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A few minutes with Pam Sander of the StarNews By Dana Sachs Pam Sander Job: Executive Editor, Wilmington StarNews First moved to Wilmington: 1986. Then left. Then came back again Favorite spots: [...]

Told in sweet vignettes By Dana Sachs Last December, just before the holidays, a group of people gathered in the coffee shop of Wilmington’s Cambridge Village retirement community to celebrate [...]

For WHQR’s Rachel Lewis Hilburn, civil discourse begins with an open mic — and mind By Dana Sachs If you’ve ever listened to WHQR News — and you probably have, as it’s one of the most popular [...]

Veteran film seamstress Mache Mitchem’s remarkable career By Dana Sachs Not long ago, Mache Mitchem had a conversation about retirement with one of her colleagues. “Mache,” the woman said, “I [...]

For Support the Port founder Cedric Harrison, bringing people and communities together is the path to a meaningful life — and a better hometown By Dana Sachs A few years ago, after yet another [...]

Jimmy Pierce, the founder of Kids Making It, and Austin Wilson, one of his star woodworkers, talk about the journey from Castle Street to This Old House By Dana Sachs One day last summer, [...]

God talk and divine crepes on Front Street By Dana Sachs At Betsy’s Crepes on Front Street, Vic Frederiksen and I start talking about God. Vic serves as priest of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church [...]

This December, after a job well done, George Edwards retires from the Historic Wilmington Foundation — an organization that has saved our architectural heritage By Dana Sachs George Edwards and I [...]

A motorcycle and the open road helped social worker Paula Ackermann find the way to serenity — and changed her life By Dana Sachs One day in 2012, Paula Ackermann walked out onto the road in [...]

For busy interior expert Susan Covington, the best answer is “simplify” By Dana Sachs Interior designer Susan Covington and I are sitting on the deck of the Fish House Grill on the Intracoastal [...]