Today's News

HOLDEN BEACH — A yearlong wait for a recreation park across the street from the Holden Beach Town Hall is almost over.

At the July 8 town board meeting, Holden Beach Town Manager David Hewett said the park work will begin once a bulkhead along the waterfront is completed.

Hewett told the town commissioners the contractor hired to install the bulkhead is making headway.

“It’s not done yet but we are pleased with the progress,” Hewett said.

Leland police investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests in the last two weeks. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

July 3

Rebecca Jane Trees, 50, 3009 Yorkstone Court, arrested on a charge of driving while impaired following a crash on Low Country Boulevard.

Larceny of lawn furniture from a residence on Windchime Way.

While North Carolina legislators decided 2013 would be the last year of the tax-free weekend, Brunswick County shoppers can still take advantage of the tax savings — in South Carolina.

The sales-tax free holiday returns Aug. 1-3 but what it saves Brunswick residents in taxes it might cost them in gasoline.

The tax holiday was signed into law in 2001 by then-Gov. Mike Easley but was eliminated as part of the Tax Reduction Act in 2013.

The House passed the act by a vote of 77-38. The state Senate passed it by a vote of 32-17.

LELAND — Brunswick County economic development officials learned a lesson in the changing methods to attract industry from a consultant who selects sites for them.

Brunswick County Economic Development Commission Executive Director Jim Bradshaw invited Chris Lloyd, a consultant with McGuireWoods Consulting infrastructure and economic development, to speak to the EDC board Thursday, July 10, at the Brunswick Community College’s Leland Center.

Lloyd said his work as a site selector more often requires him to be a site eliminator.