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Water quality and service to improve
The town continues its best management practice, or BMP, project, in partnership with the North Carolina Coastal Federation this week with a rain garden...
Traffic impacts safety concerns among residents
Traffic impacts, lease renewals, lighting and infrastructure pepper the agenda following the naming of the Wrightsville Beach Police Department’s Officer of the Year.
Chief Dan...
Looser dog rules sought
By Marimar McNaughton and Miriah Hamrick
One Wrightsville Beach dog owner thinks the town should tweak its ordinance prohibiting dogs from the beach during summer...
Planning board votes down fence amendment, Salisbury Street project
A request to increase fence height in the C-1 Central Business District in downtown Wrightsville Beach was unanimously denied by the Wrightsville Beach Planning...
A river runs through her
A prolific Wilmington historian releases her next title Monday, July 7. “Maritime Wilmington,” by Beverly Tetterton, published by Arcadia, follows the template of the...
Town braces for Fourth holiday crowds, TS Arthur
With Tropical Storm Arthur forming off Florida’s Atlantic coast, town officials met Tuesday, July 1, to review the storm forecast model and adjust its...
De-annexation legislation awaits rubber stamp
A North Carolina Senate bill sponsored by Harry Brown, R-Jones/Onslow, bundles the de-annexation of 12.2 acres of Wrightsville Beach mainland holdings with a Jacksonville,...
BREAKING NEWS: Wrightsville Beach de-annexation added to SB 172, heads for vote
A North Carolina Senate bill sponsored by Harry Brown, R-Jones/Onslow, bundles a Jacksonville, N.C. occupancy tax bill with the de-annexation of 12.2 acres of...
No new taxes for WB property owners
With a tax base of $2.46 billion worth of real estate, the town of Wrightsville Beach cut 3.1 percent of its FY 2013-14 budget to shave 3.1...
Wrightsville Beach rescinds decision, favors de-annexation of Galleria
UPDATE, around 9 p.m.
At the end of Wilmington City Council's Tuesday, June 17, meeting, council unanimously approved the same inter local agreement approved by...