Topsail Island, NC: A 26 mile long barrier island which consists of 3 towns – North Topsail Beach, Surf City and Topsail Beach. Topsail Island has a rich history including testing of US Navy ramjet missiles as Operation Bumblebee.
Staying alive Topsail Island, NC April 29, 2013 - It was literally raining sick turtles on us all winter, so once Spring finally rolled around we were hoping to see nothing more than actual rain during this proverbially wet month. We should have known better: April brought us “April,” and she is one lucky turtle. A few weekends ago Tom Peterson and his wife traveled from their home in Asheville to spend som ...
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3RD ANNUAL HOPS OF SPRING BEER FESTIVAL! TODAY! NOON TO 6:00PM 105 South Topsail Drive, Surf City FROM WILMINGTON: (30-45 min drive) Hwy 17 North --> Right on Hwy 210 --> Over the bridge onto the island. HOPS on your Right at the Light FROM JACKSONVILLE: (20-30 min drive) Hwy 17 South --> Left on Hwy 50 --> Over the bridge onto the island. HOPS on your Right at the Light $25 at the GATE All the ...
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Topsail Island, NC April 15, 2013: “Day is Done” Betsy Kautz, longtime hospital and Topsail Turtle Project volunteer who died in 2012 returned home last week to finally be laid to rest. Her family and friends from around the country joined together with her turtle hospital “family” at our new facility, on a very rainy Friday afternoon, to prepare Betsy for her final journey. In a few days she would be reuni ...
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Representative Phil Shepard NC House of Representatives 300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 530 Raleigh, NC 27603 919-715-9644 Phil.Shepard@ncleg.net The Raleigh Report Representative Phil Shepard April 12, 2013 Raleigh, NC - A tax reduction included as part of the 2011-2012 state budget passed by Republicans in the General Assembly is benefiting a number of small businesses by helping them save thousands on thei ...
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Senator Harry Brown CONSTITUENT UPDATE Jones and Onslow Counties- 6th District 300-B Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone (919)-715-3034 Fax (919)-715-7586 E-mail harry.brown@ncleg.net April 11, 2013 After a very busy week last week, it has been nice to operate at a slower pace for the past few days. This pace will not last for long as we are quickly approaching the Ma ...
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Jacksonville, NC April 11, 2013 - “Without a voice, and without an identification tag, your pet may never find their way home,” says Alan Davis, Onslow County Animal Services Director. “That is why we have selected April to kick off Every Day Is Animal Identification Tag Day in Onslow County to encourage all pet owners to obtain an identification tag or microchip their companion animals.” Even the most resp ...
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Representative Phil Shepard NC House of Representatives 300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 530 Raleigh, NC 27603 919-715-9644 Phil.Shepard@ncleg.net The Raleigh Report Representative Phil Shepard April 5, 2013 Raleigh, NC - This week, legislative leaders in the North Carolina House of Representatives filed House Bill 589, the “Voter Information Verification Act.” This legislation implements a photo identificatio ...
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Senator Harry Brown CONSTITUENT UPDATE Jones and Onslow Counties- 6th District 300-B Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone (919)-715-3034 Fax (919)-715-7586 E-mail harry.brown@ncleg.net April 4, 2013 The steady pace continued this week at the legislature. Tuesday marked the last day to file public bills and, as you can imagine, it has been a little crazy in Raleigh all ...
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Topsail Island, NC April 3, 2013 - The Topsail Chamber hosts its Third Annual HOPS of Spring Beer Festival on Saturday, April 27, 2013 from noon to 6 PM on Topsail Island at the corner of Roland and New River in downtown Surf City. Entry is $25 per person and includes: Free samples of beer from 12 craft breweries, including: Natty Greene’s Brewing Company (Greensboro, NC) Triangle Brewing Company (Raleigh, ...
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Topsail Island, NC March 29, 2013: Spring break? ‘Tis the season, even though you couldn’t tell it by the weather around here, for spring break. While that may mean traveling for some fun in the sun for many students there are others who made very different plans for spending their time off. Luckily for us we had that second group: a dozen students (and their two program advisors) from the Integrated Life S ...
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