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Today's News

  • Waterway Art Association's 22nd annual show launches Saturday
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  • Blues and crabs in Little River this weekend

    LITTLE RIVER, S.C.—Get ready for crabs, crafters and crooners.

    The 32nd Annual Blue Crab Festival is set for this weekend just south of the border in Little River, S.C.

    Scheduled 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the award-winning festival traditionally showcases all-day entertainment and an array of food and arts-and-crafts booths lining the Little River waterfront the weekend after Mother’s Day.

    Other events at the “biker-friendly festival” include a children’s area and activities.

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  • Brunswick Little Theatre presents music of the British Invasion

    Brunswick Little Theatre is presenting an outdoor rendition of “Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation,” a revue of British Invasion music from the 1960s.

    Times for the free performances are 8 p.m. May 17-19 and May 24-26 in Franklin Square Park, 130 E. West St. in downtown Southport.

    The program will include such favorites as Petula Clark’s version of “Downtown,” Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man,” The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” and The Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin.”

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  • Interchurch spring concert is Sunday

    The South Brunswick Interchurch Council’s 10th annual spring concert will take place 3-5 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at Calabash Presbyterian Church at 8820 Old Georgetown Road between the coastal towns of Calabash and Sunset Beach.

    Church choirs, church groups and area talent will perform. Refreshments will be served.

    A love offering will be taken, and attendees are asked to bring nonperishable food items for the South Brunswick Interchurch Council food pantry.

    For more information, call (910) 579-4684.

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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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  • Sea Trail event putting food in backpacks

    WINGS Ministry will try to supersize its Backpacks Full of Blessings program with a fundraiser to stomp out hunger Saturday.

    Stomp Out Hunger with the Voices of Destiny is the first event WINGS has organized to combine fundraising and donation collections with performances and activities at the Sea Trail Convention Center on Saturday, May 18, from 4-7 p.m.

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  • Community rallies around firefighters who lost home in blaze

    A May 7 fire destroyed a family’s home in the Ash community, but the community is pulling the family from the ashes.

    The Waccamaw Fire Department received an alarm at 8:59 p.m. for the fire at 2358 Butler Circle.

    The fire was in the home of two of the department’s firefighters, Jeffrey and Janice Milligan, Waccamaw assistant fire chief Jason Coveyou said.

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  • Commissioners resolve to recognize Gore as state’s top clerk

    As clerk to Brunswick County’s board of commissioners, Debby Gore typically doesn’t let anything get by her before, during or after a meeting.

    Recording the minutes is part of her job, after all.

    But the board members and administrative staff conspired to slip a special resolution into the May 6 agenda.

    Chairman Phil Norris presented Gore with a plaque recognizing her selection as Clerk of the Year by the North Carolina Association of County Clerks, and the board voted unanimously to approve the resolution.

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