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As volunteers clean, dawdling Masonboro Island partiers plead for boat rides
It was after 6 p.m. on the Fourth of July and the sun was falling over Masonboro Island. By now, most of the handful...
Local surfers win at nationals
For the second year in a row, a Wilmington surfer clinched the National Scholastic Surfing Association men's national championship, while a Wrightsville Beach female...
Wrightsville Beach lifeguards make 22 rescues July Fourth
As of 5 p.m. July Fourth, Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue had made 22 rescues, lifeguard captain Jeremy Owens said.
Many of the rescues occurred in...
Lifeguard camp teaches kids lifesaving skills
The week of June 27–July 1, Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue members imparted some of their lifesaving knowledge to 30 admiring young children during the...
Hundreds to brave the heat in 10K to benefit LIVESTRONG
Saturday, July 9, as many as 700 runners will race in the 34th annual Tri-Span 5K and 10K to benefit the Wilmington Family YMCA’s...
Bloody late-night incident shows challenges facing Wrightsville Beach police on holiday weekend
It’s after 2 a.m. and the bars in the central business district have closed early Sunday morning on July 3 as officers from the...
Lifeguards make a dozen rescues on busy pre-Fourth Saturday
By about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue had made about a dozen rip current related rescues, while law enforcement wrote tickets for...
Manatee sighted at Wrightsville Beach
Around noon Saturday, Wrightsville Beach park ranger Shannon Slocum received a call about a 16-foot alligator in Banks Channel near the Salisbury Street bridge....
BREAKING: Heroin on Harbor Island? Residents raise concerns to police chief
About 50 residents, primarily from the South Harbor Island neighborhood in Wrightsville Beach, met with the town’s Police Chief Dan House on Thursday to...
Wrightsville Beach remembers longtime business owner Buddy Wiles
Friends of a long-time Wrightsville Beach business owner gathered at Lagerheads Tavern on Thursday afternoon to remember Avery Ashley ‘Buddy’ Wiles, 64, the former...