John Staton

Welcome to the weekly Port City Life newsletter brought to you by me, StarNews reporter John Staton.

It's kind of an in-between week in the Wilmington area this weekend, without a ton of huge festivals or big concerts, but still a ton of entertainment activity nonetheless.

Wilmington StarNews With recorded history in Southeastern North Carolina going back some 300 years, that's a lot of time for ghost stories and legends to grow.

Wilmington StarNews As the outer bands of Hurricane Helene blew through Wilmington on Sept. 27, about 75 people assembled in the ballroom

Wilmington StarNews When she graduated from high school in Conway, South Carolina, Terry Espy's superlative was "Most Involved."

As a Wilmington native who grew up here in the late 1970s and the 1980s, to say I've seen lots of changes is a bit of an understatement.

Star News I grew up in Wilmington. It's safe to say that things have changed | John Staton Link Copied

Wilmington StarNews Fall has arrived, and we are right in the heart of it. Festival season, spooky season, multiple Oktoberfests, it's all happening now.

The special will premiere Oct. 20 in Wilmington, with half of proceeds going to relief efforts in Western N.C.

Wilmington StarNews Welcome to the weekly Port City Life newsletter brought to you by me, StarNews reporter John Staton.