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Long a favorite of area residents, the health benefits of the Muscadine grape are just beginning to be fully understood.

By Ede Baldridge

Wilmington NC – Click the Listen button to hear Ede's commentary.

Ede Baldridge writes about memorable people and places in the southeast.

Yesterday was Memorial Day and that has Wally thinking about today.

By Wally Bock

Wilmington NC – [Click the Listen button to hear Wally's commentary.]

Yesterday was Memorial Day. With ceremonies and speeches, with long silences and with toasts we remembered. We remembered our absent friends, for me, especially, Sario and Mike and Big Jim.

We remembered husbands and uncles, fathers and friends and sons and daughters. We reflected on them and on the sacrifice they made for our freedom.

The story of a bride-to-be with ample reason to blush.

By Lauren Levian

Wilmington NC – Click the Listen button to hear Lauren's commentary.

Lauren Levian is an actress and story-teller.

In a time when we are all looking to streamline our budgets, David takes a financial cue from the North Carolina Legislature.

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Penny Wise

Our leaders must be smart or they wouldn?t be our leaders, right? So I?ve decided to manage my money just like the North Carolina House of Representatives is managing the state budget. What could go wrong?

By Stephen Meador

Wrightsville Beach, NC – When Chris Brewster spoke to the audience, not all of his words came easily.

[Brewster] Lifeguards consider it a personal failure whenever there's a drowning in an area anywhere near them. But, um, we take any drowning that happens anywhere personally because we know what we would be able to do if we were there.

By Stephen Meador

Wrightsville Beach, NC – When Sandee LaMotte left Atlanta last summer for a family vacation in the Florida panhandle, she never dreamed she would return home a widow. On the afternoon of June 8, Sandee's family was enjoying the beach while she caught up on housework. Suddenly, her two children burst through the door and told her that their father was in trouble.

Preserving the memory of those who paved the way.

By Charles Boney

Wilmington NC – Click the Listen button to hear Charles' commentary.

Architect Charles Boney and his family make their home in the Historic District of downtown Wilmington.

Nan says being of a "certain age" has a few advantages, as the pop culture world will soon learn.

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Nan Graham is a lecturer at UNCW, a card-carrying AARP and founder of the exciting new movement known as the W.A.R.T.S.

These perennials are true regal beauties.

By Barbara Sullivan

Wilmington NC – Click the Listen button to hear Barbara's commentary.

Barbara Sullivan is a lawyer who lives and gardens in downtown Wilmington.

Ever mindful of the diversity of wildlife which shares his family's property, Andy has been keeping an eye on one area of the yard in particular.

By Andy Wood

Wilmington, NC – Click the Listen button to hear Andy's commentary.

Andy Wood is Education Director for Audubon North Carolina.