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Apr 6th, 2025 👍 4547

Twenty homes in Carolina Beach will be elevated over the next few years to lower flood damage risk—each home will be raised two feet above the flood level. Homeowners who were notified and applied for assistance will get 20% help from FEMA while public comments are accepted until May 3—local officials are reviewing FEMA applications.

Apr 6th, 2025 👍 2726

The 22nd annual North Carolina Black Film Festival, produced by Black Arts Alliance Inc., will take place from April 10 to 13 in Wilmington—featuring films, workshops, and an awards event. Special guests include Bruce W. Smith, who will get a Lifetime Achievement Award for animation—and the festival will end with a showing of the documentary Minnie Evans: Draw or Die.

Apr 6th, 2025 👍 2148

On April 4, the Kenan House in Wilmington hosted a ribbon-cutting for the N.C. Azalea Festival Garden Tour, where Queen Azalea Bethany Joy Lenz officially opened the gardens. Guests enjoyed music by the Coastal Christian High School Choir plus cookies prepared by the Cape Fear Garden Club.

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