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WBOR looks to continue winning ways at championship
Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue will be among the competitors at this week’s South Atlantic Lifesaving Association (SALA) Championships in Carolina Beach. The two-day event,...
Bygone days of water play
A black-and-white photograph freezes a moment of Banks Channel frivolity from more than a half-century ago. A young Thurston Watkins Jr. sits in a...
New principals named
Several New Hanover County schools will have new principals this coming year, among them a veteran educator whose career has taken an unorthodox path.
New...
Volunteers work to keep Wrightsville clean
Following July 4 festivities, WB Keep It Clean volunteer Ginger Taylor picked up 162Â bits of firework debris as well as a small pile of...
Town eyes Army Corps analysis, backs sand funds request
As part of a three-prong approach to secure funds for beach renourishment projects, the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will draft a letter supporting...
New Christmas tree proposed for Port City
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By Lindsay Kastner
Contributing Writer
A Wilmington developer and city councilman hope to establish a new holiday tradition in place of the former celebration at what...
Election filings
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As of late Wednesday morning, the following candidates had filed for municipal office in New Hanover County:
Wilmington
Mayor: Bill Saffo, incumbent
City Council (three seats): Neil...
Historic landmark commission discusses updating guidelines, mapping project
The Wrightsville Beach Historic Landmark Commission discussed ratifying its guidelines to become a certified local government (CLG) during a meeting Monday, July 13. The...
Alcohol-related incidents keep police, lifeguards busyÂ
As the beach strand and waters from Mason Inlet to Masonboro Island were inundated by nearly 25,000 July Fourth revelers, a unified command center...
Residents care for beach, bird colonies, July Fourth weekend
This year’s July Fourth weekend at Wrightsville Beach was busier than 2014, reported Shannon Slocum, Wrightsville Beach park ranger.
Slocum said he wrote approximately 30...
