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Today's News

  • Holden Beach celebrates rescheduled Festival by the Sea Nov. 17-18

    HOLDEN BEACH—Hurricane Sandy may have delayed this year’s Festival by the Sea, but she didn’t bring it down.

    Postponed plans are rescheduled and “on” this weekend for the seaside town’s annual autumn celebration, which was postponed from Oct. 27-28 because of Hurricane Sandy’s untimely visit up the coast.

    An array of activities are planned at the festival, now slated for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17 and 18 on the island next to the Holden Beach Bridge.

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  • Woman charged with assault in Sunset Beach

    The Sunset Beach Police Department has charged a woman with simple assault.

    Robin Renee Wishon, 50, of 131 Forest Walk in Sunset Beach was charged on Nov. 9.

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  • Lure of Black Friday so enticing, it's set for Thursday

    I swanny, Black Friday Frenzy is bearing down on us again.

    Just when you thought you and all the other turkeys had to wait until Thanksgiving for the usual thick sheaf of newspaper ads offering sneak-peeks into Black Friday sales to be served, retail mavens this year have pulled some fast appetizers.

    Apparently, they’ve been accidentally-on-purpose “leaking” peeks to bargain-shopping websites like BradsDeals.com.

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  • Residents rally for Sandy relief

    CALABASH—It was an assembly-line operation last week at Turtle Crossing Cupcakes, only the participants weren’t baking cupcakes.

    Business owner Kathy Cody, assisted by shop employee Kia Vandekolk and Kathy Barry, another Calabash businesswoman-turned-volunteer, were busy boxing up donated items to take to victims of Hurricane Sandy in the North.

    “Everybody wanted to do something,” Barry said. “Nobody knew what to do.”

    They soon found out.

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  • Greater law enforcement sought in Carolina Shores

    CAROLINA SHORES—Residents say they would like to have more visibility from the sheriff’s office in their neighborhoods.

    Sharon Conway, chairwoman of the town’s HOA/POA advisory committee, spoke last Thursday afternoon, Nov. 8, at the Carolina Shores Board of Commissioners meeting.

    During her report to the board, Conway said there are concerns about visibility of the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office in the Village at Calabash, one of six communities composing Carolina Shores.

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  • BCC teams sweep basketball openers

     Brunswick Community College outscored the Mount Olive College junior varsity 16-4 in the first 4 minutes of the second half en route to a 91-47 season-opening men’s basketball victory Nov. 13 in the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym.

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  • Weeks’ passion for fishing endeared him to many

      Brunswick Beacon fishing columnist Jeffrey Weeks appealed to anyone with a rod and a reel and enthusiasm for fishing.

    Weeks, who died Nov. 9 at age 43, gained a large following with his Fishing Insider column, which he wrote for The Beacon for eight years. He fished the Carolinas coast for more than 35 years. In season, you could find him fishing out of Brunswick County and surrounding counties. If you were unable to reach him by phone, you probably could find him at Sunset Beach.

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  • Man pleads guilty to sexual assault on two juveniles

    Jason Boyd Frick, a 31-year-old Wilmington resident, pled guilty recently in Brunswick County Superior Court to one count of attempted first-degree sex offense with a child and one count of indecent liberties with a child, for incidents that occurred with a 6-year-old girl and 4-year-old-girl in August 2011.

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  • Beacon to have open house to celebrate 50-year anniversary

    This November marks the 50th year The Brunswick Beacon has been serving Brunswick County.

    To honor this milestone, the Beacon staff is hosting an open house from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Beacon office. The Beacon is at 208 Smith Ave. in Shallotte, across the street from the post office.

    There will be a brief ceremony starting at 4:15 p.m., but visitors can stop by anytime between 4-6 p.m.

    There will be music provided by local bluegrass entertainers, as well as refreshments and cake.

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