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  • Longwood man charged with assault after weekend shooting

    LONGWOOD—A Longwood man was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he told police he shot a man for continually coming onto his property.

    Wendell Daniels, 55, of 7299 Carlon Road, told police he repeatedly told Hester Griffin to stop coming to his Longwood home.

    When Griffin came to Daniels’ home around 5 a.m. Saturday, May 16, a confrontation ensued, and Daniels allegedly shot Griffin in the stomach with an assault-style rifle, Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Sam Davis said.

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  • Walgreens in Holden Beach to open soon; Shallotte store opening slated for July

    A number of new businesses and expanded services have started cropping up in Shallotte and surrounding areas just in time for the tourist season.

    The Walgreens store in Holden Beach is set to open at the end of the month, while the Shallotte location won’t open until July 31, the Holden Beach manager has announced.

    According to manager Kenny Emmanuel, the 15,000-square-foot store near Food Lion on Sabbath Home Road is set to open May 28.

    Emmanuel, a Brunswick County native and graduate of West Brunswick High School, will be the store’s manager.

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  • Harley-Davidson grand opening exceeds expectations

    The first-ever Bike Week-related event in Shallotte exceeded organizers’ expectations, and the owner of Beach House Harley-Davidson on U.S. 17 says he hopes to have another one next year.

    “We had a great time,” owner Rick Noyes said this week. “A lot of people came and went. The vendors said they’d like to come back they did so well…When we cleaned up, there was not a cigarette butt on the ground.

    “It exceeded our expectations.”

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  • Governor signs bill banning smoking in restaurants/bars

    Beginning next year, smokers will have to go outside to smoke when dining out or going out for a drink.

    Gov. Bev Perdue on Tuesday signed a bill that would eliminate smoking in all restaurants and bars in the state as well as state government buildings.

    Last week, the N.C. House voted to concur with the Senate version of the original House bill, “Prohibit Smoking in Certain Public Places,” banning smoking in restaurants and bars but stopped short of prohibiting it in all workplaces, as was originally proposed.

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  • Investigation into wreck continues

    No charges have been filed in the May 7 wreck that killed two West Brunswick High School students and injured three others.

    According to Sgt. T.T. Daniels of the N.C. Highway Patrol, Joseph Moreno, 17, was driving east on Royal Oak Road around 11:30 p.m. May 7, when he crossed the centerline, overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle then hit a ditch and overturned several times.

    Jacob Moseley died that night. Caleb Hawkins died Wednesday, May 13, after being listed in critical condition for nearly a week at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

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  • Family, friends remember WBHS students killed in wreck

    SHALLOTTE—Family and friends of Jake Moseley and Caleb Hawkins, two West Brunswick High School students who died as the result of a fatal car crash earlier this month, gathered last week for a night of remembrance at First Baptist Church in Shallotte.

    Siblings, classmates and friends all shared their favorite memories of the two boys, who were best remembered as fun-loving, kind-hearted people who left a lasting impression on everyone who knew them.

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  • Murder-for-hire suspect paroled

    After serving less than five years of his 21-year prison sentence for murder, David Trent Evans has been paroled.

    Evans, 45, of Ash, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in September 2004 as part of a murder-for-hire scheme, was paroled April 30 as part of the state’s Mutual Agreement Parole Program (MAPP.)

    According to North Carolina Department of Corrections records, Evans is in Brunswick County.

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  • County approves refinancing bond terms

    BOLVIA—Brunswick County Commissioners on Monday approved refinancing about $25 million worth of bonds.

    County finance director Ann Hardy said the approval refinanced the county’s rate, but did not extend the term of any of the bonds.

    “It appears that savings are in the range of about $700,000 over the life of the bond,” Hardy said, which comes to about $70,000 in savings per year.

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  • Bridge jumper costs taxpayers thousands; charged with filing a false report

    OAK ISLAND—Oak Island Fire Chief John House said the man who jumped off Oak Island Bridge last Friday cost taxpayers between $15,000-$20,000. Police Chief Van Eddinger said the stunt probably cost closer to $30,000.

    While the total price tag of 22-year-old Samuel Weston Holley’s jump from the Oak Island Bridge into the Intracoastal Waterway has not been tallied, Holley has been charged with filing a false police report.

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  • District attorney’s office facing state budget cuts

    BOLIVIA—District attorney Rex Gore said the district attorney’s office is facing the same budget cuts as all other state departments across North Carolina, including a .5-percent pay cut for all state employees.

    Gore, as an elected official, is not subject to the salary decrease, but said he asked to have the pay cut applied to his salary so he is affected just like his 27 employees.

    “I was going to stand with my workers and the staff and the [assistant district attorneys]. We’re all in it together,” he said.

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