.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Today's News

  • 'Dangerous dogs' return to Bald Head home

    While Bald Head Island dog owners await their day in court, the county continues to tweak its dangerous dog ordinance.

    Bald Head residents Diane Robinson and Larry Kirby are appealing the case in which their Doberman pinschers, Teddy and Nina, were deemed dangerous by the county last summer.

    Click here to read more...
  • Community left in limbo after developer leaves premises

    CAROLINA SHORES—Homeowners in the Calabash Lakes community have begun meeting after the developer of their community, Portrait Homes, left without leaving a forwarding address or phone number.

    Bob Litz, a homeowner in the new subdivision built on the former Calabash Golf Links course off Thomasboro Road, said homeowners were planning to gather this week to discuss Portrait’s current financial woes, including cases that have been filed in bankruptcy court.

    Click here to read more...
  • Cupid seeks loving home

    Click here to read more...
  • Evelyn Smith Wray Village School students build bridges

    Students at The Evelyn Smith Wray Village School recently participated in a bridge-building contest.

    Sara Rodriguez, science teacher at The Evelyn Smith Wray Village School, said the sixth-grade science class was studying a technological design unit and designed and tested different protocols of design.

    “The way we did this was making our own design for a bridge that needed to hold a 5- and 10-pound weight for at least one minute,” she said.

    Click here to read more...
  • Fort Fisher commemorates 144th anniversary of Second Battle

    KURE BEACH—2009 marks the 144th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.

    To commemorate the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, the largest land-sea battle of the Civil War, the Fort Fisher State Historic Site will stage “Fort Fisher Then and Now,” an all-day event on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

    Click here to read more...
  • 300 run in Ocean Isle Beach charity event

    More than 300 runners participated Saturday morning in the fifth annual Run For Food, a race sponsored by the South Brunswick Interchurch Council.

    Last year, in 31-degree weather, 210 runners competed. Saturday morning, in 52-degree weather and under a sunny sky, 137 runners competed in the 5-kilometer race (3.1 miles) and 175 competed in the half-marathon (13 miles).

    Click here to read more...
  • Those crazy rules of golf—Learn all about them or be sorry

    If you’ve played golf for as many years as I have, you’ve learned that the Rules of Golf are a strange and wonderful thing.

    The game of golf is played over miles of grass, deep holes that contain sand, ponds that contain water and swamps that contain snakes and alligators. There are rivers, creeks, bridges, bulkheading, forests, paved cartpaths, bushes and shrubs on a golf course.

    Click here to read more...
  • Speak out about proposed insurance rate increases

    Recently, the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners decided it would join other coastal county officials in a fight against newly approved homeowners’ insurance rates.

    Click here to read more...
  • Easley’s last Booze it and Lose it nets more than 4,000 DWI arrests

    Former N.C. Gov. Mike Easley, who was succeeded as governor by Bev Perdue on Saturday, announced the last statewide driving while impaired campaign under his direction netted than 4,000 driving while impaired arrests.

    In addition to 4,430 driving while impaired citations issued during the holiday “Booze it & Lose it” campaign, law enforcement officers also issued more than 155,000 traffic and criminal citations.

    The holiday campaign ran from Dec. 1, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009.

    Click here to read more...
  • Men sought in Sunset Beach sexual assault

    SUNSET BEACH—Three men are in custody and more are sought in connection with the sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman on the Sunset Beach island.

    Ray Mundo Romero Cruz, 35, of Rock Hill, S.C., and Genaro Castillo Solis, 24, of Lancaster, S.C., are being held at the Brunswick County Detention Center in Bolivia, each on $300,000 bond.

    Also in custody in Rock Hill is Willie Alfredo, 24, of Rock Hill. As soon as Alfredo waives extradition, he will be brought to Brunswick County, Sunset Beach Deputy Police Chief Steve Smith said.

    Click here to read more...