The discounted price is available for a limited quantity, and property owners are required to plant sea oats within the town’s limits.
Onslow County
Hammocks Beach closes campsites, ferry through summer
The campsites and ferry service at Hammocks Beach State Park’s Bear Island will be closed during a major water and septic system project through the summer.
New law comes into play in North Topsail Beach dispute
A North Topsail Beach couple and their contractor cited for damaging dunes hope to settle the alleged violation through mediation, a process allowed under a new state law.
Group to celebrate Swansboro’s African American heritage
The Swansboro Historical Association is hosting the special program Feb. 28 on the past, present and future of Hammocks Beach State Park and the surrounding area.
Surveys to guide moves to save cultural sites on state lands
Rising sea levels are increasing erosion along the North Carolina coast, threatening to destroy forever important cultural artifacts on state lands, but archaeologists are working on a plan to protect the sites.
‘Rich Lands of New River’: Town retains ‘postcard’ charm
Though references to Richlands can be found in the early Colonial period, the Onslow County community began to grow in the early 1900s when it gained a railroad connection.
Hearing Feb. 28 for 10 proposed Onslow shellfish leases
The meeting will be held in-person at the Holly Ridge Community Room, 404 Sound Road, and online.
Hammocks Beach State Park interns share love of nature
Rachel Hoag, Destini Hudson, Kylee Johnson, Sarah Kinicki, Sydney Machion and Megan Rozier have been living and working in tough summer conditions, but they all say the experience is worth it.
Environmental grants awarded to eastern NC projects
The $866,591 in awards to preserve and enhance the environment is part of a settlement agreement made in 2000 between the state attorney general’s office and Smithfield Foods.
Onslow Shellfish Leases Hearing Canceled
The state Division of Marine Fisheries is hosting a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Onslow County at 6 p.m. March 26 in the Sneads Ferry Branch Public Library.
Swansboro Board Won’t Object to Permit
Despite one commissioners’ concerns, the Swansboro town board won’t object to a proposal to expand a strip mall in an area that would include filling in nearly a quarter acre of wetlands.
Marines: Last Days of a New River Village
State historian David Cecelski writes about the visit of Greensboro photographer Charles A. Farrell to Marines in 1941, soon before the Onslow County village was displaced to make way for Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
Swansboro Awarded Grant to Address Runoff
Swansboro is set to receive a federal grant and other money to help pay for retrofits to the town hall campus to reduce White Oak River pollution from stormwater runoff.
New Deal But an Old Court Fight
A court ruling that could block the sale of the Hofmann Forest in Jones and Onslow counties could come any day now. Meanwhile, N.C. State announced a new deal with new prospective owners.
Swansboro Church Goes Green
The N.C. Coastal Federation will help Swansboro Methodist Church incorporate green designs to control stormwater at its new Family Life and Ministry Center.
From Polluting Sewer Plant to City Showcase
Riverworks at Sturgeon City in Jacksonville is a memorial to how one community pulled together to reverse the devastation caused by years of dumping sewage into Wilson Bay.
