Columns

By Dr. Susanne Adams

Guest Columnist

Residents of Brunswick County readily identify and enjoy the wonderful resources associated with living in an active beach community. The locale’s waterways, beaches, sports fishing, golf courses, senior services and personal enrichment activities are available and highly visible for our citizenry. However, the county also holds a multitude of hidden gems that may not be noticed by the general public.

By Dr. Mike Walden

Guest Columnist

My first long distance trip outside my hometown of Cincinnati was to West Virginia by train. Although my memory is fuzzy (this was in the 1950s) it wasn’t a luxury train. In fact, I don’t even remember a meal car. I don’t think I cared. I was mesmerized by watching the scenery go by, especially the hills and valleys of the Mountain State.

Something’s different about your Beacon this week, but it’s so subtle you may not be able to figure out what it is.

I’ll go ahead and tell you: The pages are a smidgen shorter but a skosh wider.

Something else has changed, too: What’s printed on the pages should be much crisper and easier to read.

Want more good news?

Although our community news deadline remains noon Thursdays, we expect to work through our backlog of submissions much more quickly — and soon.

By Pamela Tripp

Guest Columnist

A virulent flu season is under way and the number of opioid overdoses

continues to climb, yet our public health is more vulnerable than ever because Community Health Centers like CommWell Health are running out of time and money.

Critical funding for our program expired Oct. 1, 2017. Since then, all health centers have been operating under a “funding cliff.”