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  • Planning board OKs preliminary plat for new development

    SHALLOTTE—The town planning board has recommended approval of the preliminary plat for the Lake Serene development off Todd Road.

    The property is 51 acres in the town limits now zoned multi-family with a planned residential development overlay. The Lake Serene development will consist of 72 single-family homes and 35 multi-family homes, agent Margaret Grey, representing McKim and Creed Engineers, told planning board members.

    According to Grey, the development will use county water and town sewer.

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  • House OKs annexation moratorium, study commission

    The state House has overwhelmingly approved a bill establishing a nine-month moratorium on involuntary annexations and setting up a study commission to consider revamping the state’s annexation laws.

    Locally, members of the Shallotte Point Preservation Group (SPPG) favor the moratorium and revisions to the policy. If the bill passes the Senate, they believe it will be a good opportunity for town officials to discuss long-range planning with them.

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  • Sunset Beach Board of Adjustment nixes store trailer

    SUNSET BEACH—Two storeowners’ quest to keep their storage trailer was denied last week by the town board of adjustment.

    Marc Kaplan and Cliff Errickson, owner of The Island Market, 430 Sunset Blvd. S., sought permission to keep the wheeled semi-trailer at the rear of the store property after town chief building inspector Jeff Curtis said it was a violation.

    The five-member board unanimously voted at the July 3 continuance hearing to uphold Curtis’ decision relayed to the business partners in January.

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  • Post 68 finishes regular season 17-2

    LELAND—The Brunswick County Post 68 American Legion baseball team finished the regular season Friday with a record of 17-2.

    No surprise to manager Randy Fennell.

    “Actually,” he said, “I thought we would be 19-0.”

    Fennell was serious.

    “I mean it,” he said. “When we started the season, I knew all these guys that were coming back. We (at North Brunswick) had played against them during the high school season and I knew position by position we would be as good as or better than anybody else in this conference.

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  • Marathon game sprinkled with excitement

    In a Junior American Legion baseball game that ran so late into the night on July 2 the automatic sprinklers came on at 11 p.m., the Southwest Trojans blew a 9-6 lead in the seventh inning before beating Leland Post 68 18-13 in 10 innings.

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  • Scorpions reach semifinals of tourney

    LELAND—North Brunswick beat top seed Jacksonville but lost to eventual champion New Hanover in the fifth annual Scorpion Shootout high school basketball tournament.

    Twelve teams played in the three-day tournament June 26-28 at North Brunswick High School.

    The Scorpions finished 2-3 in pool play. On the first day, they beat Union 83-59, lost to Laney 66-55 and lost to New Hanover 75-50. On the second day, they lost to Hoggard 88-66 but beat East Duplin 50-45.

    Entering the tournament as the No. 4 seed, the Scorpions routed Trask 73-48.

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  • Handle eggs safely to prevent the spread of bacteria

    Eggs can be a part of a healthy diet; however, they are perishable just like raw meat, poultry and fish. Some eggs may contain salmonella bacteria, which can cause food borne illness. Follow storage, handling and cooking guidelines to prevent most egg safety problems.

    Don’t eat raw or undercooked eggs

    This includes “health food” milk shakes with raw eggs, Caesar salad, hollandaise sauce and any other foods like homemade mayonnaise, ice cream or eggnog made from recipes in which the raw egg ingredients are not cooked.

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  • Realtor's murder suspects indicted

    A Brunswick County grand jury has indicted Craig Bryant and Lora Moultrie for first-degree murder.

    Bryant and Moultrie were indicted June 2—each indicted on one count of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy for their alleged roles in the murder of Shallotte Realtor Adam Bradshaw.

    Bryant and Moultrie were arrested May 8. Bryant was charged with murder; Moultrie was charged with first-degree murder and felony conspiracy.

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  • Man pleads guilty to killing wife

    Sixty-five-year-old Robert Kaufman will likely spend the next 11-15 years behind bars for shooting his wife and for sexual abuse.

    Robert Kaufman pleaded guilty on Monday to both voluntary manslaughter and sexual offenses against a minor.

    Superior Court Judge Thomas Haigwood sentenced him to serve 140-188 months in prison for both charges, Dave Crocker, special investigator for the district attorney’s office, said.

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  • Ocean Isle Beach kidnapping, rape case under way

    BOLIVIA—Jury selection is complete for the trial of a Supply man accused of kidnapping and raping two teenage girls in 2001.

    Opening arguments are expected to begin at 2:15 today.

    Forty-nine-year-old Larry Raynor is accused of kidnapping two girls, then 15-and-16-years-old, from the east end of Ocean Isle Beach, where they were vacationing in June 2001.

    The Brunswick Beacon does not identify victims of sexual assault.

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