The scholarship committee of Oak Island Elks Lodge 2769 conducted an awards ceremony on Sunday, May 1, to honor six local senior high school students.

Members of Calabash Elks Lodge 2679 Veteran Affairs Committee have donated $1,200 to Brunswick Community College’s Partnership for American Veteran Employment program.

Four cadet members of Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) Brunswick County Composite Squadron performed Color Guard duties at the opening of the Southport Spring Festival on Saturday, April 16.

On April 19, Calabash Mayor Donna P. Long was installed as the newest member of the Calabash Lions Club. In addition, Calabash Town Administrator Chuck Nance talked about the new Calabash Town Park and showed members the proposed plan.

At the April 5 evening meeting of the Calabash Lions Club, Joe Stanton and Ruth Canfield gave a program on the Homeless Coalition. Stanton, president of the Homeless Coalition, mentioned that he had once had been homeless himself.

Staff at the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport have shown a continued commitment to ensure all who visit feel welcome. That work has now been recognized statewide.

Brunswick Town Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution member Yvonne Brown represented the chapter at the observance of the 246th anniversary of the Halifax Resolves earlier this month in Halifax.

Are you new to our area? Do you wonder what grows in this climate and soil? If so, members of the Coastal Garden Club invite you to join them and spend a couple of days at the “park” at the upcoming National Garden Club small-standard flower show, “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things … “

The town of Leland was once a small settlement where Village Road crossed the Augusta, Columbia and Wilmington railroad lines.

Southeastern Christian Academy, a pre-K-12 grade school at Highest Praise Church in Shallotte, had a groundbreaking ceremony for its new school on Sunday, May 1.

The Brunswick County Democratic Party welcomed a crowd of 50 to its headquarters for a rally April 6 in support of the people of Ukraine. Speakers at included acting BCDP chair Shelley Allen, third vice chair Mike Rush and Leland Town Councilman Bill McHugh. Attendees at the event were encou…

Elizabeth Nutley of Supply attended the 2022 North Carolina General Assembly Youth Legislative Session.

Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport was among dozens of hospitals that partnered with HonorBridge on Wednesday, April 6, to simultaneously hold a statewide Donate Life flag-raising ceremony and moment of silence.

A new interpretive center is coming to Fort Fisher State Historic Site in Kure Beach.

The YWCA Lower Cape Fear and its Advocacy & Racial Justice Committee is partnering to present the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women’s Red Dress Exhibit from April 28 through May 31 at various locations through the four counties YWCA serves: Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender.

SUNSET BEACH — Thanks to a workshop and dedicated team of volunteer students, rain garden construction and landscaping got underway last week in front of Sunset Beach Town Hall.

The Shallotte Moose Family Center hosted its annual Moose Kids Easter Party on Saturday, April 16, at the Lodge. There were 130 children signed up, although the weather did not cooperate with being able to hide Easter eggs outside due to rain. But the Lodge made up for it inside with lots of…

Brunswick Senior Resources Inc. (BSRI) received a generous donation from the Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs of the South Brunswick Islands (GFWC-SBI). The funds will be used to expand and support services for BSRI and our participants throughout the county.

Red Hare Brewing Co. at 4802 Main St. in Shallotte celebrates its fourth anniversary with its first Comedy Night of the season 7-9 p.m. Saturday, April 30.

The Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee recently elected officers for 2022.