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Today's News

  • Sunset Beach crime report

    Sunset Beach police investigated a breaking and entering reported March 14 on Waterway Drive.

    Sometime between November and March 14, someone kicked in a rear door and drank a bottle of liquor, the only item reported taken at the vacation home.

    Police also arrested Calvin Roy Mendenhall III, 19, of Weaverville, for DWI and reckless driving. His vehicle crashed into a pole on Lakeshore Drive.

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  • West Brunswick High School announces honor roll students

    West Brunswick High School in Shallotte has announced its honor rolls for the second nine-weeks of the 2007-2008 school year. They are as follows:

    A Honor Roll

    Ninth grade: Alex Humbert

    Tenth grade: Julianne Donoghue, Kiatra Frink, Chandler Inions, Lekurt Jenrette, Helene Paul, Brenden Powell, MacKenzie Ring and Rebecca Sidelinger

    Eleventh grade: Benjamin Chambers, Robert Grissett, Aamber Hopson, Stacy Jackson, Patrick Kamfolt V, Anh Luong, Deven Ruane, Lindsey Service, Raquel Trejos and Kendra Webb

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  • BCC announces continuing education courses

    The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department at Brunswick Community College offers short-term programs and classes for self-improvement, cultural enrichment, and academic achievement geared towards adults seeking intellectual stimulation, community involvement, and social interaction.

    Many business courses are free due to funding from a Small Business Center grant. Seniors, 65 and older, can also take many classes free of charge.

    For a full schedule of classes, including online courses, go to: www.brunswickcc.edu.

    Call 755-7380 to register.

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  • Continuing education classes offered at BCC

    The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department at Brunswick Community College offers short-term programs and classes for self-improvement, cultural enrichment, and academic achievement geared toward adults seeking intellectual stimulation, community involvement and social interaction, according to Karen Ladley, public information officer.

    Many business courses are free due to funding from a Small Business Center grant. Seniors, 65 and over, can also take many classes free of charge.

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  • Ocean Isle Beach director wins award

    The Cape Fear Council of Governments has named Justin Whiteside the 2007 Outstanding Planning Director of the Year.

    Whiteside said he received the award during an awards dinner last month.

    “I haven’t been doing this that long,” he explained.

    Whiteside began working for Ocean Isle Beach nearly five years ago. He started as a code enforcement official and CAMA local permit officer. Two years ago, he was promoted to planning director.

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  • More space needed for ABC store

    The ABC Store in Ocean Isle Beach is too crowded, town commissioners argue.

    The store’s lack of storage was discussed during the board of commissioners’ monthly meeting last Tuesday.

    Planning director Justin Whiteside said at the current building, on Causeway Drive, popular liquor is purchased in bulk when its on sale. The current facility does not provide enough storage to do so. With the summer season approaching, Whiteside presented several options for the board to consider.

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  • Shallotte firefighters enjoy move into long-awaited new building

    SHALLOTTE—Firefighters have moved into the town’s long-awaited new fire station—a modern facility far removed from the old one-room station that held the growing fire department for nearly 40 years.

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  • Town of Shallotte to adopt new sewer transmission fee policy

    SHALLOTTE—Town aldermen have decided to revise the sewer transmission fee policy that developers have been complaining about for months.

    Last Wednesday, the board instructed town administrator Paul Sabiston to prepare a resolution to be adopted at next week’s pre-agenda meeting. The new policy would require developers to pay $60,000 for 60 units at the time they request preliminary plat approval and another $60,000 when they start the next phase.

    “It prevents somebody with 200 units asking to pay for 10 now and the others later,” Sabiston explained.

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  • Plans unfolding for new continuing care facility in Sunset Beach

    SUNSET BEACH—Plans are under way for a new continuing care retirement community, the first of its kind in Sunset Beach.

    Sea Oats at Sunset is planned for a recently annexed and zoned 64.25-acre tract on the east side of N.C. 904, at 1435 Seaside Road, local agent Hugh Munday of Century 21 Sunset Realty said.

    Its setup will be similar to that of a college campus, offering options in retirement living, according to information provided about the future facility.

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  • Property-clearing under way for new Sunset Beach bridge

    SUNSET BEACH—Tree-clearing has begun in preparation for construction of a new Intracoastal Waterway high-rise bridge.

    The 65-foot-tall span will eventually replace the town’s aging one-lane pontoon bridge connecting the mainland to the island.

    Joe Blair, division construction engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, said the contractor for the $32 million project is clearing the right-of-way for alignment of the new bridge.

    English Construction Co. of Lynchburg, Va., started work about two weeks ago, Blair said.

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