Holden Beach News

Holden Beach Police Lt. Kendal Smith has been charged with driving while impaired - while he was driving a police cruiser.

Submitted by WWAY on 9 July 2009 - 7:52am. Health inspectors gave a Wilmington restaurant a second chance, a Brunswick County eatery has some work to do and there are two high performers in this week's Kitchen Cops report.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bowen of Angier announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Hannah Suzanne Bowen, to Clarence Wesley Hamilton IV of Holden Beach.

Two vessels, carrying a total of five people collided head-on Friday night in Brunswick County.

Suzann and Jim Graf of Winnabow are the parents of a son, Samuel Joseph Graf, born at 11:54 a.m. June 19 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

Ashley Ann Lauster of Supply and Justin Charles Swaim of Supply were married May 9 on the east end of Holden Beach.

Mission workers - This group from West Springs Baptist church worked on two mobile homes in their community as a local mission project.

Around 1 p.m. Sunday, June 21, rescue workers with the Tri-Beach Volunteer Fire Department rescued a 49-year-old woman swimming off the east end of Holden Beach.

Jun 24, 2009 The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission is meeting to discuss land use for Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach and Carteret County, and the use of sandbags as erosion control.

SUNSET BEACH, N.C. -- Ron Watts of Sunset Properties and Debbie Smith of Sloane Realty agree that potential tourists are going to have to feel secure about their jobs to return to the beach in numbers seen only a few years ago.

Submitted by WWAY on 22 June 2009 - 10:36am. Sunday kicked off Concert on the Coast in Holden Beach It is officially summer.

Deputies charged Mark Cameron Prestwood with several offenses including possessing marijuana with the intent to sell and deliver, and maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance.

Now that summer's here, I hope to catch up on my summer reading, starting with the stack of books I've accumulated by local authors.

The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office has arrested several people on drug related charges.

The Drug Enforcement Unit seized 61 marijuana plants and made one arrest after an investigation in the Holden Beach area.

Concerts on the Coast have launched for another season and are well under way in Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach, Shallotte and Boiling Spring Lakes.

Town commissioners have approved transferring $80,000 from the capital project fund to buy sewer equipment to use in the event of equipment failure.

Ever wanted to own piece of an island? Well, here's your chance if you have enough cash.

Folk artist Mary Paulsen stands in front of her new bottle house outside Holden Beach.

Jessie Amber Nicole Faircloth and David Alton Bullard III of Supply were married May 2 on the east end of Holden Beach.