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5 days ago | wilmamag.com | Jenny Callison

What started as a hobby quickly became a business and then a way of life for Wilmington resident SUSAN WARWICK. Since her start in beekeeping fifteen years ago when she took a class from the New Hanover County Beekeepers’ Association, her venture has grown from two to forty hives. Now, instead of measuring her year with spring, summer, fall and winter, she thinks of the passing months in terms of events in the bee cycle.

1 month ago | wilmamag.com | Samantha Kupiainen

Floral concept grows into social space Nestled at 1107 Princess Street and connected to Blossom Bay, a floral design company, is Wilmington’s newest secret garden, Perennial Harbor. The garden oasis and flower-filled watering hole was founded by friends ALLY FAVORY and ASHLEY JOHNSON. Favory is the founder of Blossom Bay, while Johnson is the founder of Foxhound Flower Farm, a small cut flower farm in Wilmington.

1 month ago | wilmamag.com | Vicky Janowski

Letter from the editor Quick, what’s your favorite animal, and what do you think that says about you? Mine, since you asked, is the lemur – has been for years. But why? I dig their funny bugged-out eyes, chic strips on the ring-tailed ones, and generally cool demeanor.

2 months ago | wilmamag.com | Cece Nunn

Helen Tarokic advocates for trafficking victims Helen Tarokic, a longtime immigration attorney in Wilmington, was already involved in victim visa work when nonprofits began referring T visa-related cases they couldn’t handle to her law office more than 15 years ago. A T visa, or T nonimmigrant status, is a temporary immigration benefit, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as of March 31.

Mar 26, 2025 | wilmamag.com | Jenny Callison

Delta Sigma Theta celebrates 85 years Even in an area as awash in networking and service organizations as Wilmington, Delta Sigma Theta stands out for its ambitious and enduring mission. The sorority, one of the so-called “Divine Nine” Black Hellenic organizations, was formed by twenty-two Howard University undergraduates in 1913. The Wilmington area alumnae chapter, launched in 1940 by sixteen local women, celebrates its eighty-five years of social action at a gala May 23.