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The spirited matriarch of the Dames Inn By Mark Holmberg   •   Photographs by Rick Riccozi If central casting searched for a haunted house in Wilmington, 1519 Princess St. likely would not jump [...]

In beautiful Edenton, history lives and life moves on Sambo time By Jim Moriarty   •   Photographs by Kip Shaw Sambo Dixon wraps his hands around the full quiver of his historic peacock’s tail [...]

Why should neighborhood ghosts and goblins get all the treats? By Jason Frye   •   Photographs by Andrew Sherman As a kid, two days stood out for a candy-binge-eating bonanza: Easter (why? we’ll [...]

Thoughts come vividly on a road less traveled By Bill Thompson On my way home from Elizabeth City I decided to take the road less traveled by. NC Highway 17 is the most direct route back to [...]

A fascinating first novel, a talk of ecological disaster By Gwenyfar Rohler Upstairs in the UNC Wilmington Creative Writing Department is the publishing laboratory, where the literary magazine [...]

“Corn and grain, corn and grain, All that falls shall rise again.” — Harvest Chant The Feast of Trumpets Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on October 2. Also called the Feast of the Trumpets, this [...]

Keep and eye out for this colorful, wandering songbird By Susan Campbell Along the coast of North Carolina, we occasionally find western wanderers soaring overhead, perched in the treetops, or [...]

In October’s honeyed light, one learns to look for these exquisite travelers Story & Photograph by Virginia Holman October at the coast: The tourists have left, and the fishermen have [...]

By Jim Dodson I was deep in the country at twilight, heading home with the radio on when I heard about the dark clowns. The BBC presenter sounded skeptical, even amused by reports out of [...]

And a few other of my seasonal favorites By Jason Frye This is my favorite time of year. The air turns crisp. The first tinges of color touch the top of the tallest trees. At night, you need to [...]