Free Parking on Masonboro Island

WHQR | By Shane Fernando

Published May 22, 2012 at 8:00 AM EDT

When Commentator Shane Fernando was a kid, this area of Southeastern North Carolina was far less populated, and popular.

But Shane still remembers when Masonboro Island was a quiet getaway and the parking was free.

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Shane Fernando

Shane Fernando grew up in Wilmington, NC, being an avid WHQR listener during his childhood during the station's first years. He also served as WHQR's first intern. After graduation from UNCW in 2000, where he spearheaded the project and fundraising for the UNCW Millennium Clock Tower, he moved to Washington, DC to work in the U.S. Senate. In 2005, Shane returned to Wilmington, receiving his master's degree in Public Administration.

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