Wrightsville Beach News

Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. Here comes a stampede of prospective politicians.

Since 2003, crime has paid for Ellen Elizabeth Hunter, the Greensboro-based author who sets her "Magnolia Mysteries" around locations in the Wilmington.

It could be difficult for people to find a place to stay at the beach this holiday weekend if they haven't made reservations yet.

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. Beach town residents say they don't mind if local businesses make money by charging parking-space fees.

Rick Catlin, president of Catlin Engineers and Scientists, of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach has been recently appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue to the North Carolina State Commission for Public Health.

Wilmington has had its own U.S. Coast Guard cutter for as long as anyone can remember.

The Wrightsville Beach Merchants Association is one step closer to beautifying the downtown commercial district following a board of aldermen meeting on Thursday, June.

Wrightsville Beach is covered by 18 feet of water after Hurricane Victor made landfall and swept across New Hanover County, or so that was the premise of a hurricane drill that was staged on Tuesday, June 23, when more than 50 different disaster center officials and other personnel holed up at the county's Department of Emergency Management.

Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 3:47 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 3:47 p.m. A new outdoor eating area is coming to this New Hanover County beach town's business district.

There are four types of bridges under consideration to replace the Surf City Swing Bridge.

Meetings on Thursday, June 25, and one planned for Tuesday, June 30, will wrap up end-of-the-fiscal year business for the town of Wrightsville Beach.

Crisp white tents mushroomed Monday morning on Old Causeway Drive. Visible from the crest of the Heide Trask drawbridge Wrightsville's first open air market attracted traffickers to a handful of cheerful vendors: the herbalist, the spice man, the flower lady, the farm family, visionaries all, harkening back to that bygone era when the delivery of ...

Before approaching the individual, Mobley said a citizen informed him that the subject could not walk and was very drunk.

Weekend of July 19-21 Day Shift: June 19 : Joshua C. Sutcliff was arrested for allegedly being drunk and disruptive, underage consumption and using loud and profane language on the beach strand near Oxford Street .

A report issued on June 17 after 3 a.m. indicated that unknown persons pushed over a church sign that belonged to the Little Chapel on the Boardwalk at 2 W. Fayetteville St.

Fresh vegetables, fresh fruits and cut flowers all grown within a few miles of Wrightsville Beach should please healthy-conscious consumers and the locavore crowd when the farm-raised produce finds its way to market at 8 a.m. on Monday morning, June 22 on Old Causeway Drive near the Post Office.

The Town of Wrightsville Beach approved an $8.7 million budget at its board of aldermen meeting on June 11 with little fanfare.

When I arrived there were 2 young people behind the desk, chatting, and it felt as if I interrupted them.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. It looked as though last-minute worries might upset the applecart.

Beautification effort updates and anti-litter campaigns presented by Sean Ahlum, past president of the Cape Fear Surfrider Foundation, and Tony Butler, Hope From Helen organizer were heard by the Wrightsville Beach Merchants Association at its regular monthly meeting conducted by Mike Kirkly, on behalf of the WBMA's speakers committee, at King ...