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The Pender County Tourism Development Authority is pleased to announce that Ocean Fest has been bestowed the 2026 Kaleidoscope Green Initiative Award and the Best Event Impact Support Award in its collaboration with Wilmington Compost Company. Ocean Fest, a Topsail Island-based festival featuring live music, vintage surf competitions and environmental programming, was notified by the Southeast Festivals and Events...

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May 9 Historic 1726 Sloop Point Plantation House Event, Hampstead, North Carolina: A Charitable Benefit for Pender County Historical Society & Museum Sloop Point Plantation House, built in 1726, is among the rarest colonial buildings not only in the Cape Fear region, but in the entire state of North Carolina. Built 50 years before the Battle of Moores Creek and the Declaration of Independence, this year is the...

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