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  • Mother's pride at Marine ceremony connects timely days in May

    Quantico is a base and place I’d never visited, a chance to venture onto restricted United States Marine Corps territory (with the proper credentials) to tend to important Marine business.

    With Mother’s Day just around the bend, Sgt. Alex, my Marine son, was about to graduate to become an embassy guard, along with a class of more than 100 fellow graduates destined to embark on assorted lifetime adventures throughout the world.

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  • Greener pasture sought for rescued horse

    Wanted: One good home for one deserving rescued horse who just needs a happy pasture to live out the rest of his days.

    Brunswick County Sheriff’s Animal Protective Services has put out a request on behalf of Trigger, a 25-year-old white quarter-horse mix rescued last September from starving, “deplorable” conditions at a Brunswick County residence.

    BCSAPS director Lt. Tommy Tolley said Trigger’s owners in Leland surrendered him to the shelter’s care because they were having difficulty feeding and caring for their herd of horses.

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  • Coastal Harmonizers showcase barbershop singing

    By day, they’re ordinary men going about their business in non-matching shirts.

    On Thursday rehearsal nights and beyond, they and their colleagues spiff up as The Coastal Harmonizers, a group of melodic men with a common interest in barbershop-quartet singing.

    There’s nothing common about these guys, though. They’re invested in promoting four-part harmony throughout the world, especially in Brunswick County.

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  • Shallotte Police crime report

    The Shallotte Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests in the last two weeks. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

    May 4

    Ryan Callahan Watson, 34, 20 Birch Pond Drive, Apt. 8, charged with misdemeanor simple assault.

    May 6

    Larceny and vandalism of home on Kimberly Ann Lane.

    Property damage; tire slashed in Walmart parking lot causing $130 damage.

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  • Holden Beach crime report

    The Holden Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests in the last two weeks. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

    May 1

    Breaking and entering; suspect took miscellaneous items worth $45 from a home on Marlin Drive.

    May 11

    Breaking and entering—forcible entry and larceny of a flat-screen television from a home on Ocean Boulevard West.

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  • Cook, Lady Trojans stun Nash Central 1-0 in playoffs

     NASHVILLE—The West Brunswick High School softball team stunned Nash Central 1-0 May 14 in the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    West pitcher Kim Cook gave up one hit—with two outs in the bottom of the ninth—and struck out 12 batters as the Trojans beat a Nash team that entered the game 19-1 and had won 17 straight games.

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  • Search suspended for suspected drowning victim

    A 21-year old vacationer from Ohio is suspected to have drowned in Lockwood Folly Inlet off Holden Beach Tuesday night.

    Holden Beach Police Chief Wally Layne said the victim was with a church group from the Columbus area that brought more than 300 visitors to the island this week.

    “It’s not the way we wanted to start the season,” he said.

    Layne informed town officials during Tuesday night’s town meeting emergency services began searching for the swimmer around 5:30 p.m.

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  • Sunset Beach celebrates 50th with weekend beach party

    Fiftieth-anniversary partying continues in Sunset Beach, where a beach bash is planned near the island gazebo this weekend.

    The town of Sunset Beach was incorporated on March 26, 1963.

    In addition to a reception at Sea Trail this past March, the town has scheduled a golden-anniversary beach party that will take place 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, on the beach at the island gazebo (if it rains, the party will take place Sunday, May 19).

    The public is invited to festivities that will include D.J. music and food catered by Jerome’s.

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  • BCC advances for first time to World Series

     MOREHEAD CITY—The Brunswick Community College baseball team beat Lenoir Community College 9-5 Monday night, winning the Region 10 championship series and advancing for the first time to the NJCAA Division II World Series May 25-June 1 in Enid, Okla.

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  • Former D.A. to face trial in August

    Former District Attorney Rex Gore’s trial date was set for Aug. 19 in Brunswick County Superior Court on Monday.

    Gore was indicted by a grand jury Aug. 20, 2012, on one count of felonious conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense.

    Elizabeth Carlisle, administrative assistant to current D.A. John David, said the Attorney General’s office is handling the prosecution of Gore and requested a special session for the trial.

    That trial is expected to take place in Brunswick County unless a motion to change the venue is filed, she said.

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