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Wilson This Week -- April 15, 2026 |
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Love your Mother (Earth)! Join Waters of Wilson
Only a few days remain to register yourself or your group for the Spring 2026 Waters of Wilson clean-up. We are signing folks up through April 19 and the more the merrier.
The actual clean-up will be Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m.-noon, at six locations (rain date May 9). This is a great way for teens to earn volunteer hours, business groups to build team spirit, and people who love our birds and wildlife to help ensure their safety.
We had nearly 70 youth and adults who volunteered last spring and they were able to remove more than 1,100 pounds of trash, plastic and litter from areas around Lake Wilson, Toisnot Park and Norris Park, as well as streamways along Malpass Drive and Beacon Street.
The city's stormwater division organizes these cleanups that began in 2023. It's a basic premise -- clean waterways are better for water quality for both people and local wildlife. A clean lake is also more beautiful for recreation.
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Council meets Thursday
Wilson City Council will hold its monthly night meeting Thursday, starting at 7 p.m., at Wilson City Hall, 112 Goldsboro St. E. The agenda is available online now.
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How to watch live
You are welcome to attend any Council meeting, but we make them available to stream online. This link will go live minutes before the meeting starts.
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Embers ignite the Gig in the Park 2026 season
Long-time Wilson favorites The Embers featuring Craig Woolard will open the 2026 Gig in the Park season. The first concert will be Thursday, April 23, 6-9 p.m. at the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park.
This is a free, family-friendly concert. Bring blankets or chairs. Food and beverages will be for sale; bring IDs for adult drinks.
This is the first concert series since the Wilson Ballpark opened. All these upcoming shows are scheduled on weeks when the Warbirds are traveling to ease parking concerns (schedule subject to change for stormy weather):
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Tackle home projects now, we'll haul trash next week
As someone once said, spring is a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can be. This is the perfect time to declutter your living spaces, clear out outdated items and get a fresh start.
And good news, next week is the City of Wilson's annual Clean-Up Week, a time when we will haul away those beanbag chairs, tables with three or less functioning legs, and the ice chest that is truly no long cool.
During the week of April 20-24, Environmental Services will be collecting a variety of items such as furniture, appliances, yard waste, compost, and tires. We don't pick up construction waste, car frames or anything hazardous, but if it's generally safe for two people to load, this is your week for us to haul it away.
Items need to be separate from your normal garbage and recyclable containers. Place items behind the curb, three feet from trees, mailboxes and utility poles, and out of storm drains, gutters and sidewalks.
If you want to clear yard debris, we will be doing special pickup of compost and yard waste (pine straw, leaves, clippings & limbs). Please containerize in bags, sheets, or cans (less than 50 lbs.). Please tie and bundle limbs (4 feet or less). Please identify containers (call 399-2424 for a COMPOST sticker).
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Get rid of old documents, electronics on April 25
De-cluttering experts estimate that as much as 80 percent of clutter is old papers and documents, most of which are not needed. But it may not be safe to throw away or recycle papers with personal information.
You have a chance next week to clear out your desks or file cabinets and bring those papers to the Shred-a-thon that will be held 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 25, at Toisnot Park, 1500 Corbett Ave. NE. Wilson individuals or households (no businesses please) are welcome to bring up to 50 pounds of documents to be destroyed. Please remove staples, paper clips and binds beforehand.
We will also have an electronics drop-off site that day. Residents are welcome to bring computers, laptops, tablets, TVs & monitors, phones & small electronics or printers, keyboards & accessories. Workers will accept equipment if it is whole and safe to handle. Please do not bring items with broken glass.
Wilson Warbirds Win at Opening Night
Thousands of y’all joined in on Tuesday night to welcome back minor league baseball after a decades-long absence, and by all accounts, it was a huge success for everyone involved.
Wilson Warbirds catcher Yannic Walther put the first score in Wilson Ballpark’s history with a homer in the 3rd inning. Warbirds outlasted the Hill City Howlers, 7-5, and christened the ballpark with a win, the first in Wilson since the Carolina Mudcats played at Fleming Stadium back in 1991.
Many businesses start off with a “soft opening,” a chance for employees to train and get their feet wet. We started with a full house, as many attendees as we may ever have, and everything -- our ballpark, concessions, our parking and shuttles, our gameday website, the police officers keeping everyone safe, all the logistics planning -– everything seemed to work well.
Of course there were a few opening day kinks, but that just gives us and the Warbirds something to work on as we head into 65 more game nights. We should only improve from here. Let’s say we hit a triple Tuesday and we are aiming for homeruns every night this summer.
We want to thank the Wilson City Council, Wilson County Board of Commissioners, Wilson County Tourism Development Authority, and the many people who brought this night from vision to reality in less than 30 months. And also we cannot forget our employees who kept the lights on and all the critical services during Opening Night and all the other times.
Many of us will soon have your own “opening nights” at the ballfield. Please check out our Gameday Guide for the best ways to get to and enjoy the games.
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