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Today's News

  • Mary Dorn named to academic all-conference team

    Lees-McRae College placed five student-athletes on the 2010 Conference Carolinas Women’s Soccer Academic All-Conference Team, announced league officials Wednesday.

    Mary Dorn (Shallote), Brittany Bolton (Roanoke, Va.), Jessica O’Leary (Milbury, Mass.), Vickie Rich (Arlington Heights, Ill.), and Brooke Santerre (Port Republic, Md.) were each named to the team in recognition of their outstanding academic work. This is the first time ach of these student-athletes has received this honor.

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  • Carly White nominated for college volleyball Play of Week

     MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. - A play during Mount Olive's win over Fayetteville State Saturday is among five national finalists for this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Women's Volleyball Play of the Week. Fans can go tohttp://www.avca.org/awards/play-of-the-week/ to watch the plays and cast their vote. Mount Olive's play is Play 4.

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  • Five students arrested in connection with Thursday's bomb threat at Brunswick County Academy

    BOLIVIA—Five students have been arrested in connection with a bomb threat made Thursday morning at Brunswick County Academy in Bolivia.

    According to a press release from the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, five students were arrested after an investigation and information from surveillance cameras. Each was charged with one misdemeanor count of disrupt/disturb/interfere with students and one misdemeanor count of conspiracy.

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  • West Brunswick finishes conference soccer season with victory

     The West Brunswick High School boys’ soccer team finished the regular season by beating South Columbus 6-0 Oct. 27 on Senior Night.

    Seniors Jack Donoghue and Matthew Volpe each scored two goals in the first half. West coach Tripp Smith started his seniors on the front line, including Rafael Dominguez, hobbled by a knee injury but getting into position to take passes from teammates as they tried to set him up for a goal. In the second half, sophomore Scottie Melvin assisted on two goals by junior Jacob Ferguson.

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  • Chad McCumbee entered for Talladega race

     

     

    Chad McCumbee will drive the No. 71 ModSpace Chevrolet Impala SS on Sunday in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Talladega, Ala., Superspeedway as ModSpace continues its partnership with TRG Motorsports, LLC as the primary sponsor.  McCumbee is expected to challenge the best drivers and cars in their 500-mile push to victory lane.

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  • DSS director fired for workplace sexual harassment TERMINATION LETTER INCLUDED

    Longtime Brunswick County Social Services Director Jamie Orrock was fired from his post for workplace sexual harassment, according to his termination letter.

    Orrock’s termination letter, filed with the county’s human resources department Oct. 12, and furnished to the Beacon through a new provision of the North Carolina Public Records Law, outlines the board’s decision to fire Orrock.

    DSS Board Chairman Charles Warren said board members gave Orrock “due consideration” before they unanimously decided to fire him.

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  • Community reaches out to support a local family

    On Monday, Aug. 23, Michael “Lynn” Gause suffered traumatic brain injuries after falling from the top of a gasoline tanker at R.D. White & Sons in Shallotte where he has been employed for more than 25 years.

    According to family, Gause landed head-first after falling from a height of approximately 15 feet. He was transported to Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply by county Emergency Medical Services, who were first responders on the scene along with the Shallotte fire and police departments.

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  • Community reaches out to support a local family

    On Monday, Aug. 23, Michael “Lynn” Gause suffered traumatic brain injuries after falling from the top of a gasoline tanker at R.D. White & Sons in Shallotte where he has been employed for more than 25 years.

    According to family, Gause landed head-first after falling from a height of approximately 15 feet. He was transported to Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply by county Emergency Medical Services, who were first responders on the scene along with the Shallotte fire and police departments.

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  • BCC president interviews for president position at New Jersey college

    Brunswick Community College President Stephen Greiner is interviewing for the president position at Sussex County Community College, according to its college's website.

    In a memo dated Oct. 20 from The Sussex County Community College Community to Jacob J. Smith, chairman of the board of trustees, Greiner is one of the three finalists for the president position.

    "We are pleased to report that we have three exemplary finalist candidates," the memo states.

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  • Students, faculty re-enter school after morning bomb threat at Brunswick County Academy

    Brunswick County Academy has been cleared for re-entry after an early morning bomb threat.

    According to Sgt. April Stanley of the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, a bomb threat was reported at about 10:40 a.m. Wednesday morning. The school was evacuated, and the campus was search. Nothing threatening was found, Stanley said, and students and staff were allowed back into the building.

    The source of the threat is under investigation, Stanley confirmed.

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