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  • 18-year-old found guilty, sentenced for 2006 home invasion

    BOLIVIA—A jury found 18-year-old Darren Deanthony Marlow guilty Friday in connection with the December 2006 home invasion of an elderly Hickmans Crossroads woman.

    The former West Brunswick High School athlete was sentenced to 42 to 60 months in state prison by Superior Court Judge Tom Lock after a 12-member jury found Marlow guilty of first-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary, and felony larceny.

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  • Murder suspect faces gun theft charges

    Shallotte Police have charged Craig Juan Bryant, one of two suspects charged with the murder of Shallotte Realtor Adam Bradshaw, with breaking and entering and larceny.

    Shallotte detective Eric King said Shallotte Police charged Bryant on May 19, but they can’t establish a date of the breaking and entering.

    According to a police report, five guns and a box of ammunition were reported stolen from a home at 4397 Owendon Drive on May 6.

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  • Drive-by murder weapon sought

    Two men have been charged with the drive-by shooting death of a 28-year-old Calabash man, but sheriff’s detectives are still searching for the murder weapon.

    Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Sam Davis said detectives are still searching for an SKS-type assault weapon, or an AK-47, they say was used in the May 8 drive-by shooting.

    Davis said James Allen Murdock died from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen, though 20-30 shots were fired from an AK-47.

    “We just need some help finding it,” Davis said of the murder weapon.

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  • Honor, respect paid to heroes in Calabash

    CALABASH—Several hundred people turned out for two Memorial Day services Monday in Calabash to remember soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice defending freedom.

    Staged by Nocha White American Legion Post 503, a sixth annual ceremony at the Calabash Fire Station kicked off with a flag-raising by a JROTC Color Guard from West Brunswick High School and featured among speakers U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre and retired Army three-star general Joseph Kinzer.

    Another Memorial Day service unfolded at the same time at Calabash Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7288 on Carter Drive.

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  • Holden Beach Town Hall construction project ahead of schedule

    Construction on the new Holden Beach Town Hall/Police Department is ahead of schedule, town manager David Hewett said in an interview after the town meeting Tuesday night.

    The building is supposed to be completed by Jan. 9, 2009, he said.

    As of May 13, the town had spent $410,580 so far on the town hall/police department, Hewett told Holden Beach commissioners during the meeting.

    Jim Stewart, of Stewart Cooper Newell Architects, also updated the board on the building, noting several changes have been requested.

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  • Memorial Day observed in Holden Beach

    HOLDEN BEACH—Those who lost their lives in war were remembered here Monday during the VFW Post 8866 annual ceremony.

    Post and auxiliary members placed flowers on a memorial wreath, honoring their memories, and guest speakers Anita Hartsell and Howie Franklin paid tribute to their sacrifices while also honoring the veterans who attended the ceremony.

    “You are the cornerstone of our country,” Franklin said.

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  • Audio history tours of Ocean Isle available

    OCEAN ISLE BEACH—In just 59 minutes, you can take a tour of Ocean Isle Beach and learn of the island’s history dating back to 10,000 B.C.

    Fred David, an Ocean Isle Beach resident and professor of management at Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C., has just released the “Driving Tour of the History of Ocean Isle Beach.”

    Just insert the 59-minute CD into your car player and start driving past years of history.

    David had the idea to create a driving tour after he and his wife took one in Jamaica last year.

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  • Eagle Scout restores historic cemetery

    SHALLOTTE—Just a year-and-a-half ago, weeds covered the broken stones that mark the final resting places of several local residents for the last 150 years, including the first mayor of Shallotte.

    But a conscientious local Boy Scout took on its renovations for his Eagle Scout project. He has saved the small cemetery, which is behind several downtown Main Street buildings, from oblivion and abandonment.

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  • Shallotte pays tribute to fallen soldiers at Memorial Day Service

    The bell tolled 49 times Sunday afternoon—each chime representing a name of a fallen Brunswick County soldier.

    From World War II to the recent global war on terror, names of the fallen soldiers who once called Brunswick County home were remembered Sunday in a somber ceremony in Shallotte’s Rourk Gardens.

    The ceremony began with members of the West Brunswick High School JROTC raising the flag, followed by a traditional playing of “Taps,” and a gun salute by the Marine Corps League Honor Guard, detachment 1036 of Calabash.

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  • Shallotte aldermen discussing 2009 budget

    SHALLOTTE—Aldermen are discussing a possible budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 that would hold the tax rate at 27 cents per $100 valuation of property.

    The proposed budget includes slightly less revenue than the current year, but still in the neighborhood of $4.1 million, while expenditures are expected to increase nearly 2 percent.

    The board met last Wednesday to discuss the proposal and was scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. May 28 for another budget session.

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