WATHA – Just north of Burgaw is a best kept secret that Luke Dooley wants to shout from the cabin-tops. It’s Camp Kirkwood, managed by the Wilmington Family YMCA and nurtured by the Friends of Camp Kirkwood. The camp is 200 acres including an 8-acre lake. Dooley is the new Associate Executive Director at Camp Kirkwood. The UNC-Wilmington graduate served at a YMCA camp in Alabama and 10 years at Camp Hanes...

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.