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Today's News

  • Corn on the cob is plentiful and available at local markets

    Even though it’s available year round, I really love that first ear of corn in late spring or early summer, when it is at its peak.
    Like tomatoes, corn is best when grown locally. Check out our local farm markets and farmer’s markets. Usually, the corn sold there has been picked that morning, unlike corn sold in the local super markets. Corn loses it freshness very quickly.
    Corn is the number one field crop grown in the United States, in both value and volume of production.

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  • Men’s interclub golf mixes camaraderie and competition

    The Intercoastal Golf Association is a collaboration of five area clubs that play interclub matches from April to September. The season concludes with a championship tournament in October. This year, the championship will take place Oct. 9 at Brick Landing.
    The clubs competing in the 2013 season are Brick Landing, Brierwood, Carolina National, St. James and Rivers Edge.  

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  • Fishing in a tropical storm

    The first tropical storm of the season was named early last week, Andrea. It is hard to believe with such a slow start this spring that we would be dealing with a tropical storm so early in the season.
    Andrea was forecast to hit our area sometime Friday, but was pushing moisture our way by Thursday.  I really did not think we were going fishing, as the weatherman was calling for a 70 percent chance of rain and SSE winds in excess of 20 miles per hour.

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  • It’s time for annual Jolly Mon tournament

    I’m an offshore fisherman at heart with a passion for tournament fishing. This week the pinnacle of offshore tournament fishing in Brunswick County arrives by way of the Jolly Mon King Mackerel Tournament. The Jolly Mon has become one of the largest, most festive and lucrative fishing tournaments on the East Coast and is highly anticipated by competitors and their families each year.
    So, what makes the Jolly Mon into the unique community event it has become?

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  • District court docket

    The following cases were adjudicated over five days of District Criminal Court on May 29, 30 and 31 and June 3 and 4 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, May 29

    Judge Jerry A. Jolly presided over the following cases with prosecutor Quintin McGee and courtroom clerk Jennifer Hearn:

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  • Enjoy your day, grads; you’ve earned it

    Hundreds of mortarboards will soar into the air this Saturday as students at North, South and West Brunswick receive their diplomas.
    For most students, high school graduation is a milestone and marks the official beginning of adulthood. Because we know adulthood can bring about certain anxieties and questions—such as where do I go from here?—we would like to offer the class of 2013 five bits of advice.
    First, graduation is your big day. You made it through 13 years of school to get to this point. Enjoy the day and your accomplishments.

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  • James Prince enjoyed being athlete, student

     James Prince is being remembered not only as a fearsome football player but also as a likable student.

    Prince, who died June 11 of an apparent drowning, was a 17-year-old senior at South Brunswick High School.

     “When tragedies like this happen,” said Roman Kelley, who coached Prince for two seasons at South, “everybody uses clichés: ‘He walks in a room and lights up a room.’

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  • From Batman pajamas to cap and gown, children grow up quickly

    By Angie Sutton

    General Manager

    It seems like yesterday when I was begging to get a pair of Batman pajamas off my son Cameron just long enough to throw them in the laundry.

    Now Cameron is a graduate of the class of 2013.

    We have all heard the sayings, “don’t blink,” “time flies” and “they grow up before you know it.” Today I truly understand those words.

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  • Brunswick County Crime Report

    Brunswick County crime report

     

    Brunswick County Sheriff’s deputies investigated the following incidents last week.

    June 4

    Burglary and larceny of a generator on Quail Ridge Loop, Leland.

    Breaking and entering and larceny of a chop saw on Royster Road, Navassa.

    Lost or stolen cell phone on Old Fayetteville Road, Leland.

    Burglary with forced entry and larceny of two packs of cigarettes and cash from a residence on Holden Beach Road, Supply.

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  • BCSO Vice-Narcotics Task Force makes arrests

    Staff Report

    The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Vice-Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests last week:

    •Steven Albert Babson, 50, of Project Road NW, Ash, was arrested May 31 for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Babson had three 12-gauge shotguns, a 410 shotgun and a 22-caliber long gun. He was released the same day.

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