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Bragging Rights
On a cold rainy weekend in early December 2009 119 Labrador Retrievers from as far away as Bartonville Texas Ann Arbor Michigan and Addison Maine gathered on a 1 250-acre tract of land in Rocky Point to participate in a series of field trials designed to test their individualized retrieving skills.
Local Fleet – CFCC Marine Technology Program
The instrumentation shop for the marine technology program at Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) has a small sign that reads: Tell me and I forget; show me and I remember; involve me and I understand. Department chair Jason Rogers says that since 1965 back when the school was called the Cape Fear Technical Institute the…
2010 New Hanover County Athletic Event Calendar
Theres no shortage of sportage here in New Hanover County. Marathons biathlons triathlons and tournaments for golf tennis rugby running surfing softball and more fill the year from end to end. Because there is such a large number putting them all in one place at the same time was an athletic event unto itself undertaken…
7th Annual People & Pets – Feathered Friends
Here’s a number you weren’t expecting … According to the Avian Welfare Coalition’s Web site there are (possibly) 60 million captive birds living in the United States. If you’re doing the math that means multiple millions of bird owners. Sadly many of these bird owners are uneducated about the proper care and treatment of exotic…
On Pins and Needles: The Ancient Art of Acupuncture
The room is dim peaceful. Soothing music plays in the background but otherwise all is silent. You lie sheathed in a sheet on a padded table with thin metal needles studding multiple parts of your body a proverbial pincushion. And youve never been more relaxed in your life. If this sounds familiar chances are youve…
Beach Bites
Dr. Salling Speaks through Sculpture Sixty-six-year-old dentist and lifelong Wilmingtonian Dr. William Salling has come to recognize the magnetic draw of harnessing a creative mind to sculpt emotional renderings that pay tribute to the influential times and people in the local community. Tucked into the corners of Salling’s home on Summer Rest Road are pieces…
Home of Distinction: Silver Lining
The legend of Joshuas Landing is told door-to-door from person-to-person embellished by some no doubt in the telling though the premise is simple: an African American waterman named Joshua owned the landing on Hewletts Creek where he oystered and clammed and sold the fruit of his pursuits to passersby on the Greenville Loop road front.…
The Art of Love
Vincent Van Gogh said it best: There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. And so in honor of Valentines Day we asked four artistic couples to share the secrets of their passion.
The Great Fire
In January 1934 the cold of the off-season Wrightsville Beach was quiet most of its private cottages and boarding houses empty. The island was waiting for summer when visitors would come in droves to enjoy the beach dance at Lumina and shop at Newells. On Sunday January 28 however the peaceful sleepy winter was shattered by The Great Fire.
