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Waterspout sighting on Wrightsville Beach excites witnesses
While meteorologists said it wasn’t particularly uncommon for this area, the witnesses to the waterspout that formed off Wrightsville Beach on Sunday afternoon described...
Preparing for 10th year, Masonboro organization still seeking volunteers for cleanup
By Sky Temperato
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With as many as 75 volunteers preparing for their 10th year of helping clean Masonboro Island following the annual Independence Day festivities,...
Airlie Gardens’ 2019 Exhibit “HeART of the Gardens” opens July 1
For its seventh-annual exhibit, Airlie Gardens will showcase “HeART of the Gardens” from July 1 through October 31, 2019. Artists and teams of artists...
Pro surfer and board shaper Guy Takayama will join 2019 special needs surf camps in Wrightsville Beach
NCPressRelease.org
Preparing a child to meet the challenges of life is a complicated journey. The journey is extraordinarily complex and frequently laden with obstacles for...
Coast Guardsmen rescue drowning man off Wrightsville Beach, NC
US Coast Guard Press Release
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Two Coast Guard members helped rescue a man from drowning 20 yards off Wrightsville Beach Monday evening.
Petty...
With three found so far, Wrightsville Beach turtle nests already exceed 2018 totals
Though early in the 2019 season, loggerhead sea turtles have already established more nests on Wrightsville Beach this year than all of last year’s...
Celebrity chefs returning to Wilmington for opening of new GLOW campus
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The Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington, North Carolina’s only single gender charter school, is finishing construction of its middle and high school campus in...
Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty in Jungle Rapids Shooting
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Paris Dimitri Duncan, age 23 of Wilmington, pleaded guilty XXtodayXX in New Hanover County Superior Court to Voluntary Manslaughter, Possession of a Firearm by...
Harbor Way Gardens recognized for Outstanding Landscape
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Photos courtesy of Sherri Robinson
The Cape Fear Garden Club on Monday, June 3, presented the Harbor Island Garden Club with a Beauty Stop award...
Wrightsville Beach home featured on HGTV show
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A Wrightsville Beach home is one of the finalists in the HGTV Ultimate House Hunt 2019. The Intracoastal Realty listing was selected by HGTV’s...