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  • Code of ethics discussed but not approved at DSS meeting

    BOLIVIA—Recently resigned, then reappointed DSS board member Tina Jackson was absent from Tuesday’s meeting, causing board member David Grimes to ask to table two of the agenda’s items.

    One of the items Grimes sought to table was a DSS compact board chairman Charles Warren sent to board members last week.

    “What I emailed out to the board was the Department of Social Services compact. I did not receive any feedback regarding this compact, so what I am going to ask for is a motion to approve the compact,” he said.

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  • The bus business: A look at staggered starts in Brunswick County Schools

    Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories dedicated to staggered start times in Brunswick County Schools. Future installments will include how parents, students and teachers feel about the change.

    BOLIVIA—Ten teaching positions.

    That’s what Brunswick County Schools Superintendent Edward Pruden said the school system was able to save by adopting a staggered start schedule this school year.

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  • Woman assaulted at Crow Creek condos in Calabash

    Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office investigators are searching for a suspect involved in an assault last week in Calabash.

    Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. April Stanley said around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, a woman was assaulted by a white male suspect at her home in the Crow Creek condominiums. Stanley said the victim was returning from a walk in the area when she was attacked by the suspect.

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  • National Flood Insurance set to expire Sept. 30

    WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is set to expire Sept. 30.

    Unless Congress approves an extension, the National Association of Realtors estimates 1,300 potential real estate closings per day could be delayed or stopped across the country.

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  • Detectives search for suspect wanted in Calabash shooting

    Detectives with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting last weekend in Calabash.

    The incident took place outside a home at 583 Tree Acres Circle in Calabash around 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. April Stanley said.

    The suspect shot off multiple rounds in front of the residence and the victim received a single gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to a nearby medical facility, where he remains hospitalized, Stanley said.

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  • Brunswick County’s unemployment rate up in August

    RALEIGH—Unemployment in Brunswick County in August is up from last month and from last year.

    Statewide unemployment in August was 10.4 percent, while figures recently released by the Employment Security Commission (ESC) of North Carolina show that Brunswick County’s August unemployment increased to 10.7 percent.

    Brunswick County’s August rate is an increase compared to the July rate of 10.3 percent. Brunswick County’s unemployment rate for August is also half a percent higher than the August 2010 rate of 10.2 percent.

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  • Board of education meetings to air on ATMC-TV

    SHALLOTTE—ATMC-TV and the Brunswick County Board of Education have teamed up to bring monthly board meetings to viewers on ATMC-TV Channel 3.

    The first meeting aired on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and board meetings will continue to be aired 8-9 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday night.

    A new meeting will be available for viewing the second Tuesday of each month.

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  • Board of education seeks dismissal in charter school funding lawsuit

    BOLIVIA—Attorneys for the Brunswick County Board of Education have filed a response to a lawsuit in which the school system is accused of not properly funding the county’s charter school.

    In the response, filed Sept. 1 in Brunswick County Clerk of Superior Court, attorneys are seeking a dismissal to the lawsuit, filed in June by Charter Day School Inc., a nonprofit charter school in northern Brunswick County, for claims the school board withheld state-required student funding.

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  • Ocean Isle Beach man dies in car wreck

     SHALLOTTE—An Ocean Isle Beach man was killed Wednesday, September 21.

    Gerald (Jerry) Oakley, 83, was fatally wounded during a two car wreck on N.C.179 in Shallotte.

    According to the Shallotte Police Department investigation report, the wreck occurred around 9:12 p.m. Oakley attempted to turn left onto N.C. 179 from Brierwood Drive when his vehicle struck an oncoming car.

    “Vehicle one failed to yield right of way for vehicle two, causing collision,” reads the report.

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  • 2016 Brunswick Beacon Photo Contest ‘Brunswick Life’

    Show off your photographic talents and share your corner of the county with others in the Brunswick Beacon’s 2016 “Brunswick Life” photo contest. Winners will receive cash prizes and inclusion in future Brunswick Beacon publications.

    There are three divisions to include all ages. The kids’ division is for 12 and younger. The teen division is for 13- to 18-year-olds, and the adult division is for photographers 19 and older. 

    Pick up your camera and show us what makes life in Brunswick County unique.

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