SNEADS FERRY - Techniques for trawling for shrimp have improved. Words like Spectra webbing, Sapphire webbing and cambered steel doors were tossed around during a shrimp trawler fuel efficiency workshop at the Sneads Ferry Community Center on...
When it comes to martial arts, you are never too old to learn or too young to learn. That is why Tae Kwon Do lessons are being taught in Surf City for adults and children alike. Lifelong North Carolina resident Master Howard Simmons has been...
SNEADS FERRY - The B.F. Millis Seafood Project has the potential to offer waterfront access to more than 150,000 people, according to a project proposal submitted by Onslow County Planning and Development. But first the state and the owners of...
The April meeting of the Historical Society of Topsail Island paid homage to spring with tables dressed in pastels with flowerpots filled with white sweet peas as centerpieces. There were other eye-catching items at the Assembly Building...
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH - After an eight-month search, North Topsail Beach will have a permanent town manager before month's end. North Topsail Beach's Board of Aldermen selected Henry Luxem to fill the town manager position at the April 3 town meeting. Aldermen...
SNEADS FERRY - It may be close to deadline, but the bridge replacement and alignment of N.C. 210 between Dixon and Sneads Ferry is on schedule. "It looks like it may take up to the last day, but we'd like to finish it ahead of schedule," said...
Whether you are a stubborn old-timer who calls still calls it "Salty's" or you are so young you have only ever known it by it's current name, Sea View Pier in North Topsail Beach is gearing up for another busy summer on the island. Located...
"Originally, we started out as mothers of autistic children who would meet for coffee to discuss the disability. We decided that we may as well form an organization, so we contacted the Director of Chapter Relations for the North Carolina Autism...
The Osprey can deliver Marines to battle more safely, bring them reinforcements over greater distances in greater numbers and evacuate wounded more quickly. That all equates to lives saved, as we continue to prosecute the global war on terrorism. -...
TOPSAIL ISLAND - Topsail Beach commissioners voted to discontinue boat ramp fees and offer the public free water access at its marina. "The board of commissioners decided the town would operate the marina and was not going to charge any ramp...