Today's News

SUNSET BEACH—Police investigated a jewelry theft reported May 23.

A diamond ring with five birthstones and a blue topaz ring were reported stolen from a home on Egret Drive.

Credit card fraud was reported May 27. The victim said someone used his credit card without permission in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Other reported incidents included:

•A license plate was reported stolen May 27 from a vehicle in a parking lot at 1601 Seaside Road.

•10-mg hydrocodone tablets were reported stolen May 21 from Walgreens.

Students attending Brunswick County Schools will have to dig out a few more coins for breakfast and lunch next year as meal prices are set to increase.

The Brunswick County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to increase meal prices for the 2008-2009 school year.

Breakfast in all schools will cost $1.10, an increase of 10 cents. Lunch in the elementary schools will cost $1.70, a 10-cent increase; middle school lunch will cost $1.85, a 15-cent increase; and lunch in the high schools will cost $2, a 20-cent increase.

HOLDEN BEACH—The Holden Beach Public Area Improvement Committee recommended the town install two bait boards on the pier in the public fishing area of Jordan Boulevard during its meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The cutting boards will each have a hole in the center.

“My husband is a fisherman, and he said, ‘Design two cutting boards with a hole in it so they can scrape bait scraps into the water,’“ said Carol Moneypenny, who co-chairs the committee.

SHALLOTTE—The town administrator’s proposed 2008-2009 budget keeps the tax rate at 27 cents per $100 valuation of property and includes a 20.8 percent increase in tax valuation over the current year.

The water rate is proposed to increase from $4.56 per 1,000 gallons to $4.69 per 1,000 gallons to cover the county’s .13 percent increase, according to the budget proposal presented last week by town administrator Paul Sabiston.

The service charge will remain at $2 per month per customer.