Organizers have expanded activities to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to three days this year, and will hear from the nephew of the slain civil rights hero at the annual roundtable breakfast and Walter Welsh Award ceremony.
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There’s a glint of hope for Bald Head Island’s deer cull plan, at least for this year.
Village manager Calvin Peck in an email on Tuesday told the mayor and council members he had just spoken with Gordon Myers, executive director of the Wildlife Resources Commission, who according to Peck said Bald Head Island’s “special situation” could warrant approval of a permit to conduct a deer cull as planned.
Making good on a threat issued in August, the Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District sued the City of Southport last Tuesday for $2.5 million, claiming it had spent that sum preparing for a joint sewer expansion project that Southport abandoned.
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The Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) has denied Bald Head Island the permit needed for its large cull of deer.
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Hoping to help control an increasing deer population at St. James, the town government and the property owners association may allow a limited, controlled hunt early next year.
At this point, the boards have only approved asking a recently-formed deer committee to draft a detailed plan, putting out bait to draw deer into certain areas and looking into insurance costs and other details.
For the complete story, check Tuesday’s issue of The State Port Pilot.
Monday afternoon, South Brunswick defensive standout A.J. Ferguson committed to North Carolina State University to play football next season. Ferguson just completed a senior season in which he had 10 sacks, two interceptions, two defensive returns for touchdowns and also caught seven passes and one touchdown as a tight end on the offensive side. More to follow…
South Brunswick’s wrestling team took first place at West Brunswick last Saturday, beating out six teams, including West and North Brunswick, for the Cougars’ first dual tournament win of the year. Individual weight class champions from South were Matt Craven (103), Jeromy Roundtree (119), Charlie Martin (125) and Rick Logan (285). Robert Capps, Sebastian Brothers, Jonathan Marvin, Justin Stickle, Stephen Ikalowych, Robert McHenry and Roy Lague all garnered second place finishes.
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A video from the Town of Oak Island shows a girder as it falls from bridge supports shortly before noon Wednesday. One man died in the accident and two more were injured.
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Oak Island’s new public information officer Kyle Thomas was recording bridge construction for a documentary when the girder fell shortly before noon Wednesday.
Engineers and others are meeting Thursday morning at the second bridge to Oak Island site to determine if it’s safe to continue construction, Jerry Lawrence said. Lawrence works for Mid-Atlantic Insurance, and is risk manager for Lee Construction of the Carolinas, the company building the bridge.
A girder fell shortly before noon Wednesday, killing one man and injuring two others. Three separate investigations will look into why the girder fell, Lawrence said. What Lawrence said he could confirm was that the girder that fell was secured at the time and that all three men were wearing required safety equipment. Emergency personnel who responded to the scene Wednesday also said the men were wearing their equipment.
A handful of people survey the scene the day after a girder fell at the new bridge construction site. The girder that fell is seen here on the ground next to the concrete support and crushed blue dumpster. The gap between girders in place shows where the concrete beam was before it fell.
Three weeks after replacing one member of the planning board, and delaying the appointment of two alternates, the Boiling Spring Lakes Board of Commissioners is set to appoint three more members when it meets on Tuesday, December 2.
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