Last New Year’s Eve, Kayse and Jason Beasley held the grand opening of Pickle & Taps, a 10-court indoor pickleball facility with a drill room on South 13th Street in Wilmington. The couple, who met on a blind date 10 years ago, has been playing the game for nearly two years. The Beasleys’ idea for an indoor pickleball facility came from travel for busine ...

Real estate investors Cassandra and Dan Tollens are ready to show off the work they’ve done on the latest addition to their boutique hotel portfolio on Pleasure Island. Through a limited liability company with other partners, the Tollens bought the former SeaWitch Inn at 224 Carolina Beach Ave. N. along the Carolina Beach oceanfront in October for $4.5 million, ac ...

The N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher is a "critical step" closer to funding a more than $56 million expansion project. The New Hanover Community Endowment announced Thursday a $7.5 million grant to the N.C. Aquarium Society that will support the Fort Fisher project to upgrade, improve and refresh the popular attraction. As of 2023, the aquarium’s conceptu ...

The word luxury is often associated with designer brands and pampering services; locally, luxury has taken on a whole new meaning in the realm of pet boarding, grooming and day care. In the Wilmington area, a growing number of pet boarding facilities cater to owners interested in giving their pet the furry friend-version of a luxury experience. Among them are K9 Resorts ...

In 1945, German troops surrendered to Allied forces, Elvis Presley walked on stage for the first time at age 10 and, in Wilmington, the Barbary Coast welcomed its first customer. Since then, the local dive bar has had three owners – Buddy Best, Paul Best and current owner Eli Ellsworth – easily putting it in the pantheon of legendary and longest-running Port ...

Several major recreation projects are in the works in the Wilmington area. While the organizers of all the ventures hope to provide their communities with a variety of recreational opportunities, some projects are closer to fruition than others.   The Wilmington Aquatic Center and ACCESS Inclusive Recreation Center are part of the plan for the Olsen Farm Recreation ...

Last year, the tourism industry counted some significant gains in the Wilmington area, among them announcements about new nonstop destinations from Wilmington International Airport. In December, low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines announced plans to establish a base at Wilmington International Airport and add three new nonstop destinations, including Nashville, Tennessee (B ...

United Airlines is adding a destination and increasing service to Chicago at Wilmington International Airport (ILM). The increase in United's Chicago service next summer will consist of flights daily between ILM and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), according to an announcement Thursday morning. The airline will also offer new nonstop service t ...

While employed in a corporate role at Starbucks, Eric Wyatt opened 150 locations in three years for the coffee shop giant. As the first CEO of Wilmington-based Clean Eatz, Wyatt is building on that experience with a focus on expansion, he said in a recent interview. “We need to go from here to there, and that is done through scale and organization,” Wyatt ...

Avelo Airlines plans to establish a base at Wilmington International Airport and add three new nonstop destinations, including Nashville, Tennessee (BNA). The other two nonstop flights are to Rochester, New York (ROC), and Boston/Manchester, New Hampshire (MHT), beginning in April. Avelo's base plans will create 50 jobs, officials said during a news conference We ...