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Food

Clams from the Cape Fear

A Wilmington cookbook contains the region’s best recipes.

by Jeffrey Turner
Arts & Culture

North Carolina in Thread

An exhibit in Wilmington showcases the state’s textile industry with spools from abandoned mills.

by Our State Staff
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Eastern

Wrightsville Beach

The birds fly free. The people kick back. The wind blows steady. The worries fade away. Here, everything’s all right.

by Our State Staff
Arts

Little by Little

Chip Hemingway fills his canvas, one stroke at a time.

by Our State Staff
Eastern

North Carolina Seafood Tour Part 1: Southern Coast

Over 27 miles and including four stops, this first leg of our Seafood Tour from Brunswick Islands to Wrightsville Beach offers a mouthwatering taste of seafood chowder, shrimp and grits, and fresh crab.

by Our State Staff
Food

Doorstep Delivery

A Carolina Beach couple makes fresh products a priority.

by Our State Staff
April 2012

Finally Settled

Everything seemed to work against Gwenyfar Rohler from settling into her bookstore. But after a few hiccups, she found her home on Front Street in Wilmington.

by Our State Staff
Eastern

Sugar on Front Street

At Sugar on Front Street in Wilmington, Samantha Smith provides and ever-changing selection of old-fashioned baked goods.

by Our State Staff
Eastern

The Story of Airlie Gardens in Wilmington

When visitors picnic under the live oak in Wilmington’s Airlie Gardens, they carry on a social legacy a century in the making.

by Jill Gerard
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