WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A new Facebook page is tracking one of Wilmington’s most familiar faces.

The ‘Where is Ricky Meeks’ page popped up on the social media site recently. It has more than 1700 ‘likes’.

The page states that, “Ricky Meeks is the unofficial mascot of Wilmington, NC. An irrepressible & constant cheerleading presence at sporting, political, civic & on the streets never to (sic) busy to offer a friendly smile & wave.”

The page encourages folks to post when and where they spot Meeks.

Meeks is no doubt a Wilmington fixture. He has run for political office in Wilmington and New Hanover County several times, but has never won.

He can often be spotted on the sidelines at high school football and basketball games, cheering on the home team, or on the side of the road, listening to headphones and dancing while waiting for a WAVE transit bus.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – If you’re looking to give back to the community, volunteers are needed Saturday for a Habitat for Humanity project, according to a Habitat spokesperson.

Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and lunch will be provided.

To learn more, contact Melanie Kriksciun, Volunteer Resource Coordinator, at 910-762-4744 ext. 105, or email her at melanie@capefearhabitat.org.

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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Second grade students from Carolina Beach Elementary School recently released Southern toads at the edge of a Wilmington pond and learned about pond habitats, according to a spokesperson for the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher.

The toad release was part of the aquarium’s “Amphibians in the Classroom” program.

This year, second grade classes at Anderson Elementary School, Cape Fear Center for Inquiry, Carolina Beach Elementary, Holly Tree Elementary, Mary C. Williams Elementary and Sunset Park Elementary all participated in outreach learning with the Southern toad.