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Today's Features

  • Jackson-Smith

    Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Christy Jackson and Michael Smith, both of Supply. The bride-elect is the daughter of Glenn and Amanda Jackson and Marie Jackson, all of Knightdale. The prospective groom is the son of Patty Smith and the late Ron Smith of Rosman. A Nov. 15 wedding is planned in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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  • Neffs celebrate 50 years

    Janet and Allen Neff of Ocean Isle Beach were married Sept. 13, 1958, in Palmerton, Pa. They celebrated their 50th anniversary recently by taking an Alaskan cruise. They have two children and two grandchildren.

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  • A day they vow never to forget

    Seven years ago, the world tuned in to watch a sunny September morning in New York veer into horror as terrorists crashed hijacked American planes into the World Trade Center towers.

    Sept. 11, 2001, is carved in minds and history, the kind of event where we might turn to our neighbor and ask, “Where were you on 9/11?”

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  • Arts & Entertainment calendar

    Ongoing

    Oak Island Art Guild exhibit, Oak Island Recreation Center, 3001 Oak Island Drive, 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Exhibit renewed every 60 days. For more information, call exhibit coordinator Miriam Pinkerton at 278-5562.

    Every first Friday through December

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  • Dip your toes at the--Purple Feet Festival

    Lucy—in fact, a number of Lucys—may have some “ ’splaining” to do as the annual Purple Feet Festival and Grape Stomp unfolds from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 13, at Silver Coast Winery.

    Once again, a high point at the seventh annual festival will be the Lucy Look-A-Like contest at 3 p.m.

    The competition harks back to Lucille Ball and an old, popular episode of “I Love Lucy” in which the redheaded comedienne found herself crushing grapes with her feet at an Italian vineyard.

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  • We may not like spiders and snakes, but most of them are nothing to fear

    Even if you’re not old enough to remember the Jim Stafford song from the 1970s, you probably don’t like coming in contact with creepy critters like spiders and snakes. Knowing there are only two venomous spiders and six venomous snakes in North Carolina usually doesn’t help, so let’s take an objective look at the snakes we share this corner of the state with and see if we really do have something to fear.

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  • Tips and suggestions for cleaning up debris after tropical storms and hurricanes

    I have decided to write this article with great hopes it will not be needed but reality shows one day you may need to take this clipping down from your refrigerator door and look over what you need to do.

    Cleanup is the first priority after any major storm.

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  • Bugs aren't all bad; they serve a purpose

    As summer progresses, the number of insects found in our landscape increases. There are millions of types of insects in our world and more than 100,000 different ones active in the United States; however, less than 1 percent of these actually feed on plants in a harmful way.

    Before you pull out the insecticide, take the time to identify the insects on your plants. You just may find out that they are beneficial insects. Beneficial insects are those that are helpful in some way, as predators or pollinators. A number of beneficial insects occur naturally in our gardens.

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  • N.C. Supreme Court Justice stops by Sea Trail for conference

    He’s one of seven justices on North Carolina’s highest court and the only one up for re-election this year.

    Since January 2001, Bob Edmonds has served as an associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Come November, he’ll be up for renewal of another eight-year term and also faces a challenger on the Nov. 4 ballot—Suzanne Reynolds, a law professor at Wake Forest University.

    Edmunds, 59, was in Brunswick County recently to stump in the nonpartisan race and attend an N.C. Clerks of Court gathering at Sea Trail.

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  • 9/11 memorial events Thursday in Brunswick County

    This Thursday, Sept. 11, the FDNY-Carolina Retirees Association will once again have a 9/11 memorial service.

    The service will honor the memory of the 343 emergency and New York Fire Department members who were killed in the line of duty on that date seven years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001.

    The day’s events will begin at 8 a.m. with a memorial Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at Eighth Avenue North off U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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