Swansboro News

The oyster shells collected at Hammocks Beach State Park through the N.C. Oyster Shell Recycling just might find their way to Jones Island.

MAN PROSTATE Cancer Support Group meets at 8 a.m. July 19 at Onslow Memorial Hospital Education building, classroom 2 with guest speaker Lloyd Mickens.

Tideland News Writer The rain and clouds on July 9 were a perfect accompaniment to the sobering economic news about Onslow County delivered to the Swansboro Area Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting.

Tideland News Writer After years of planning and construction, Swansboro has ceased dumping its treated wastewater into Foster's Bay.

A Lenoir County woman was injured Sunday after she crashed her motorcycle into a ditch on Jim Sutton Road.

Lori Brill has returned to work in Onslow County. Brill, who worked for Onslow County from 2000 to 2007, has been named director of human resources for the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority.

Fourth of July fireworks from a boat is a sight to behold For What It is Worth by Rick Stewart 09.JUL.08 Except for the bruises and scrapes all over my body, the Fourth of July was great.

Many patriotic observances are solemn by their very nature. Veterans Day and Memorial Day commemorate service to this country and those who've lost their lives while in that service.

It'll be the first time in 16 years that I haven't spent Fourth of July on the waterfront in downtown Swansboro.

Brenda Lynn Whisenant, 31, of Swansboro Loop Road in Swansboro, was charged Thursday by the Jones County Sheriff's Department with felony possession of cocaine.

STUMP SOUND Lodge No. 733, Sneads Ferry, will hold a Stated Communication at 7:30 p.m. June 24 for work in the 1st Degree.

Students taking part in the Sturgeon City Institutes say they have learned that Onslow County is teen-friendly. The 45 students, all rising freshmen, visited area businesses as part of a youth-mapping project ...

Last weekend my wife Deanna and I went to Swansboro to cover the Arts by the Sea for the newspaper.

Bonnie Jones of Swansboro helped plant some of the first marsh grasses for a living shoreline project on the Carteret Community College campus and remembers when it was mostly a barren swath of sand.

Onslow County Public Library will host its annual Summer Reading Program, "Catch the Reading Bug," through August 15 with programs, events, and prize giveaways for infants, children, teens and adults.

The man responsible for leading New Bern Police on a car chase Tuesday morning has been released from the hospital and is in the Craven County jail.

New Bern police arrested a Swansboro man Tuesday morning after he drove away from them at a traffic stop and led them on a chase through town.

A multi-agency drug enforcement operation in Craven, Carteret, and Onslow County resulted in the arrest of 91 individuals on various drug charges early Sunday.

Capturing the beauty of nature through a lens has brought Edward Smith excitement since his childhood.

Tideland News Writer In front of an overflowing room, Principal Mat Bottoms presented diplomas to more than 160 Croatan High School graduates Thursday night.