Scores of residents came to Tuesday’s Oak Island Town Council meeting to express displeasure with a staff proposal to charge $20 a year for resident-only parking at beach accesses and another $20 a year for hurricane re-entry stickers.
Southport’s weather tower has alerted people of the twists and turns of the weather for well over a century and withstood many, many hurricanes: the worst was Hazel in 1954, the most recent was Dorian last year.
Oak Island town staff and the Beach Preservation Society (BPS) joined forces Saturday to place discarded, live Christmas trees at the foot of the primary dune near Sellers and McGlamery streets in an experiment they hope will trap and hold more sand on the beach.
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Coach Bernadette Cardon and the Brunswick Community College softball team play their inaugural games on February 8, 2020, against Surry Community College. Freshman Dawn Anderson throws the first pitch and Kaitlyn Rhea gets the first hit.
South Brunswick's Danny Parker sinks two free throws with 8.4 seconds left, giving South; a 43-59 lead against Topsail. South won the game 43-42.
Boiling Spring Lakes (N.C.) Fire Department performs a wet down ceremony for its new fire truck on January 12, 2020.
Liz Boldt swims to the finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay as South Brunswick High School attains a time to qualify for the state regional.
Miguel Miller sinks two crucial free throws with 1.9 seconds left in overtime, clinching South Brunswick's 64-60 victory against Jacksonville on December 18, 2019.
South Brunswick High School freshman wrestler Michelle Flores wins in overtime against the West Brunswick opponent on December 11, 2019.
South Brunswick High School junior Bender Sanderson gets a takedown and eventual pin against his Hoggard High foe in the 170-pound match on December 4, 2019.
Col. James A. Rupkalvis speaks at the Boiling Spring Lakes Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2019.