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Today's Features

  • Seasonal horrors: Fire ants, yellow jackets, wasps

    This is the time of year when a little outdoor eating can help you reconnect with nature and the ones you love. But, uninvited guests such as fire ants and yellow jackets can turn even the most idyllic family picnic into fodder for a Stephen King novel.

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  • Paws-Ability Band Fest plays June 4 in Sunset Beach park

    Food, music, a beer garden and raffles for fabulous prizes highlight Paws-Ability’s first Band Fest from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 4, in Sunset Beach Town Park, 206 Sunset Blvd. N. in Sunset Beach.

    A $5 donation is requested, which includes a raffle ticket for one of more than a dozen prizes donated by local businesses, said Janie Withers, founder and president of Paws-Ability, which raises money to aid animal causes in Brunswick County.

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  • Half Hell Folk Music Festival set for Saturday at Greenlands Farm

    It’s time to go to Half Hell again. The Half Hell Folk Music Festival, that is, which everyone can do from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Greenlands Farm at 668 Midway Road in Bolivia.

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  • Manna Ministries goes extra mile to feed those in need

    Each month since September 2008, Manna Ministries has worked to provide families a box of food in Jesus' name.

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  • UPDATE: CANCELLED: The Tams with Lil Red concert

    The Calabash Concert Committee has cancelled the Tams concert scheduled for Tuesday, June 6, due to the weather forecast.

    According to a notice issued by the town of Calabash on Monday afternoon, there is a high-percentage chance of thunderstorms Tuesday, escalating in the late afternoon. The Tams were to travel from Tennessee for this performance in the lineup of Calabash Summer Concerts in Calabash Community Park. It is hoped that this concert can be rescheduled to an alternate date, but that has not been determined at this time. 

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  • Brunswick County Literacy Council receives $10K Dollar General grant

    Brunswick County Literacy Council is the recipient of a $10,000 Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant announced by the foundation May 11 and will use the funds to support the council’s ongoing adult literacy programs.

    The award is one of more than $7.5 million in Dollar General grants to nearly 900 schools, nonprofits and organizations nationwide.

    “This grant will help the council continue to address our county’s most pressing literacy needs,” Dot Hoerr, BCLC executive director, said in a news release.

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  • What is this mystery plant?

     

    By John Nelson

    It’s one of those plants that give off a really memorable aroma: a sweet, clinging aroma that hangs in the still air of a shaded magical woodland, letting us know spring is almost over, with summer ready to roll in.

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  • Bollingers celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
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  • How to tell what your dog is feeling

    “Look at him, he’s so happy!”

    Most pet parents will tell you they can tell what their pet is feeling simply by looking at them. For years mainstream scientists have dismissed reading a dog’s emotional facial expressions as wishful thinking. Recent research suggests we may be able to correctly guess our pet’s feelings after all.

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  • Food trends

     

     By Cheryle Jones Syracuse

     

    When I listen to people talk about food or read some of the things posted on the Internet, I frequently hear concern and real confusion about the safety of the food we buy. Two words that get tossed around a lot are “hormones” and “GMOs” (genetically modified organisms).

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