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Medical ethicist David Schultz dives into the Great American Sandwich at Detour Deli Café By Dana Sachs Dr. David Schultz, an internist, began practicing in Wilmington in 2000. As a [...]

The Spofford Mill is long gone, but the beloved working-class community it created has genuine staying power — and one proud heart By Mark Holmberg Woven into the fabric of central Wilmington is [...]

Our intrepid outdoor writer comes inside to find a meditative practice that serves the community Story & Photographs by Virginia Holman Fifteen years ago, after a spectacularly stressful [...]

A home with an eye on the horizon By Isabel Zermani   •   Photographs by Rick Ricozzi The South End of Wrightsville Beach is taking on a new, youthful character, something slightly less blue [...]

Without warning, you alter my day — wanting more firewood before it becomes soggier with morning snow. I see no reason to disembark the sofa. Horizontal before the fireplace, I offer you a quilt [...]

Wintering ruby-throated hummingbirds By Susan Campbell Wait — hummingbirds here? In the colder months? Actually, yes! Along the North Carolina coast you may well encounter a ruby-throated friend [...]

A behind-the-book look at Taylor Brown’s forthcoming novel The River of Kings By Taylor Brown It was March 2002, and the Altamaha River was running high and cold and dark, grumbling at its banks. [...]

Reliving History One hundred and fifty-two years ago, the second battle of Fort Fisher was fought and the Union prevailed, seizing the last of the Confederate seaports; the war’s end would come [...]

Finding the uncommon in a common man By Stephen E. Smith We’ve grown infamous for what we should know but don’t. What’s more distressing is our proclivity for spouting “factoids,” assumptions [...]

How neoprene makes winter surfing bearable — and fun By John Wolfe They are the die-hards, the true believers who cannot wait for warm weather. So they squeeze into thick black neoprene suits, [...]