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Lifeguard Reunion Jim Arnold and George Erkes are comparing their time as Wrightsville Beach lifeguards in the ’70s to the Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue squad of today. Erkes points out they didn’t have the same level of equipment. “We had one Jeep and we were lucky if it ran ” he says. They were under…

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It’s nothing personal. When a police dog takes down a suspect fleeing the scene of a crime he isn’t making a value judgment. The canine doesn’t care about guilt or innocence wrong or right. He’s oblivious to gender race color or creed. If he sinks his formidable teeth into an arm or leg he isn’t…

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The big beach girl in the bikini is a landmark of sorts one that greets drivers coming and going from Wilmington on U.S. Highway 74. She stands next to a lagoon facing the road holding a beach ball in her upraised hand. Travelers on the stretch of highway between Delco and Bolton in Columbus County…

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The color is so iconic it has its own name. Fire engine red. Studies show that fire trucks painted lime yellow (aka “national safety yellow”) have greater visibility and are involved in fewer accidents but for traditionalists only red will do. Frank Blackley Wilmington assistant fire chief of support services and the man in charge…

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When Wilmington photographer Millie Holloman posted online photos of the day she officially adopted her foster child Vera Wren she had no idea the pictures would go viral.

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The New Hanover County Animal Services Unit’s shelter defies stereotypes

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A Wrightsville beach house makeover is perfect for large family gatherings Cindy Morrison had just completed a total renovation on her California home when she thought why not keep the momentum going? The next project she had in mind was her parents’ East Coast beach house located on South Ridge Lane at the northern end…

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Artist Heather Divoky is a self-proclaimed “super doodler ” an experimental drawer whose favorite means of passing time in class turned into a distinct defined style

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It’s a beautiful sunny summer afternoon on the back deck of Smoke on the Water the new restaurant in the RiverLights development on the banks of the Cape Fear. The bright azure sky is reflected in the river making the typically tannic water look almost blue. “This is the only restaurant with a river view…

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Don’t mention the word “retirement” to 87-year-old world-renowned designer Randy Trull; he’s not interested

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