WAAV-AM 980 gets a not ready for prime time comment

I sometimes listen to WAAV 980 am (The Wave) during my drive to work. The talk program from 8am-10am is hosted by Rhonda Bellamy, who I find fair and impartial and engaging. Her show focuses chiefly on local issues and she often interviews relevant guests, but she also might discuss national politics, gas prices, the […]

Drought mascot named!

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GOV. EASLEY ANNOUNCES DROUGHT MASCOT IS “CONSERVIN’ IRVIN”
Exceptional Education Class in Sanford Wins Statewide Contest

Sharks Season Opener goes wah wah waahh

When I got home on Tuesday I could hear the music at Legion Stadium in the distance. It was sunny and warm outside, and nothing makes watering the garden more fun than the common 80’s montage you get with minor league baseball. O you know, a little Bon Jovi circa big-hair and Alan Jackson twanging […]

The courage of one’s convictions

Ann Wright is a pretty remarkable woman, what with 13 years of service in the Army/Army reserves and 16 as a diplomat in U.S. embassies as diverse as Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She retired from the Army with the rank of Colonel and in 2001 volunteered to re-open the U.S. embassy in Kabul. Like many Americans, she […]

Tennis and community

Known as the sport for a lifetime, tennis directly impacts a person’s health and quality of life. That’s a cheeseball cliché taken from some geeky tennis website, but one that is true for thousands of dedicated Wilmingtonians.

Get Flamingoed

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Even those of us who don’t live in “a flaming hot pink bungalow beside the steamy jungle-o” can still enjoy the spectacle of a flock of flamingoes from the comfort of our own homes.

Fourth Friday Gallery

I read about some shifting around and maybe folding of the Fourth Friday Gallery, and now see good news confirmed in an email newsletter from Bottega:

Fourth Friday Gallery Nights Return! Friday May 23rd; Join us for a self-guided tour of downtown galleries, studios and more, every fourth Friday of every month throughout the year. Bottega, […]

Masonboro Mishap

Speaking of camping on Masonboro Island, a group of us went on Saturday night and had to abort!
I’m not sure if we misread the signs or if the large-ish storm coming from the west kicked up something early, but around 9:30 at night — when we’d settled into the campfire and wine, a mild […]

Dispatches From The Northside: 5th Street Bridge

“Stupid traffic! Ever since the bridge opened…” growled Mook as she slammed down her Double Dutch jump ropes and moved to the side of the road to allow another car travel north down 5th Street.

Dreams Reading Group Donations

From the great folks at Pomegranate Books (Grove Project articles| home page ):

Dear Pomegranate Friends,
I am writing to ask your help with the Dreams reading group. As many of you know, Dreams center for Arts Education is an after school arts program offered at the community Arts Center and at various housing communities around Wilmington. […]