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Monthly Archives: January, 2017
Surf shop makes snow to host WB snowboard day
With possible snow forecast for last weekend, Wrightsville Beach’s South End Surf Shop was preparing to reprise the unique event it threw during the...
MOI demolition proposal comes as board meets on new parking rules
A derelict commercial building in Harbor Island’s business district may be coming down to make room for parking. An owner of Poe’s Tavern on...
Dockside parking wins early approval, praise for compromise
Upgrades to the Dockside Restaurant and Marina parking lot on Airlie Road were OK’d Jan. 4 when the Wilmington Planning Commission approved two separate...
UNCW’s marine biotech program lands spot in national research network
In what University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers said was an important step in developing the local biotechnology industry, a school research program announced...
Important dates
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Thursday, Jan. 12
Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen parking workshop, 3:30 p.m., public safety building, 3 Bob Sawyer Drive
Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen meeting,
5:30 p.m.,...
Our thoughts
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By Simon Gonzalez
The shortest conflict in world history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896. When a new sultan deemed insufficiently friendly to British interests...
Hook, line and sinker
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By Skylar Walters
With the arrival and now the departure of the latest cold front, frigid temperatures, rain, sleet and wind, the angling prospects for...
One year with Jesus in the Gospels
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ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES
teaching God’s unconditional love and grace
GOD DESIRES FAITH
January 12
Luke 2:7, “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in...
PHOTOS: At Wrightsville Beach exhibit, art inspires floral arrangement
From Minnie Evans to Romare Bearden, local floral designers paid a living homage to celebrated state artists this week during the inaugural Art of...
From fog to snow, Wrightsville on weather ‘rollercoaster’
From heavy fog to a 70-degree January day to below-freezing temperatures, Wrightsville Beach welcomed the New Year with a string of fluctuating weather that...
