.
John Edwards, the former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, owns a resort house at Figure Eight Island; former Vice President Al Gore has rented property there. William Bennett, the former U.S. education secretary and federal drug czar and author of “The Book of Virtues,” has owned a house on Bald Head Island, as has “Today Show” celebrity Willard Scott.
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