Hitting the beach in the ’80s was a whole different vibe. From boomboxes blasting mixtapes to kids cannonballing into the waves with inflatable rafts in tow, playing hooky at the beach in the ’80s ...

These days, Wilmington summer is all about packed beaches, big concerts and lots of money spent on attending both. But for us Gen Xers who came of age in Wilmington during the 1980s and '90s, we ...