Get Onboard: NC Aquarium Features Fun
Enjoy a “fin-filled” visit to the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, where you can see thousands of animals “from North Carolina’s mountains to the sea.” If this is a return visit, be on the lookout for many new residents, including bonnethead sharks recently added to the Queen Anne’s Revenge exhibit. READ MORE

Plan Your 2008 NC Beach Wedding
In this waterfront-wonderful area of North Carolina, weddings and celebrations take on almost any style and flavor, from beach casual to classic elegance. Sites for ceremonies and receptions are just as unique. With celebrations happening in churches, on beaches and boats and everywhere in between, this incredible area of North Carolina caters to the bride and groom looking to get away from it all. READ MORE

Here's What's Happening
8/21/08: Beaufort Concert Series: Scearce & Ketner, 6 – 8pm, Beaufort waterfront. Details, 252-504-3396.
8/21/08: Rachel Carson Reserve Field Trip, 8:30am - 10am, boardwalk trip to view coastal natural estuarine habitat, free of charge, donations appreciated. Reservations required, 252-838-0883.
8/21/08: Microscopic Sea Monsters , 3pm, amazing marine organisms, view samples for the Phytoplankton Monitoring Network with biologists Dick Barmore & Elizabeth White, NC Maritime Museum, Front. St., Beaufort. Details: 252-728-7317, ncmaritimemuseum.org.   READ MORE