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The Greatest Catamaran Distance Race on the Planet Following the Rhumb line Some of the most talented courageous sailors of all time will sail to and from Wrightsville Beach’s strand this month as part of the Worrell 1000 Reunion Race a treacherous offshore 1 000-mile catamaran race up the East Coast that has returned after…
Read MoreBreathing Rooms
A unique energy efficient hidden treasure
lies just beyond the Intracoastal Waterway
behind a stand of indigenous live oaks.
Harbingers of Summer: Crab Corn and Tomato
South Lumina Avenue’s George Clark answers the age-old question: what is the secret to killer crab cakes? “More crab meat ” he says simply Clark has been catching crabs in Wrightsville’s sounds for 80 or more years. His 90-plus years make him something of an expert on the crustacean. During his childhood on Wrightsville “In…
Read MoreA Family Dynasty
They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree but if Phyllis Mason has any say in it they won’t be far behind at the finish line either. Phyllis a 71-year-old triathlete began exercising with her husband to take back their health after becoming quite sedentary and it led to training for triathlons fairly…
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Resurrection Sunday plus Egg Hunt On Resurrection Sunday April 21 in and around Wrightsville Beach there are five opportunities to attend oceanfront sunrise services. Some will draw large crowds. It is best to arrive early and dress for cool weather. Beach chairs and blankets are suggested. Wrightsville Beach Community: Little Chapel on the Boardwalk Presbyterian…
Read MoreAzalea Festival High School Writing Contest
The word is these are some great results.
The Azalea Festival asked area high schoolers
to submit an essay or poem telling what
the event does for the city. Here are the
top winners.
In Memory: Lillian Bellamy Boney
Lillian Bellamy Boney June 27 1925 – March 2 2019 Longtime Wilmington resident Lillian Bellamy Boney passed away on March 2 2019 in the home her late husband designed. Susan Taylor Block shared Lillian’s story in Wrightsville Beach Magazine in the 2009 August issue. Below is an updated excerpt for the story as a tribute…
Read MoreHurt Habit or Hang Ups
There are three registered Celebrate Recovery meetings in Wilmington and one each in Leland and Southport. Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a 12-step Christ-centered recovery plan for those with hurt pain or addiction of any kind. “Anything that might prevent them from filling any plan that God has for them ” says Jodie Rife whose personal…
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Capital Campaign Underway The Wrightsville Beach Museum of History’s newest building is the Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage the 1924-era house that was moved onto the town’s historic square in January 2018. This cottage is undergoing renovations as the museum’s capital campaign kicks into high gear to raise funds to continue to renovate the interior of proposed exhibit…
Read MoreA Reluctant Azalea Belle
It was 1985. I was fifteen and my life was on track. I had found my calling and that calling had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with wearing a dress — any kind of dress — and certainly not one of those frilly full-length hot breath-stealing uncomfortable antebellum affairs that grace the North Carolina Azalea…
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