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Today's News

  • Conley ends Trojans’ baseball season in fourth round

     West Brunswick’s baseball season ended in a 7-6 loss to D.H. Conley in the fourth round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs May 21 in Shallotte.

    D.H. Conley (25-2) will play Orange in the Eastern Regional. West finishes 20-5.

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  • Fat Jack Band plays May 29 in Sunset Beach

    The Fat Jack Band will perform May 29 at the first summer concert of the season in Sunset Beach.

    Concerts are from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 4 in the gazebo in Village Park, Queen Anne Street.

    The Fat Jack Band, described as the best of old-school music, has been a favorite of rhythm-and-blues and beach music fans in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the entire Southeast since 1972.

    The band has performed with the Showmen, Maurice Williams, Temptations, The Clovers, Percy Sledge and the Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose.

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  • Friday night is Brunswick County senior (citizens) prom night

    “Light Up the Night in Hollywood” is the theme of Brunswick Senior Resources’ first Brunswick County Senior Prom.

    A night of dancing, socializing, food and fun is planned at the event, which takes place 7-11 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Brunswick Senior Center, 1513 N. Howe St. in Southport (behind Wingate Inn off N.C. 211).

    Tickets are $10 per person and available at any Brunswick Senior Resources Inc. senior centers and sites.

    The attire for the evening is black-tie or business.

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  • Memorial Day services will remember those who serve

    Upcoming Memorial Day services will pay tribute to veterans and soldiers both past and present

    Shallotte

    The events will include a Memorial Day celebration that starts at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 26, in Rourk Garden on Main Street in Shallotte.

    The ceremony includes a welcome by Shallotte Mayor Sara McCullough, invocation by Pastor Richard Vaughan, flag-raising by the West Brunswick High School JROTC, Pledge of Allegiance led by Shallotte Alderman Carson Durham and National Anthem by Craig Woolard.

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  • Grass grows blue Saturday in Shallotte

    It’s that time of year for the Mostly Bluegrass Spring Festival.

    This year’s ninth annual festival is taking place 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 25, in Riverside Park on Main Street in Shallotte (farmers market site behind the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce).

    Highlights include arts and crafts, food and produce vendors and area bands and musicians in the jam tent.

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  • West Brunswick-Washington playoff photos
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  • Gause pitches Walters State to World Series

    Jay Gause was the winning pitcher as the Walters State Senators beat the Columbia State Chargers 6-0 Saturday afternoon in Morristown, Tenn., and earned a trip to the NJCAA Division I World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.

    In the NJCAA East Central District Tournament championship game, Gause, a West  Brunswick graduate, struck out six, walked two and allowed five hits in the complete-game effort.

    For the sixth time in program history, the Senators are heading to the World Series.

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  • Trojans reach fourth round in baseball playoffs

     The West Brunswick baseball team beat Jacksonville 2-1 Friday in Shallotte in the third round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    West (19-4) got the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Senior shortstop Cole Josselyn led off with a walk against sophomore Ryan Thompson. Senior second baseman Erick Hill bunted Josselyn to second. Senior center fielder Markel Jones lined the ball toward the second baseman, who was unable to field it. The ball landed in right field. Josselyn slid home with the winning run.

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  • West Brunswick Theater Classes to Perform

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff writer

    In just a few days, experience the hustle and bustle of New York City without leaving Brunswick County, as the theater department at West Brunswick High School brings New York to the stage.

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  • Tripp’s Jewel Shoppe celebrates 50th anniversary this month

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff Writer

    When it comes to jewelry, Michele Tripp Hobson knows what she likes.

    “I like the bling,” she said, laughing.

    Michele’s love of jewelry likely comes from growing up around showcases full of shiny things. Her parents, Billy and Marilyn Tripp, started Tripp’s Jewel Shoppe in May 1963.

    “Believe it or not, Shallotte was a sleepy little town back then,” Michele said.

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