Gary explains a few reasons he's proud to call Burgaw home.

By Gary Trawick

Wilmington NC – Click the LISTEN button to hear Gary's commentary.

Gary Trawick is a North Carolina Superior Court judge who is proud to reside with his family in Burgaw.

For Paul, the Holiday season is a chance to reflect on the pathway from the past to the present.

By Paul Wilkes

Wilmington NC – [Click the LISTEN button to hear Paul's commentary.]

Christmas -- that exquisitely bittersweet time of the year. And, amidst all the hubbub and happiness, I'll wager that many of you, in the quietness of a morning walk or a lonesome car ride, are visited by ghosts of Christmas past. I know I am.

Christmas cards arriving in the mail have Ede thinking about Ghosts of Christmas Past.

By Ede Baldridge

Wilmington NC – Click the LISTEN button to hear Ede's commentary.

Ede Baldridge writes about memorable people and places in the Southeast. The Domestic Violence Shelter's Christmas Cards are now on sale. For more information call Kitty Yerkes, 910-251-7925.

This pioneer of aviation needed a few helping hands to get back in the air.

By Andy Wood

Wilmington NC – Click the LISTEN button to hear Andy's commentary.

Andy Wood is Education Director for Audubon North Carolina.

Others besides the Wright Brothers claimed to be the first in flight.

By Wally Bock

Wilmington NC – [Click the LISTEN button to hear Wally's commentary.]

Wally Bock is a nationally known author, speaker, and consultant who lives in Wilmington.

Book reviewer Nicki Leone has been making her list and checking it twice.

By Nicki Leone

Wilmington NC – [Click the LISTEN button to hear Nicki's commentary.]

Oh, it is that time of year again?the holiday season, known in America officially as the holiday SHOPPING season, when we are all seized with a kind of collective panic to find gifts for people we barely know and rarely see.

Family, festivities, and French farce. All part of the Holiday memories of commentator Lauren Levian.

By Lauren Levian

Wilmington NC – Click the LISTEN button to hear L:auren's commentary.

Lauren Levian is an actress and story teller who lives in Wilmington.

Dr. David has hung his stockings by the chimney with decidedly secular care.

By David Hill

Wilmington NC – [Click the LISTEN button to hear David's commentary.]

Christmas is different for me now than when I was growing up. Some things are the same: the tree sparkling with lights, the wreath hung with sleigh bells, the cloying sweetness of virgin eggnog. But my children have something I never had: a cr?che.

An exploration of Kwanzaa through story and song.

By WHQR public radio

Wilmington NC – The Nguzo Saba or Seven Principles of Kwanzaa

I. UMOJA (UNITY) (oo-MOE-jah) - To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.

II. KUJICHAGULIA (SELF DETERMINATION) (koo-jee-cha-goo-LEE-ah) - To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.

Reflections on a moving memorial.

By Charles Boney

Wilmington NC – Click the LISTEN button to hear Charles' commentary.

Charles Boney is an architect. He and his family make their home in the Historic District of downtown Wilmington.