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Six arrested on drug-related...

Six people face various drug charges after being arrested by members of the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Vice-Narcotics Task Force, according to a news release.

Jennifer Kane Massey, 30, of Dreamweaver Court in Southport, was charged Nov. 25 with possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia after deputies found 54 bindles of heroin in he possession. Massey was booked at the Brunswick County Detention Facility and released same day on $10,000 bail.

Sunset Beach OKs new Jaguar...

SUNSET BEACH — A property owner deems Sunset Beach Town Council’s newly approved agreement for Jaguar’s Lair an “early Christmas present” for the developer.

Town council unanimously approved the agreement at a special called meeting last Thursday, Nov. 21. The agreement is a modification of a Dec. 3, 2012, subdivision improvements agreement.

FBI, sheriff’s office search for...

 The FBI and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office are looking for new information that could help them find a Holden Beach teen who has been missing since 2011.

Rachel Natacha Owens, 18, was last seen the morning of May 5, 2011, at South Brunswick High School, Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Emily Flax said.

Live burn held in Shallotte

 SHALLOTTE — Firefighters from several local departments received invaluable training at a live burn during a Brunswick Community College Fire-Rescue Training Division exercise in Shallotte on Thursday, Nov. 21.

The training exercise, in which a donated structure at 271 Smith Ave. was burned to its foundation, involved several fire departments within southern Brunswick County.

Shallotte Fire Chief Paul Dunwell said the planning for the live burn took about three months.

County spending $335K to improve...

Brunswick County will take a chance that an old Time Warner Cable tower off N.C. 211 in Southport will meet the needs of Southport and Oak Island’s 911 radios at a third of the cost of a new radio tower.

County commissioners approved spending $335,000 for communication equipment to install on the tower at N.C. 211 near Long Beach Road.

Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Charlie Miller spoke to the board about the need for improved signal for the VIPER radios the county switched to for police, fire, and emergency services.

Ocean Isle Beach agrees to ABC...

Ocean Isle Beach commissioners unanimously authorized Mayor Debbie Smith to contract with Jim Myers for a new ABC Store building

The board met Nov. 25 to hold a final discussion on a plan to swap the old ABC Store at 59 Causeway Drive for a new building off Ocean Isle Beach Road in the Lowes Foods shopping center.

The board considered the plan to swap sites for the ABC building during a closed session discussion at the Nov. 12 town meeting, but finalized the approval process in open session Monday.

Message in a bottle writer...

It took less than a day for the sender of a message in a bottle to be found.

Just as last week’s Beacon was hitting the streets, 24-year-old Brittany Kempson was contacting the newspaper to say she is the 8-year-old who left a recently found message in a bottle at Holden Beach 15 years ago.

Local tribe entertains students...

 SHALLOTTE — Students at Union Elementary were captivated Friday, Nov. 22, when members of the Coharie Native American tribe visited their school for a performance.

Members of the tribe played songs on the drums, and several danced around the gym to the smiles of hundreds of students.

Gene “Two Feathers” Jacobs, the chief of the Coharie tribe, spoke with the students briefly after being introduced by his wife, Charlene.

A Dickens of a time

Southport’s second annual Charles Dickens Christmas Festival kicks off 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, and continues 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, rain or shine.

Last year’s first festival paid tribute to Charles Dickens on the 200th anniversary of his birth, and a tradition was born.

Organizers will once again transform the streets of Southport into everything Dickens. Highlights include singing groups, exhibitors and performing artists, a gingerbread village, a Christmas tree and costume contest, food and froth.

Thankful for friends who become...

It’s funny to me that we should have a story on our front page this week and last with a connection to my old stomping grounds of Darlington County, S.C. It’s where I lived for most of the past two decades and where I met the man who became one of the best friends I’ll ever have in my life.

It’s only right as we celebrate Thanksgiving this week for me to introduce you to Dwight Dana, who inspired the name of my weekly column.