Sunset Beach News

The four elderly ladies were disappointed - they wanted Taco Bell taste in a place dedicated to Tex-Mex food.

Ashley Ann Lauster of Supply and Justin Charles Swaim of Supply were married May 9 on the east end of Holden Beach.

In a private lake in rural North Carolina, yards of satin and organza glide ethereally around former cover bride Nicole Nelson.

I remarked yesterday on the construction of the new bridge in Brunswick County providing access to Sunset Beach.

The Beacon provides an update on the $32 million bridge to Sunset Beach now under construction.

SUNSET BEACH, N.C. -- Ron Watts of Sunset Properties and Debbie Smith of Sloane Realty agree that potential tourists are going to have to feel secure about their jobs to return to the beach in numbers seen only a few years ago.

Even if you don't live in Brunswick County, it might be worth a trip to Island Breeze in Sunset Beach, which has the following sales going on: buy one get one 50 percent off on all capris, a 35 percent off sale rack, Onesole shoes for 50 percent off, special pricing on Tyler Candle Company candles, by one get one free on select Vera Bradley ...

Seeking serenity? Needing tranquillity? Consider these six places in the Carolinas: BATH, N.C. Bath, tucked onto an estuary of Pamlico Sound, has always been small - the village never grew larger than 300 residents and still exists largely within the boundaries marked by colonial surveyors.

Town Hall was evacuated Thursday afternoon after employees detected a burning odor inside the building on Persimmon Road.

Now that summer's here, I hope to catch up on my summer reading, starting with the stack of books I've accumulated by local authors.

The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office seized drugs, cash, and weapons in conjunction with two arrests Monday.

The highly anticipated Cape Fear National course at Brunswick Forest, designed by architect Tim Cate, should be open sometime this fall.

The town planning board has approved increasing rear and side-yard setbacks for businesses that abut residential property in the beach business district.

When it comes to finding a place to retire, the Grand Strand and Brunswick County, N.C., offer good options, according to Where to Retire magazine.

Cary artist Nancy Hughes Miller is exhibiting her newest collection of oil paintings at Sunset River Marketplace from June 1 through July 11.

Drug agents say the owners of the China Panda knew nothing about the drug activity allegedly taking place at their restaurant.

Ingram Planetarium has a special reason to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy.

Stuart Ingram was sitting with his neighbor, Hayden O'Neil, drinking a beer, when he decided he wanted to build a planetarium.

Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6:46 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6:46 p.m. Any plan to help bring conformity and better accountability to the state-run Alcoholic Beverage Control system would be a welcome improvement.

Keith and Laurie Smith were next door at Keith's mother's house when they were alerted to a fire that broke out at their unoccupied Hickman Road house Sunday afternoon.