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Today's News

  • The touching job of telling people's stories after they're gone

    Every single week while proofreading obituaries before the page goes to press, someone in the newsroom always says the same thing—I wish I would have gotten to know this person before he/she passed away.

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  • West Brunswick staff remembers former student as ‘the best of West’

    SHALLOTTE—West Brunswick High School teachers and school administrators remember former student Billy Ray Stone for having the biggest and brightest smile.

    “He had nothing but smiles,” assistant principal Mike Stanley said.

    They remember how caring and thoughtful he was.

    “I didn’t even teach him but he came by to see me every day,” teacher Connie Love said.

     And they remembered his big dreams and determination.

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  • Hundreds of acres burned in weekend brush fires

    A local burning ban has been issued after weekend brush fires torched hundreds of acres throughout the county.

    “This burning ban restricts all burning in and around 100 feet of all structures located within the county,” Brunswick County Fire Marshal Scott Garner wrote in a press release.

    Garner said the local burning ban was implemented Saturday afternoon after the county experienced red-flag conditions.

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  • Calabash approves ads, higher pay range for future administrator

    CALABASH—Town commissioners have agreed to begin advertising for their vacant town administrator position.

    The decision came at a specially called meeting Feb. 16.

    The board also approved increasing the annual salary range of the position to $52,000-$68,000, from a previous, lower range of $47,389-$62,179.

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  • Calabash Community Park on 'fast track' for summer

    CALABASH—The town long-range planning committee is trying to come up with a basic layout for the town’s future community park.

    It is also seeking contractors to get prices for a building and types of playground equipment. Plans call for a pavilion with stage and picnic area with grills and picnic tables, lawn sports, restrooms, parking and a walking trail. Last spring, the town was awarded a $56,700 Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) Grant to build its first park.

    The committee has been looking at different styles of buildings.

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  • 'Creative' signage could become law in Calabash

    CALABASH—A proposed text amendment allowing for “creative” signs in the commercial area will soon get closer review by the town planning and zoning board.

    The decision came following a two-and-a-half-hour-long joint workshop Monday attended by town commissioners and the planning and zoning board.

    Town commissioner Forrest King proposed “creative signs” text that he said could be implemented as an exception to the town ordinance prohibiting animated signs.

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  • Calabash sewer assessment meeting set for March 28

    Brunswick County Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing for 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, in the David R. Sandifer County Administration Building in Bolivia to certify the Calabash wastewater collection system assessment.

    The $3.9 million cost would assess each of the 756 parcels $5,265 apiece, Brunswick County Finance Director Ann Hardy said at Monday night’s county commissioners meeting.

    Property owners who paid the full assessment within 30 days of notification would receive a 5 percent discount and pay $4,993, Hardy said.

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  • 'Creative' signage could become law in Calabash

    CALABASH—A proposed text amendment allowing for “creative” signs in the commercial area will soon get closer review by the town planning and zoning board.

    The decision came following a two-and-a-half-hour-long joint workshop Monday attended by town commissioners and the planning and zoning board.

    Town commissioner Forrest King proposed “creative signs” text that he said could be implemented as an exception to the town ordinance prohibiting animated signs.

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  • Health board brings 'humane' shelter to screeching halt

    All he had to do was mention PETA.

    So that’s what Brunswick County health board member Chip Carroll did in opposing having a humane element brought into management of the Brunswick County Animal Shelter.

    Subsequently, at the board’s Feb. 14 meeting, he and seven other members of the board succeeded in rejecting efforts of Rescue Animals Community Effort (RACE), a group of animal advocates who have been working with Brunswick County Health Director Don Yousey to take over management of the shelter.

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  • Case of identity theft in Sunset Beach

    Police are investigating a case of identity theft reported Feb. 18.

    A local man reported someone had obtained his bank information and tried to obtain a debit card for his spouse in the Philippines. After the resident got a call requesting information for a debit card, the bank froze his account due to suspicious activity.

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