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A Wilmington, NC family drove to Asheville to rescue their daughter after Helene. The journey was captured on TikTok
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — As hundreds of families struggle to contact their loved ones after Hurricane Helene, one family made the trek into Asheville to help their daughter. The catch: they would be traveling from the coastal town of Wilmington -- 331 miles away, on the other side of the state. Without traffic, the drive takes about five hours and 23 minutes.
New restaurants and big pretzels in this week's Wilmington area food news
Welcome to the weekly Port City Foodies newsletter brought to you by me, StarNews reporter Allison Ballard. This was a week of trying some gas station foods – pizza from Wawa, a mozz burger from Sheetz. Since I wrote it, though, someone reached out and said that I missed the Sheetz pretzel. Well, that’s a mistake that’s easy to correct. I went back for one, and even got a bit of of the chain’s signature tangy...
Well-known actor joins cast of Wilmington-shot TV series
Topher Grace, an actor known for appearing in such TV series as "That '70s Show" and for playing the villain Venom in "Spider-Man 3," has joined the cast of "The Waterfront," according to the show's Internet Movie Database page. The series, which will air on Netflix when completed, started shooting in the...
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