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Monthly Archives: January, 2016
Cold Stroke paddlers brave freezing conditions
Seventy-two paddleboarders and canoeists braved snow flurries and icy northwest winds Jan. 23 to race through Wrightsville Beach’s waterways for the eighth annual Cold...
Wrightsville Beach police report four-year trend of lower crime stats
Wrightsville Beach Police Chief Daniel House reported falling crime statistics again on Thursday, Jan. 21 in his quarterly Chat with the Chief presentation, with...
No freezing rain warning for area, but nearly 2 inches of rain forecast through Friday
The National Weather Service has issued a warning for freezing rain for Thursday evening and Friday in southeast North Carolina and Governor Pat McCrory has...
UNCW student is 2015 Lumina News Person of the Year
When she’s not working toward her degree in marine biology or completing research on the dangers of plastic to marine life, University of North...
Town remembers former mayor as dedicated and knowledgeable
Those who worked with four-term former Wrightsville Beach Mayor Avery Roberts, who died on Saturday, Jan. 16 at the age of 89, remembered an...
Cold-stunned turtles wash ashore
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By Jamie Lynn Miller
Contributing Writer
Thus far along the North Carolina coast, the New Year has washed up a record number of cold-stunned turtles in...
New members join town committees
The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen appointed members to the town’s committees during its Jan. 14 meeting and two committees, planning and marketing, have...
Colleges, parks would get local bond funds
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By Chris Russell
Contributing Writer
Leaders from both parties began a public relations campaign in January to convince voters to approve a new bond that will...
Ad-Hoc water and sewer recommendations trickle forth
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By Chris Russell
Contributing writer
The Wrightsville Beach sewer and water ad-hoc committee members discussed whether to request a second waste management pipeline under the Intracoastal...
Experts offer insight on Figure Eight terminal groin
Update:Â The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Poplar Grove Plantation due to weather concerns for...
