“The Great Pumpkin Blowout” Nov. 1 at Brunswick Town and Fort Anderson Historic Site offers the “unique experience” of detonating a jack-o’-lantern with the same technology used to launch Civil War-era torpedoes.
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Leland awarded grant for dock, boardwalk in planned park
Construction on Leland’s planned Sturgeon Creek Park, which will provide water access to Sturgeon Creek and the Brunswick River, is scheduled to kick off early next year.
Henry Barksdale of Virginia lands state record almaco jack
Barksdale was fishing with Capt. Shaun Dunn out of Teach’s Lair Marina in Hatteras Village.
Nonprofit to host native tree giveaway in Leland
Alliance for Cape Fear Trees is hosting its first big tree giveaway of the season Nov. 1 in Leland.
Aurora museum to host National Fossil Day celebration
The Aurora Fossil Museum is hosting a National Fossil Day celebration from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday.
Committee to select candidates for Mid-Atlantic council
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Nominating Committee is set to pick candidates for the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Oct. 20.
Carolina Beach volunteer planting rescheduled for Thursday
The volunteer planting, which was originally scheduled to take place Monday, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday in a 10-acre wetland that is being restored in Carolina Beach State Park.
Pick of the pumpkin patch
Barbara Johnson of Morehead City carries a pumpkin Thursday across the grounds the First Presbyterian Church at 1604 Arendell St. Held every October, the fundraising event that benefits the children and youth ministry program is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday until Oct. 31. Photo: Dylan Ray.
DMF closes mobile-gear flounder harvest in southern waters
Flounder harvest closed Thursday for gill nets, gigs and other mobile gears in waters the southern part of the state because landings approached the quota sub-allocation for this gear and area category.
$4.6M in grants to go to coastal conservation projects
More than $4.6 million will go to coastal conservation efforts such as property acquisition and living shoreline projects out of $36 million in statewide grants through North Carolina Land and Water Fund, the state announced earlier this week.
Outer Banks lecture series to highlight surf forecasting
This month’s Science on the Sound lecture series will dive into the tools and technology surf forecasters use to bring real-time ocean and wave conditions and surf reports to beaches, including those of the Outer Banks, throughout the world.
Oct. 11 marks 129th anniversary of ES Newman rescue
On Oct. 11, 1896, during hurricane conditions and in the darkness of the night, Keeper Richard Etheridge and the all-Black surfmen crew he commanded at the Pea Island Life-Saving Station — Benjamin Bowser, Dorman Pugh, Theodore Meekins, Lewis Wescott, Stanley Wise and William Irving — saved all onboard the shipwrecked schooner.
Dare’s contractor to begin debris pickup this week in Buxton
Dare County’s debris removal contractor will begin collecting debris from the right-of-way at Old Lighthouse Road Wednesday, ahead of the bad weather forecast for this weekend.
Crews remove more than 140 truckloads of house debris
National Park Service crews, area organizations, and volunteers continue cleanup efforts along Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches after the collapse of eight oceanfront homes in Buxton and one in Rodanthe last week.
Carolina Bays Parkway project hearings now set for Oct. 23
Public hearing on the proposed Carolina Bays Parkway extension running from South Carolina into Brunswick County have been rescheduled for later this month.
Wilmington to celebrate Greenfield Park’s 100th anniversary
Wilmington’s popular Greenfield Park’s 100th anniversary celebration will be hosted at the park Nov. 1.
