Masonboro News

Wilmington awarded a more than $20 million contract Monday, Nov. 23, to a company now tasked with a contingent of enormous dredging projects on Ocean Isle and New Hanover County beaches, including Masonboro Island , authorities said.

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:03 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:03 a.m. After months of worries about funding and high bids, it looks like several beach towns in Southeastern North Carolina will be getting their fresh shots of sand this winter after all.

Hanging on the window of Red Dog's is a poster offering a $500 reward for information leading to the recovery of a television and the arrest of the perpetrators of a breaking and entering at the home of Charlie Maultsby, Red Dogs owner.

Submitted by WWAY on 20 November 2009 - 6:36pm. Local companies recognized for green efforts This going green thing is more than just a fad.

Alex Signorello and his mother, Holly Cunningham, sit in their Wilmington home with some coats they have collected for the fourth annual Cozy Coats Project.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:25 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:25 p.m. The 1980s marked a decade of local historical changes made by Maggie Friedberg.

The Coastal Resources Commission is recommending that the state not ban alcohol on Masonboro Island and the state's nine other coastal reserve sites.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:46 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:46 p.m. The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission on Thursday threw cold water on a proposal to ban alcohol from Masonboro Island and the state's nine other coastal reserve sites.

John Adams and Dawn Hoback walk Hoback's dog, Rebel, on one of the islands in the Masonboro Island National Estuarine Research Reserve Tuesday Oct.

Submitted by WWAY on 22 October 2009 - 3:22pm. The end of summer does not mean the end of concerts.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 3:16 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 3:16 p.m. A neighborhood restaurant's demise is akin to losing a good friend.

A meeting on Thursday, Oct. 8, in the UNCW Center for Marine Science sought to define appropriate public use of Masonboro Island.

Masonboro Island won't be closed to the public, although the program that administers the barrier island off the North Carolina coast is considering ways to protect it.

Trash notoriously piles up on Masonboro Island after holiday weekends. By Patricia E. Matson Citydesk@StarNewsOnline.com Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 11:08 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 11:08 p.m. Numerous lovers of Masonboro Island defended their traditional uses of the site during a public hearing Thursday night and ...

Officials in North Carolina want to know what the public thinks about the appropriate use and access to Masonboro Island.

Dorothy Hibbert prays with other members of the RV Cancer Support Group at a meeting Saturday.

Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 2:46 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 2:46 p.m. A narrow band of heavy rain and embedded thunder will affect parts of New Hanover County and a small part of easternmost Brunswick County through 3 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. We asked readers: Would banning alcohol on Masonboro Island, or closing the island on holiday weekends, help reduce the volume of garbage left behind? Or should the island be off limits to everyone? Both choices are poor ones.

Students make their way to class on the UNC Wilmington campus during a rain shower Tuesday.

Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 8:08 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 8:08 a.m. Heavy rain fell in the region early this morning, and weather forecasters say more heavy rain could fall through Wednesday.