Here are some stories of local couples sharing the excitement from their big day.

Katie Garrity & Mitch Pollard
Written By Danielle Caspar
Katie Garrity and Mitch Pollard tied the knot Sept. 8, 2007. The journey to their beginning started long before Mitch and Katie were even a twinkle in their parents' eyes. Their dads grew up going to school together at Cary High, and eventually became college suite mates. The two friends had no idea that one day their families would come together just like a love story.
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Laura Frazier & Ed Goode
Written By Danielle Caspar
Laura Frazier and Ed Goode were married June 23, 2007, at the historic China Grove Plantation near Oriental, N.C. The renovated plantation house was first built in 1803 and the faces the mouth of the scenic Neuse River. The wedding ceremony took place on the front lawn, overlooking the water, which provided a gentle, cooling breeze for the intimate gathering.
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Chris Keenan & Tory Long
Written By Danielle Caspar
Chris Kennan and Tory Long met while Chris was bartending at an Irish pub in downtown Raleigh. Whenever Tory and his friends would go out on the weekends, Tory always suggested they start at the pub, in hopes of seeing his favorite bartender.
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Amanda Smith & Justin Dunlap
Written By Danielle Caspar
Amanda Smith and Justin Dunlap met more than eight years ago through mutual friends, but it was five years into their friendship that the two fell in love. After three years of blissful dating, Justin proposed on December 18, 2006. The sunset ceremony commenced down a candlelit aisle and under a beautiful wrought iron trellis.
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Caroline Edwards & Wiley Nickel
Written By Danielle Caspar
Caroline Edwards and Wiley Nickel met in London, England, where they were both interns. This fortuitous meeting developed into a long-distance courtship for a year and a half while Caroline completed her senior year at UNC-Chapel Hill and Wiley finished his second year of law school at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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