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Daytime dissolves into dusk as friends gather at Jim Bailey’s beachfront townhouse on a balmy summer night over the Labor Day weekend to mingle reminisce and enjoy a traditional Lowcountry boil. The meal is not the only tradition being honored however. This year marks the 40th anniversary reunion for these friends who met in business…

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Wilmington artist goes hunting for the trees Pam Toll is quick to mention Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers’ novel “The Overstory ” which chronicles nine characters whose deep relationship with trees bring them together and ignites them with an even deeper desire to preserve the sacred creatures. There is a Vietnam War veteran shot out…

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In 1968 Chief Warrant Officer Dayton Wayne Lanier sacrificed his life for the cause of freedom.

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Mason’s Bluff Court Home Resting on a side table in a New American Farmhouse style set in a U-shape on Mason Bluff’s Court is a sleek black bound book with white letters that read “The Home That Pinterest Built” by Diane Keaton. An inspirational work an at-home guide for creative inspiration and also a nod…

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Put down that Sunscreen Unintended Human Health Consequences from Frequent Sunscreen Application by Pat Bradford From CNN to local news anchors the news media is abuzz this summer with reports of the potential hazard of using sunscreen. Chemicals in these products are absorbed through the skin and lips and aerosol sprays can be inhaled into…

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Etiquette in a rapidly evolving playing field When surfing first made an appearance at Wrightsville Beach around 1909 it was a spectacle an oddity even. However surfing eventually became ingrained in the Cape Fear region’s culture and its form experienced little deviation until the late ’60s when competitive surfing was born. As technology set off…

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Entrepreneurs join the fight against opioid abuse David Reeser and Stan Trofimchuk believe they must help their neighbors and in doing so they are backed by Google. The neighbors they want to reach are those struggling with an opioid addiction — one of the country’s and the city’s most heartbreaking problems. Reeser comes to the…

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Remembering the Fallen The sermon at St. Andrews-Covenant [Presbyterian Church] this morning [Sunday May 26 2019] featured a memorial to Whit [Moore] with the material taken mostly from Robert [Rehder]’s article in Wrightsville Beach Magazine [May 2019]. Rev. Derek McLeod who has been here only about a year and a half read Robert’s article while…

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Audubon volunteers spot the way to nesting birds and chicks.

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On the 243rd birthday of the United States of America we reminisce on the choices the third president of our young country brought home from France. This fourth of July when you pop a french fry into your mouth indulge in a side of mac and cheese cool off with a scoop of ice cream…

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