Supply News

A local man is trying to make the holidays better for less fortunate families. Today, William Wood, owner of Archdale Outdoor Supply Inc., went to the North Carolina mountains and brought back a truck load of Christmas trees for his tree lot.

When a resident of a vacation home on Talman Street in the Ocean View area of Supply came to Brunswick County this week, an unexpected visitor was in the home.

Agricultural experts and industry officials expect enough sweet potatoes for the traditionally high-demand period of Thanksgiving and Christmas.

On Dec. 3, 2008, a Brunswick County construction worker plunged five stories while suspended to a concrete girder that crashed to the ground on the new Oak Island bridge.

Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 2:25 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 2:25 p.m. Supply Brunswick County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man after an attempted carjacking Saturday in a grocery store parking lot, officials said.

Families are going hungry as the demand for help grows. In a recent report, the US Department of Agriculture reported 49 million Americans do not have enough food throughout the year.

Some 118 of the 155 survivors of Flight 1549 that crashed into the Hudson River in January were interviewed for new a book chronicling the frightening experience titled "Miracle on the Hudson." One of these "miracle" survivors is Steve O'Brien of Charlotte, who has owned a home on Holden Beach for the past 10 years.

An armed robbery was reported Wednesday evening in the Civietown area of Supply.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. Two former employees of Coastal Cinemas in Shallotte and two others were arrested Monday on charges of armed robbery at the movie theater Sunday night.

The veterans of VFW Post 8866, Holden Beach, honored their comrades Wednesday, Nov.

Early Wednesday morning OWASA, the Orange Water And Sewer Authority, responded to an overflow of untreated wastewater from a sewer manhole in Carrboro.

PAUL TEAGUE pteague@newstopic.net Blue Ridge Tissue Corporation, a subsidiary of National Packaging Services Corporation, announced the purchase of the Patterson Tissue Mill assets from Omni Supply Inc.

Fewer doses of H1N1 influenza vaccines have arrived at the Brunswick County Health Department than first expected, and children and pregnant women remain at risk for contracting H1N1.

Submitted by WWAY on 3 November 2009 - 12:00pm. Holden Beach hopes to avoid the growing number of internet cafes Instead of venturing to Vegas, many people are gambling right in their backyards at internet cafes.

A Supply man was killed Friday when his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Kirby Road in Supply.

A Carolina Wedding has donated 50 brand-new, never-worn dresses to Vintage Values, the thrift store that benefits Domestic Violence Shelter & Services.

Authorities say a 33-year-old North Carolina man died while taking a motorcycle on a test-drive. Multiple media outlets report that Joseph Cross of Supply died Friday afternoon when a sport utility vehicle turned in front of him.

Cameron Octo Banker Jr. CHARLOTTE - Mr. Banker, 85, of Charlotte, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at the Levine & Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville.

A Brunswick County man died Friday afternoon as a result of a motorcycle crash. According to state troopers, 32-year-old Joseph Roger Cross of Supply was hit by the side of an SUV, and died at the scene.

Drug agents have arrested a Supply man for his role in the recently discovered marijuana farm in the Green Swamp.