North Topsail Beach News

Once again the north end of North Topsail Beach took a serious hit from Mother Nature.

Numerous Onslow County Departments received safety awards from the North Carolina Department of Labor at the Nov.

Following Tuesday's canvass, Onslow County's municipal election results remain unchanged - except for the fact they're now official.

The string of election successes seen by the Blizzard family of Newport began with a write-in campaign.

SNEADS FERRY They were out of power - but not ingenuity. A three hour planned power outage Wednesday afternoon for Sneads Ferry and North Topsail Beach closed most area business - but not the Lo-re-lei Pub and Grill and Sneads Beans.

This Topsail Island town has a new mayor. Dan Tuman prevailed against Mayor Donald Martin to win the North Topsail Beach mayor's race Tuesday night.

Nearly 7,500 homes and businesses in the North Topsail Beach and Sneads Ferry area will be without power for a few hours this week.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 7:23 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 7:23 p.m. The terminal groin study, launched last month, is in its infancy.

It seems as though once again the collective egos of Aldermen Robert Swantek, Richard Farley and Larry Hardison have made the town of North Topsail Beach a laughing stock.

Jessica Magan Ponsock of Sneads Ferry and Travis Ray Wethington of Maysville were united in marriage on July 10, 2009, on North Topsail Beach.

Ten people registered to vote using addresses in North Topsail Beach will not be able to cast a ballot on Nov.

Students at Hunters Creek Middle School spent Friday volunteering throughout the community.

The recently ousted North Topsail Beach town manager will receive more than $46,000 in severance, general damages and accrued leave as part of an agreement reached with the town.

Updated at 12:50 p.m. A temporary Pre-k classroom at Dixon Elementary School appears to be a total loss after a Friday night fire, officials say.

Senator Kay Hagan and her colleagues in the North Carolina Congressional Delegation have secured $11.2 million in funding for the state in the 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill.

Some town commissioners and others in North Topsail Beach believe that when Lara Burleson left the job of town manager, it was the result of a termination acted on by the commissioners in closed session, in violation of North Carolinaa s open-meetings law.

North Carolina's Big Sweep will hold clean-ups from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Onslow and Carteret counties.

Less than four months after taking the position of interim county manager for Orange County, former Onslow County Manager Frank Clifton has been officially named county manager.

Opinions vary between aldermen, the mayor and the town attorney over whether Lara Burleson was terminated and whether closed session statutes were violated.

This one lasted seven months. The North Topsail Beach town manager, Laura Burleson, "is no longer employed by the town," said Mayor Don Martin.