ArtBeat of Burgaw is offering six weeks of classes for children and young adults. The classes vary from week to week and include painting, theater, drawing, stitlting (yes, walking on stilts!), horses, pottery, and writing. For more information click here. Visit their website at www.artbeatofburgaw.com.

Just when you thought it was safe to break out the shorts and T-shirts Mother Nature sends a parting gift – a shot of freezing temps. Not only is that bad news for the plants that we all put out but also for any turtles heading back toward the coast after a long winter at sea. It doesn’t take much for one of the little guys to hit a patch of cold air or water and become stunned. North Carolina had...