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Deep End of the Pool Wilmington has officially crowned 2018 as the wettest year on record. The year that held the previous record was 1877 when the rainfall amount was 83.65 inches. The National Weather Service’s Wilmington office reports as of 9 a.m. Saturday December 15 Wilmington measured 100 inches of rain for 2018. And…

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This patriarch of the powerful Soong dynasty of Chinese leaders was baptized at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church in 1880.

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An uncle gave him his first pair of skates when he was three. He lived near Montreal across the street from an outdoor ice rink. In the almost 60 years since then Bob Bateman hasn’t stopped playing ice hockey. An 18-year-old Jersey boy became the NHL’s 21st draft pick in 2008. Bobby Sanguinetti played one…

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Christmas Bird Count 2018 was The Year of the Bird and marked by the centennial of the Migratory Bird Act. From mid-December to early January birders participate in the annual Christmas Bird Count the longest-running citizen science survey sponsored by the National Audubon Society. North Carolina’s birders and nature enthusiasts take part in this 118-year…

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Revisit happy childhood memories with the Wards. From splendid orbs that peer from live oak limbs to a one-of-a kind Santa collection every ornament sparkles with special meaning and childlike whimsy.

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Come Christmas light cascades from Tracy Pope’s home near Cape Fear Country Club. A dusting of snow in 2017 added a dreamy snow globe quality to the picture-perfect holiday greeting card setting. The Blythe Road home Tracy shares with John Michael Mielcarski and their three daughters is decorated for Christmas by Thanksgiving time. Every room…

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Traditional Christmas goodies with decadent Old World flavors.

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Favorite Thing: The Theater Claim to Fame: Entrepreneur turned Wilmington philanthropist Bucky Stein now retired in Wilmington was an entrepreneur who grew a tire store in Jacksonville North Carolina into Target Tire a multistate distribution network. He was elected to the North Carolina Tire Dealers Association Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Tire Industry…

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Art is an integral part of family life for the mother and daughter residents of the North Carolina coast for the past 25 years. Susan Scharling the family matriarch is a successful portrait painter and a lifelong sketcher of faces. “I have always thought that people are the most interesting subjects to paint ” she…

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Meat salt air and time are the simple ingredients of an ancient craft based on the principles of curing salting smoking and preserving. Many cultures — Spanish Italian German and French — have their own versions of charcuterie. Each country has developed its own style and unique flavors from Genoa salami in Italy Coppa ham…

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