Community Resources | Financial Planning

The Latest on Veterans Scams

Nov 1, 2024 • 2 min. read

With Veterans Day coming up, it is a good time to remind people that fraud cost veterans, service members, and their families $477 million in 2023, according to the latest Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data, and this only includes fraud that wa...

Community Resources | Senior Living

LifeCare Expands Programs to Improve Quality of Life for Families

Sep 23, 2024 • 3 min. read

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare (LCFL) has been the area’s leader in hospice care since 1980. The nonprofit constantly evaluates how it can expand programs and services to meet the growing and changing healthcare-related needs of families in our community....

Community Resources | Lifestyle

White Pants Offers Exciting Evening with a Purpose

Aug 8, 2024 • 3 min. read

Tickets for one of the area’s largest fundraisers and favorite end-of-summer celebration, Lower Cape Fear LifeCare’s Last Chance for White Pants Gala, are on sale. The gala will be Saturday, Aug.24, from 7-11 p.m. at The Hangar at Modern Aviation, wh...

Community Resources | Senior Living

Hospice Care is Rewarding Work That Positively Impacts Lives

Oct 20, 2023 • 5 min. read

Working in hospice care is unlike working in most other healthcare settings. It is the most intimate type of care and support provided to patients and families living with a serious or life-limiting illness, many at the end of life. Managing people's...

Community Resources | Lifestyle

Medicare and Tech Support Scams Are On the Rise

Sep 5, 2023 • 3 min. read

Last month Medicare announced that one of their contractors had been hacked and the personal information of 612,000 Medicare beneficiaries were stolen. The security breach put Social Security numbers, birth dates, driver’s license numbers, health ins...

Community Resources | Lifestyle

Natural Disasters and Scams

Aug 7, 2023 • 3 min. read

It seems like natural disaster season is never ending these days. With it being the height of hurricane season, now is a good time to remind ourselves that after Mother Nature moves out the criminal scammers tend to move in. Following extreme we...

Community Resources | Lifestyle

Last Chance for White Pants

Aug 2, 2023 • 4 min. read

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare’s Last Chance for White Pants Gala has become the area’s favorite end-of-summer celebration, offering guests live high-energy dance music, delicious food and cocktails, virtual and silent auctions, and a rare bourbon raffle....

Community Resources | Insider's Corner

Insider's Corner: Mary Jaye McGowan

Jul 24, 2023 • 2 min. read

Originally from Bakersfield, California, Mary Jaye McGowan is the cover model for the most recent issue of Good Life Wilmington magazine. She lives in Wrightsville Beach, where the 65-year-old enjoys water sports such as stand-up paddleboarding and water skiing....

Community Resources | Lifestyle

Beware of “Summer Deal” Steals

Jul 21, 2023 • 3 min. read

Summer is officially here which means door-to-door sales crews are too. But buyer beware because what they’re selling isn’t always legit. Be cautious anytime a stranger comes knocking, especially if the visitor is trying to sell you goods or ser...



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My Story: The Lessons of Literacy

Yasmin Tomkinson

- Executive Director, Cape Fear Literacy Council

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LifeCare Expands Programs to Improve Quality of Life for Families

Gwen Whitley

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Nonstop to Orlando: Imagine The Possibilities

Jeffrey Bourk

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Lower Taxes, Expanded Service

Chris Coudriet

- County Manager, New Hanover County Government

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