When Kerry Orr pulled into her mechanic’s shop on Augusinte Cut-off on a rainy day recently, she was ready to pay to have her windshield wiper repaired. She didn’t have to. Her mechanic, Paul Campanella, fixed it for free.

A few days later, she got another freebie from Paul Campanella’s Auto & Tire Center when she needed air for a tire.

"so I brought them a box of cookies and wrote a thank-you card, " said Orr, who lives in Wilmington.

Campanella takes pride in free service he gives to customers like Or as well as people who stop in with quick-to-fix problems...