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Today's News

  • Mr. Rogers has lost his neighborhood; tragedy helps us get it back

    I attended an interesting gathering, Theology on Tap, which focused on the topic of freedom. Serendipitously, it was scheduled immediately after another of our nation’s tragedies, the bombing at the Boston Marathon.
    Comments ranged from assertions of our God-given free will to cultural constrictions of freedom, from the constraints on freedom when job requirements are involved to angst over an apparent substitution of limitless liberty in place of true freedom. It was agreed that rights and their concomitant responsibilities must be regained.

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  • Onions, carrots and celery deliver a ‘trinity’ of flavor

    The simple trinity of ordinary vegetables, commonly called mirepoix, forms the foundation of a myriad of dishes. You’ve probably made it a thousand times without even knowing it. It’s one of the essentials of classical French cooking, but equally important in all cooking.

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  • Earley-Hickman

    Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Maggie Earley and Robert Hickman, both of Boiling Spring Lakes. The bride-elect is the daughter of Jack and Gail Earley of Bolivia. The prospective groom is the son of Colon and Catherine Hickman of Winnabow. A June 1 wedding is planned at Stone Chimney Place in Supply. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

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  • Gore

    Sherry Ann and Scottie Allen Gore of Supply were married March 30 in Holden Beach.
    Minister Rudy Ramphal officiated the ceremony.
    Her uncle, Cedric Fisher, gave the bride in marriage.
    She wore a full-length gown with extensive beadwork worn off the shoulders with tulle and beads along the bottom of the gown, a crinoline petticoat and an eight-foot train. She wore a tulle and lace cathedral gown-length veil with a tiara.
    She carried a cascading bouquet of roses, carnations, ivy and cattails.

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  • The kudzu bug, unfortunately, is back in Brunswick County

    By Sam Marshall
    Horticulture agent

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  • Tips on how and when to move landscape plants and trees

    By Charlie Spencer
    Master gardener
    There have been a large number of calls to the hot line recently concerning moving plants. Generally speaking, the optimum time for moving plants is during the dormant period.
    Following are a few suggestions:
    Most shrubs and trees should be moved during their dormant season. For some, this will be just after they shed their leaves. Others, such as azaleas, will require waiting until late fall, winter or early spring. For this area, dormant season is January through March.

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  • Take this quick test to find out if your kitchen is bacteria-laden

    Many people worry about the safety of foods cooked in restaurants, but foodborne illness can happen at home, too. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates 21 percent of foodborne illness outbreaks can be linked to food cooked in the home. Food safety concerns at home revolve around three main functions: food storage, food handling and cooking.
    How safe is your home? Answer these questions to see how your family does in the “clean kitchen test” courtesy of Clemson Cooperative Extension.

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  • District court docket

    The following cases were adjudicated over five days of District Criminal Court on April 10, 11, 12 and 15 in Bolivia.

    Codes: PG, pleaded guilty; PNG/NG, pleaded not guilty, found not guilty; PNG/G, pleaded not guilty, found guilty; BCDC, Brunswick County Detention Center; NCDOC, North Carolina Department of Corrections.

     

    Wednesday, April 10

    Judges Jerry A. Jolly and Sherry D. Prince presided over the following cases with prosecutor Quintin McGee and courtroom clerk Courtney Graham:

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  • Tag & Tax Together getting ready to break our routine

    This will probably be a good idea—once we get used to it.
    Not many people like change, not at first anyway.
    We North Carolina drivers had gotten used to getting our license tags at one time and paying our vehicle-tax bills at another.
    All that’s getting ready to change.
    The first combined tag-and-tax notices will soon arrive in North Carolina mailboxes for vehicle-registration bills that are due in July.

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  • Manhunt makes for compelling television and uplifting ending

    I never hear the Navy Hymn without thinking about President John F. Kennedy’s funeral.
    I was thinking about that Friday night while waiting for the second Boston Marathon bomber to be captured. I was thinking about being glued to the television in 1963 and all the other major news events we’ve watched unfold “live” on television.

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