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  • Brunswick County Crime Report

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

    May 20

    Burlary, motor vehicle theft and larceny of jewelry, cash, credit cards and a Ford Fiesta on Mt. Misery Road, Leland.

    Vandalism on Jackey’s Creek Lane, Leland.

    Simple physical assault on North Howe Street, Southport.

    Fraud on Dale Avenue, Ocean Isle Beach.

    Assault on a female on Sandpiper Drive, Ocean Isle Beach.

    Assault and assault by pointing a gun on Easterly Drive, Supply.

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  • Forest Service says Thursday wildfire still hot, but contained

    By Renee Sloan and Brian Slattery

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  • Brunswick County tunes into summer concerts, movies

    The season for summer concerts and movies is under way at the beach and beyond. Brunswick County’s free concert and movie series is set for the spring-into-summer season for 2013.

    New this year is a Thursday series in Calabash, where concerts will take place on Thomasboro Road and movies shown in the town’s new Calabash Community Park at the corner of Persimmon Road and Traders Lane.

    More of the series is in store in Ocean Isle Beach, Shallotte, Holden Beach, Sunset Beach, Leland and Southport.

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  • Catch programs in June on Battleship North Carolina

    Volunteer experts will bring the Battleship North Carolina and World War I to life during engaging events planned for June.

    Battleship 101 and The Legacy Series: Armored Cruiser North Carolina and the Great War

    2nd Saturdays Programs

    Saturday, June 8

    9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Legacy)

    10 a.m.-3 p.m. (101)

    In June the battleship launches the annual 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources programming.

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  • Sunset Beach crime report

    The Sunset Beach Police Department investigated the following reports.

    Obtaining property by false pretense, reported May 29 on Magnolia Drive. A man was paid for yard work he didn’t do.

    A license tag was reported stolen or lost off a vehicle May 30 on Sandpiper Bay Drive.

    Breaking-and-entering and larceny of a motor vehicle, larceny of a firearm and property damage to vehicle, reported June 1 at Royal Post Road. The console of a topless Jeep was damaged and opened for removal and theft of a firearm.

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  • Here are a few tidbits about what happened in Vegas, baby

    I finally found out, I finally found out. I finally found out what happens in Vegas.

    The answer: pretty dang much anything you want to have happen in Vegas.

    I’m not sure I should share, since what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—unless you’re Prince Harry with his ever-present trail of stalking paparazzi and leaked cell-phone photos.

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  • Sunset Beach meeting continues after mayor's statement

    SUNSET BEACH—Minutes after convening, two town council members called to adjourn the monthly Sunset Beach Town Council meeting Monday night when Mayor Richard Cerrato tried to read a statement calling for an external investigation related to a police officer’s recent firing.

    Cerrato was referring to the May 1 firing of town police officer Jamie Clemmons, whose employment was terminated by town police chief Lisa Massey for giving conflicting information in a court case.

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  • Shallotte octogenarian London Gore publishes latest book

    Eighty-nine-year-old London Lewis Gore has hardly slowed down.

    The World War II veteran still shoots mean weekly games of pool at the Shallotte Senior Center.

    He’s still penning poems and prose and recalling memories of growing up poor on an Ash tobacco farm, joining the Army at age 17 and finding adventure overseas serving under Gen. George Patton.

    He’s commemorated those memories by publishing his latest book, “Hard Times, War Times, and More Hard Times.”

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  • Economic expert offers aid in Carolina Shores

    CAROLINA SHORES—The Brunswick County Economic Development Commission is willing to help the town of Carolina Shores lure more businesses into town.

    That’s what Jim Bradshaw, director of the BCEDC, told the town board of commissioners at its monthly workshop Monday.

    Bradshaw distributed copies of a handout and told board members he’d be glad to try to answer any questions they might have.

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  • North loses in Class 2A baseball title game

    By NCHSAA

    Piedmont 9

    North Brunswick 8

    NEBULON—Jonathan Caldwell’s bases-loaded single to right field in the bottom of the seventh brought home two runs and lifted Monroe Piedmont to a come-from-behind 9-8 victory over North Brunswick Saturday in the second game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A baseball championship series Saturday at Five County Stadium.

    The victory gave the Panthers a sweep of the series after taking Friday night’s opener 9-3.

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