Palm Cove estuarine shoreline and sandbag revetment in Sunset Beach, late March 2022. Photo: DCM Update 11 a.m. Monday: An item was added to the commission’s agenda for its meeting Wednesday. The board will consider beach bulldozing amendments. Original post: The state Coastal Resources Commission meets at 1 p.m. June…
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Beachcomber’s View: Sand Dollar Treasures
Reprinted from Island Free Press Growing up in North Carolina, my family often spent summer vacations on one of our state’s beautiful sandy beaches, our favorite being the tiny island of Sunset Beach. On most of the small-town Carolina beaches, time stops. Things that mattered before your vacation don’t anymore,…
Coastal Communities Adjust Restrictions
…Macon State Park, Goose Creek State Park, Hammocks Beach State Park, Jockey’s Ridge State Park and Pettigrew State Park. Sunset Beach announced Wednesday all special events in the town park and in town limits are canceled through May 31. Restrictions on the beach strand and the town park, which reopened…
State Prioritizes Resiliency, Mitigation in 2019
…Resource Institute for beach renourishment and restoration work was redirected by the legislature to North Topsail Beach, Surf City and Topsail Beach after concerns were raised about the firm’s lack of experience with coastal work. State health officials issued more warnings about algae blooms around Albemarle Sound. Testifying in a…
State Approves Bird Island Land Purchase
A 35-acre parcel between the western end of Sunset Beach and Bird Island Reserve is to be purchased by the state. Photo: File BRUNSWICK COUNTY — The North Carolina Council of State approved Tuesday the planned purchase of 35 acres at the western end of Sunset Beach for $2.45 million,…
Town Shows Off Simple Stormwater Solutions
…Communities Taking Note Representatives from Pine Knoll Shores, Sunset Beach and Oak Island were also present on the tour. They agreed that runoff is a pressing problem in their beach towns. The tour group stops to examine a swale used to capture stormwater at Oak Island. Photo: Todd Miller Clark…
Officials Assess Damage to Parks, Beaches
…beach from Atlantic Beach to Emerald Isle. The beach areas were surveyed over three days late last week and the office posted a preliminary assessment Sept. 16. While there was significant beach and incipient dune erosion and limited frontal dune erosion, there was no flood damage to oceanfront structures, nor…
The Lockwoods Folly River
Here’s how Sunset Harbor on the Lockwoods Folly River got its name. Photo:Phyllis Evans First of three parts SUNSET HARBOR — Picture this: As evening approaches, a parade begins. In the lead are folks on foot. Some follow on bikes; others, on golf carts. They are heading toward “the point”…
Bring Your Own Paper Goods: Beach Towns
…locals store-hopping on the hunt for what they need and worried how the demand on grocers at beaches, where the number of shoppers easily quadruples in the summer, will affect the ongoing scarcity of some supplies. “It’s been daily on social media,” Sunset Beach Mayor Shannon Phillips said of locals…
Coastal Reserve Committee Meetings Ahead
…Moss Lane, Wilmington. Bald Head Woods Reserve, 10 a.m. Dec. 3, Bald Head Island Conservancy Auditorium, 700 Federal Road, Bald Head Island. Bird Island Reserve, 9 a.m. Dec. 4, Sunset Beach Town Hall, 700 Sunset Blvd. North, Sunset Beach. Currituck Banks Reserve, 11 a.m. Dec. 5, Outer Banks Center for…
Coastal Reserve Advisory Meetings Planned
…31, Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, 205 South Ludington St., Columbia. Bird Island Reserve Local Advisory Committee 10 a.m. Nov. 1, Sunset Beach Town Hall, 700 Sunset Boulevard North, Sunset Beach. Currituck Banks Reserve Local Advisory Committee 10 a.m. Nov. 9, Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, 1160 Village Lane,…
Coastal Reserve advisory committee meetings planned
…700 Federal Road, Bald Head Island. Zeke’s Island Reserve 11 a.m. May 20 in North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, 900 Loggerhead Road, Kure Beach. Bird Island Reserve 2 p.m. May 20 in Sunset Beach Town Hall – Conference Room 700 Sunset Boulevard North, Sunset Beach. Currituck Banks Reserve 2…