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Back to the School of Life Where we’re all graded on the curve   By Deborah Salomon Back to school is one calendar event that justifies commercialization. Makes sense that over the summer [...]

Guts, Game and the Good Life Virgos have it all By Astrid Stellanova By September, ole summertime holds on like the last drop of sweat. September-born Virgo children have guts and game — and a [...]

Lindsey Cheek refreshes a stately Tudor with a colorful jewel-tone palette and serene and stylish accents By William Irvine   •   Photographs By Andrew Sherman   There are not too many [...]

The yellow fever epidemic in the fall of 1862 was one of the greatest natural disasters in Wilmington’s history By Dr. Chris Fonvielle People rushed to the riverfront to watch a splendid [...]

A trio of dedicated educators is on a mission to reveal the legacy of Rosenwald Schools in Pender County By Virginia Holman   •   Photographs By Mallory Cash   Documentary filmmaker Claudia [...]

Thanks to the vision of David Brenner, thriving community gardens are popping up all over town By Barbara J. Sullivan   •   Photographs by Mark Steelman   Sometime within the last decade, [...]

The Sound of You This morning I wake to music, the sound of the cat lapping water from the glass on my nightstand, and wish I could capture the softness with words. The 1-2-3 rhythm sends me [...]

Black-Bellied Plover Look for them on sandy flats   By Susan Campbell Along the coastline of North Carolina, we have shorebirds all of different shapes and sizes. Avocets, oystercatchers, [...]