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By Bonnie Jordan

Guest Columnist

Brunswick County Schools recently notified Communities In Schools that funding to support CIS programs was being reduced for the coming school year by 44 percent.

With less than 90 days until the new school year begins, this leaves the Action for Success Dropout Prevention program facing staff reductions, thereby reducing the number of students served, as well as decreasing the range of services provided.

Starting Monday, June 26, Fayetteville VA’s Brunswick County Outreach Clinic will have a new name and a new location.

Now called Brunswick County Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), it will see patients at 18 Doctors Circle, Units 2 and 3, in Supply, less than a half-mile from the old clinic. 

When all three suites are used, the new clinic will be about. 9,500 square feet, almost five times the size of the clinic it is replacing and increasing the patient capacity from 2,100 to around 3,300.

BOLIVIA—Brunswick County board members voted to establish a Brunswick County Fire Commission at the June 19 meeting

The commission will analyze the current fire services funding as well as other funding options to recommend for a long term solution to fire department needs.

The commission will also study and prioritize the 2017 Fire Services Peer Review recommendations and create an action plan to implement it.

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed both Brunswick County’s Aa2 general obligation bond rating and the county’s Aa3 rating on lease-backed debt, assigning the county a positive outlook.

The ratings announcement from Moody’s notes Brunswick County’s “historically solid financial position” and “below average debt burden that will remain manageable despite significant borrowing plans,” as well as its “strong financial management.”