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  • Leland’s old town hall site is county’s favorite option for future senior center

    If Brunswick Senior Resources and the town of Leland can agree Thursday, the corner of Village Road and Town Hall Drive will be the future home of the Leland Senior Center.

    Brunswick County commissioners voted unanimously Monday for the corner where Leland’s old town hall sits as the best location for a future senior center.

    BSRI executive director Jim Fish presented three potential spots for the senior center:

    •off Village Road at the old town hall site

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  • Hardy not taking interim position for granted

    Brunswick County Commissioners set their sites on finance director Ann Hardy as interim county manager while they are between managers.

    But she’s not taking anything for granted, which could be the reason the board selected her.

    “The county attorney (Huey Marshall) advised they should not have an interim manager and a manager at the same time,” Hardy said.

    “At this point I’m special assistant to the county manager.”

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  • Water-quality grant proposed for clearing Shallotte River

    BOLIVIA—Brunswick County needs a grassroots organization to improve water conditions in the Shallotte River.

    Brunswick County planning director Leslie Bell told the planning board Monday it needs to start organizing to take advantage of river-clearing opportunities.

    Bell proposed the county work with the North Carolina Coastal Federation to apply for a Clean Water Act Section 319 grant, which can be used to restore impaired water resources.

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  • County services offered in April go beyond free dump week

    Free Dump Week is almost here, but it’s not the only public service the county highlights in April.

    According to County Manager Marty Lawing, it is the most popular and longest running.

    “It’s popular whether it’s part of county government week or not,” Lawing said about the promotion that predates his hiring in 2001.

    Free disposal at the landfill is available from Monday, April 15, through Saturday, April 20.

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  • Planning department adds expediter to ease permit frustration

    BOLIVIA—The Brunswick County planning board has created a concierge service to get customers through the permitting process.

    Planning director Leslie Bell introduced Kyna Bryant-Hardy, the point of contact for all future permit requests, to planning board members at Monday night’s meeting.

    Bryant-Hardy, who has worked as an office assistant III in the planning department since 2009, now acts as the plan review expediter—to assist clients interested in initiating property development activities.

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  • Census splitting Brunswick from Wilmington an economic concern

    BOLIVIA—Officials are concerned re-categorizing Brunswick County census statistics will have a negative effect on the local economy.

    The federal government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), core areas containing a substantial population nucleus, together with adjacent communities that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that core, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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  • Wreck claims one life, injures two children

    A single-vehicle wreck Monday left a Columbus County man dead and his two children injured.

    Ricky Banks Watts, 54, of Delco, was killed when the Chevrolet pick-up truck he was driving overturned on U.S. 74.

    According to 1st Sgt. Troy Pope of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred at 3:59 p.m on April 8.

    Pope said the truck driven by Watts was headed west on U.S. 74. The wreck occurred about 5.7 miles west of Leland and 1.3 miles west of Lanvale Road. The vehicle was traveling through Brunswick County toward Columbus County.

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  • Fatal wreck on N.C. 179

    OCEAN ISLE BEACH—A fatal wreck in the early daylight hours of Thursday morning claimed the life of one Ocean Isle Beach man.
    Glenn Edward Shepherd Jr, 57, of Ocean Isle Beach was killed when the moped he was driving was hit from behind by a vehicle.
    According to Trooper Trent Chavis with the N.C. Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Blaire Whitney Anderson of Ocean Isle Beach was driving the vehicle that hit Shepherd from the back.
    “The moped and the vehicle were travelling east on N.C. 179. The vehicle was behind the moped and struck the moped from behind,” Chavis said.

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  • Tee-off at The First Tee

    Sunday was a great day for golf in more ways than one.

    Not only was the spring weather (finally) lovely, it was also ribbon-cutting and tee-off day for The First Tee’s new Carolinas Life Skills and Leadership Academy (CLSLA).

    The First Tee’s new state-of-the-art $1.5 million, 11,000-square-foot academy, tucked at the end of a winding dirt road in The Golf Park at Cinghiale Creek off Royal Oak Boulevard in Shallotte, is where founders Rusty and Carol Petrea and others gathered under blue skies to celebrate its completion.

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  • Beck's of Calabash nears reopening after fire

    CALABASH—Beck’s Restaurant is just about ready to reopen.

    The historic Calabash eatery, destroyed in a fire last Oct. 22, has been rebuilt and will be ready to reopen as soon as new booths and tables and chairs are delivered.

    Kurt Hardee, who co-owns the restaurant with his sisters Shaun Bellamy and Sara Frelich, said the dining room furniture is on back-order. He estimated the restaurant will be ready to reopen and launch into a new season within the next couple of weeks.

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