Caswell Beach News

As if securing financial and political support wasna t tough enough, beach-building supporters want to make sure the hunt for energy doesna t throw another potential roadblock up in front of communities seeking nourishment projects.

North Carolina Big Sweep rids watersheds of litter during its annual statewide cleanup.

Wounded Warriors are riding through Brunswick County today. Organized by Hope for Warriors, the adaptive cycling event is intended to provide a cycling experience for service men and women who were wounded in combat overseas.

The Oak Island Lighthouse is in Caswell Beach, North Carolina and marks the mouth of the Cape Fear River.

Submitted by WWAY on 10 September 2009 - 4:37pm. Whats Happening: September 11-13 Friday marks eight years since the September 11th terrorist attacks.

The structure at the east end of Fort Macon State Park on Bogue Banks is one of two "terminal groins" in the state.

Published: Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 7:36 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 7:36 p.m. Caswell Beach police have reported a rash of golf cart thefts along eastern Brunswick County's beach towns.

How does weather affect lighthouses? I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Oak Island Lighthouse at Caswell Beach, NC Sunday morning to find out.

Published: Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 7:36 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 7:36 p.m. Caswell Beach police have reported a rash of golf cart thefts along eastern Brunswick County's beach towns.

Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith said she is still hopeful that a bill to allow terminal groin construction on North Carolina's coast will make it to the floor of the state House for a vote this year.

Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. The regulatory wall against hardened structures along the state's coastline appears to have held, at least through another legislative session.

In this June 23, 2009 photo, Aracely Ortega Alfaro, feeds the seagulls at Caswell Beach, N.C. Alfaro, a 24-year-old single mother recovering from life-saving heart surgery, traveled from her home country of Honduras to undergo an operation to stop an aneurysm the size of a grapefruit from bursting in her heart.

A state park with a renewable energy theme is what members of No Port Southport think would make perfect use of 600 acres the state owns near Southport instead of an international port facility.

The winner of a contest held to protest state plans for a new cargo port is a local councilman who wants the disputed 600 acres of woods and marshland near Southport used to produce alternative energy.

Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 11:16 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 11:16 a.m. Neglectful owners should pay pets' costs Much has been written about the story involving the emaciated horses in Pender County.

The winner of a contest looking for an alternate use for 600 acres of woodland and marshland near Southport wants to put in a park.

Well, at least there weren't any failing grades. But in its annual coastal "report card," the N.C. Beach, Inlet and Waterway Commission said there's still plenty of work to do.

Caswell Beach may be on the cutting edge of protecting sea turtle nests from predators, especially foxes - a long-running issue in the Oak Island beach town where the furry carnivores abound.

Recycling and a second fire station were among last-minute budgetary topics at a town council workshop last week.

St. Joseph Peninsula , FL - The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association announced today that St.