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By Simon Gonzalez
The first unofficial Thanksgiving celebration made sense.
In the winter of 1620, half of the Pilgrims who came to the New World on...
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By Simon Gonzalez
About 100 people crammed into the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday night, eager for a public hearing on...
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The most unlikely election of our time has ended with the most unlikely result. Against enormous odds, Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the...
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By Simon Gonzalez
Our long, national nightmare is almost over.
At this time next week it will be safe to watch TV again without the mute...
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By Simon Gonzalez
Our first home was in rural Texas, a couple of miles outside the tiny town of Joshua. Then we had a house...
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The Wrightsville Beach Town Hall council chamber is the place to be Thursday night, as the board of aldermen conducts a public hearing into...
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By Simon Gonzalez
The Cape Fear region, the weather people were telling us early this week, was in Hurricane Matthew’s “cone of uncertainty.”
It might not...
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One central question is at the heart of the Colin Kaepernick controversy: Is the American flag a symbol of freedom and opportunity, or a...
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By Simon Gonzalez
Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in modern history.
It was on Sept. 11, 2001, that 19 radical Islamic...
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By Simon Gonzalez and Pat Bradford
Wilmington’s newest school is called GLOW. It’s an acronym, standing for Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington. It’s also a...