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A Year Like No Other
Get ready for an aesthetic and quantitative look back at the dynamic year in real estate in New Hanover Brunswick and Pender counties one when the lights literally went out for five or more weeks.
Read MoreSaving the Oysters
Some of us remember the days of the hand-harvester when wiry men clad in hip waders could be seen raking oysters from abundant beds in our local creeks. Hand-harvesters were a rite of low tide their movements punctuated by the pungent odor of pluff mud and the popping sounds of the oysters as their beds…
Read MoreMigratory Journeys
Each year birds make an epic journey flying thousands of miles across open ocean leaving behind the cold weather of the Arctic and heading to different wintering spots around the world including southeastern North Carolina. They’ve been making these long flights for centuries but recent research and monitoring by coastal biologists and organizations like the…
Read MoreTropical Winterland
Warm saltwater laps against the edges of the Hyskos’ heated swimming pool. It is the last sight they see from their bedchamber at night and the first thing they see in the day’s early light. From every room inside the house the windows frame views of that lovely water feature a tranquil reminder of the…
Read MoreLiving the Dream
As temperatures shift from cool to cold wanderlust intensifies for the Chapmans. Climb aboard and sail into the deep blue Caribbean for an annual six month sojourn.
Read MoreAn Artist Lost
Cape Fear waterfowler Nick Giovinetti was just
coming into his own as a carver of indigenous
duck decoys when he met his untimely end.
State Weed
Imagine a plant that grows from seed to maturity over the brief span of four months and thrives throughout North Carolina; a plant with uses that range from animal feed to pain- relief products to prostheses. First grown in the United States during colonial times hemp can be traced back to Asia nearly 5 000…
Read MoreTurning Heads
From tours of duty in Afghanistan Kuwait Saudi Arabia and the Eastern Bloc countries of Europe to the streets of Wilmington an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Army weapons specialist Cameron Meredith turned a high school whim into a career path trading cannons for a Canon. “The funny thing is it actually started out as…
Read MoreWarmth Whimsy and Meaningful Design
Inspired by the warmth of copper and the serendipity of her surroundings one artist bends the rules one etch one wire one brush stroke at a time. Visit the intrepid Sarah Sheffield seashell gatherer and plein air painter in Wrightsville Beach.
Read MoreAloha to Poke
Poke (pronounced poh-kay) bowls are having a moment and this island-style street food is popping up all over the place. The traditional Hawaiian pupu or appetizer of chopped seasoned raw fish has made it onto mainstream menus across the country beckoning diners to try a variety of colorful flavors and crunchy topping combinations. Poke bowls…
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