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Monthly Archives: January, 2017
Beach briefs
Negotiations on landfill site continue
Negotiations between a Charlotte-based real estate developer seeking to buy old landfill space and the town of Wrightsville Beach will...
Important dates
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Monday, Jan. 23
Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen retreat,
3 p.m. public safety building, 3 Bob Sawyer Drive
New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting,
9 a.m., New...
Our thoughts
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By Simon Gonzalez
We are a divided nation. Granted, that’s not exactly a newsflash. It was a frequently repeated theme before the presidential election in...
Hook, line and sinker
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By Skylar Walters
The up-and-down weather of last week has finally settled into a more spring-like pattern. Anglers are taking full advantage of it and...
One year with Jesus in the Gospels
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ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES
teaching God’s unconditional love and grace
HEROD’S FOLLY
January 19
Mt. 2:13, “...for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
MATTHEW 2:13-15
Herod had...
Viewing, funeral set for Paula Sturdy
The family of Paula Sturdy has set a Sunday viewing and Monday funeral for the well-known 60-year-old Wrightsville Beach resident who died unexpectedly this...
Grand View Apartments seeks new permit for dock project that Wrightsville Beach opposed
The developers of the Grand View Apartments on Wrightsville Beach’s border are again seeking approval to build a dock into the Intracoastal Waterway that...
Wrightsville Beach to keep parking hours, rates consistent next season
The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen concluded its parking workshop today by agreeing not to raise rates or hours of enforcement, agreeing to further...
Paula Sturdy, repeat flotilla winner, dies unexpectedly in Wrightsville Beach
A longtime Wrightsville Beach resident who was a repeat winner of the Holiday Flotilla boat parade died unexpectedly this week after apparently hitting her...
Diver wins Person of the Year for brave response during shooting incident
When a 600-pound boat propeller needed to be replaced, not many divers in the region knew how to accomplish the task. But local diver...
