Emerald Isle News

I have many memories of my high-school years spent in Spartanburg, S.C. Yes, many of those memories have to do with food.

Lower gas prices could be why more people are choosing to travel and spend money this Memorial Day weekend compared to last year.

A dedication ceremony was held at the public boating access area in Emerald Isle in Carteret County Friday for the new memorial.

The work of a New Bern freelance photographer is featured in this month's Coastal Landmarks section of Our State Magazine.

Gill net restrictions will take effect Sunday in Carteret County waters as part of ongoing efforts to protect endangered sea turtles from entanglement in the fishing nets.

Parking fees take effect today at designated beach access parking lots in Atlantic Beach and Pine Knoll Shores and have been underway in Emerald Isle since early April.

A Carteret County grand jury indicted Douglas Craig Starcke, 31, on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, assault by strangulation, and first-degree kidnapping.

Emerald Isle is proposing a sales tax to help fund beach nourishment. The town is seeking authority to do so from the General Assembly and would then have to be voted on by citizens.

By Tim Bullard Staff Writer tbullard@yadkinripple.com Yadkinville Elementary School's staff is so very proud of its campus that they will come right out and say so with no fanfare, especially with the Sound to Sea trip going on this week.

Three public walkways to the beach are at the center of legal action as a group of Emerald Isle property owners seek their return to their private use.

Traditional Irish music is in no danger of fading from the world's stages as long as Teada is around.

Contact: Tradewinds Bait & Tackle 252-928-5491, www.fishtradewinds.com; Morris Marina 252-225-4261, www.portsmouthislandfishing.com. are biting on minnows at deeper depths around 15 to 20 feet.

Bogue Inlet - Maurilio Marquez, a construction worker from Cary who has fished in Emerald Isle for the past 18 years, made the catch of a lifetime last Saturday.

The town has notified Carteret County that it will likely find an alternative for regular building inspection services beginning with the next fiscal year, providing the required 90-day notice should the town decide to end its contract with the county.