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Highway 6: The artist painting the NC Oyster Festival red, meet Keith White
The 45th annual Oyster Festival is days away, and it wouldn’t be complete without one man behind the scenes.
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Backyard BBQ Cookoff to bring more than 20 competitors to Fort Fisher Saturday
Kure Beach, NC (WWAY) — The Island Men will host their annual Backyard BBQ Cookoff this Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Fort Fisher Air Force Recreation Area, featuring a barbecue competition, live music, and local vendors. During an interview with WWAY, Island Men representatives Lynn Halterman and Joe Tyron...
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CineBay Film Festival returns to Shallotte
SHALLOTTE, NC (WWAY) — The CineBay Film Festival is returning to Brunswick County this weekend, offering an afternoon of independent films, documentaries and international storytelling. The fifth annual festival will take place Sunday, Oct. 18, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. at the Virginia Williamson Event Center at the Odell...
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9 New Restaurants Around Wilmington, North Carolina That Everyone Will Be Talking About
The Cape Fear food scene apparently forgot how to sit still. Just when you think you know where dinner is happening, another new spot opens and ruins the plan in the best possible way. Wilmington and the towns around it have been adding fresh reasons to eat your way through...
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How Wilmington-area restaurants are building a collaboration economy
Faced with rising costs and tighter margins, some Wilmington-area food businesses are looking to build through collaboration and community. They’re partnering with like-minded entrepreneurs for pop-ups, special events and unique products and experiences. In recent months, Wilmington has seen tours that visit local speakeasy bars, a pop-up that brought a pizza maker and coffee shop together, yoga at breweries, beer collaborations, wine-and-oyster excursions, and multi-course dinners that explore local food and history. A 2025 study from American Express found that 95% of small business owners said community support is vital to their business and that people understand how local vendors are important in making a place special. Industry experts are also seeing growing consumer demand for experiences that go beyond a traditional meal or drink. In Wilmington, that has translated into creative partnerships that are reshaping the food scene. More: Explore Wilmington-area restaurants with curated passports Creating experiences Take the Saltwater Stories dinner series, for example. Chef Keith Rhodes of Voyce Bistro in downtown Wilmington partnered with Cedric Harrison of the Wilmington Color Heritage Tours. Rhodes said he has followed Harrison’s work over the years and believed that food would be another way to help him tell those stories of
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Bitty & Beau’s Expands Mobile Coffee Franchise Network
Bitty and Beau’s Coffee is seeking new franchise owners for its mobile coffee program. Founded in Wilmington in 2016 by husband-and-wife Amy and Ben Wright, the company employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and, according to a company news release, now employs more than 500 people with disabilities.
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Southport Maritime Art Show and Holiday Boutique returning to Franklin Square Gallery
SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — Franklin Square Gallery in Southport is preparing to welcome visitors for its annual Maritime Art Show and Holiday Boutique, featuring artwork and handcrafted gifts from regional artists. The 2026 Southport Maritime Art Show will run from Oct. 19 through Nov. 14, showcasing original artwork from...
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Unexpected visitor: 8-foot alligator appears to knock on Leland woman’s door
LELAND, NC (WWAY) — A Leland woman received an unexpected visitor in the middle of the night when an 8-foot alligator showed up on her front porch and appeared to knock on her door. Rasa Love, a real estate agent living in Leland, said the encounter happened shortly after...
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Seafood Lovers Should Know These 8 North Carolina Oyster Bars Worth The Drive
North Carolina has a funny way of hiding great oysters in places you might not expect, from strip-mall corners in Wilmington to a brewery in the mountains. Some of these spots sit near the water, while others are hours inland and still pull a loyal crowd. This list covers eight...
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Seafood Lovers Fill Up At This Myrtle Beach-Style Buffet Right Across The Line In Calabash
Calabash is a tiny North Carolina town with an outsized reputation. Its name appears on menus up and down the coast, printed right beside platters of fried shrimp and flounder. Just across the state line from the Myrtle Beach area, one waterfront restaurant has been serving that exact style of...
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Drop Everything And Drive To This Legendary Seafood Restaurant That All Of North Carolina Loves
Some restaurants make you glad you showed up hungry, and Waterfront Seafood Shack in Calabash, North Carolina, is the kind of place that makes you glad you showed up at all. If you haven’t heard of it yet, that’s about to change in the best possible way. Calabash...
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People Drive For Hours For The Fried Flounder At This Old Timey North Carolina Restaurant
Some restaurant meals are good enough to make the drive home feel like it was worth taking the long way. At Calabash Seafood Hut in Calabash, North Carolina, golden fried flounder, crisp hushpuppies, and generous seafood plates have earned plenty of praise from hungry visitors looking for that classic coastal meal.
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Learning to dance in the rain
Denise Scronce is a mother, a grandmother, and a former educator. She enjoys spending time with her family at White Lake, being a member of Lake Church, playing the piano, holding a physical book in her hands, and recently, playing Mahjong. Scronce is also a breast cancer survivor, which, she says, changed her life for the better.