Wilmington, NC News

By Ben SteelmanBen.Steelman@StarNewsOnline.com

From 1999 to 2003, Jeffrey Stepakoff was at least a part-time resident of Wilmington.Stepakoff was co-executive producer, and a frequent scriptwriter, for the made-in-the-Port City TV show “Dawson’s Creek.”

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By Si CantwellSi.Cantwell@StarNewsOnline.com

Like many American couples, Spencer and Lisa Ashby are working their way out of debt. Unlike most, they’re sharing their story with the world.They do a podcast, which is an Internet broadcast. You can listen to the podcasts at reboundpodcast.com or download them for free from iTunes.

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By Vicky EckenrodeVicky.Eckenrode@StarNewsOnline.com

More than 2,100 team members as well as survivors and their caregivers turned out at Ashley High School for the 16th annual New Hanover County Relay for Life, which wraps up at 1 p.m. Saturday.

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By Ana RibeiroAna.Ribeiro@StarNewsOnline.com

Growing up, Rebecca Willis’s older sister Phyllis would turn their basement into a classroom, teaching 15 other children at one time.That innate passion turned into a lifelong career for Phyllis Howell, now a teacher for 38 years. Willis also felt its pull, but decided to follow it later in life.

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New Hanover County | The New Hanover County Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday favoring a proposed county sales tax increase.The board unanimously voted for the resolution, supporting a one-fourth-cent sales tax increase that the New Hanover County Commissioners are considering.

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