Topsail Beach News

The Surf City Community Center will host "Turtle Talks" on Wednesday from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. The Surf City Community Center is located on the mainland, on Community Center Drive off of Batts Road.

Candidate filing continues in Onslow and Carteret counties as additional candidates make official plans to run for municipal office.

The Deep Run Class of 1959 gathered at the Barn Steakhouse June 6 to celebrate its 50-year reunion.

After a recent visit to Topsail Beach, Goldie Baird is upset there is no wheelchair ramp leading down to the beach area.

The first day of municipal filing had a smaller turnout than expected. Four people filed Monday for available seats in the Onslow County municipal elections in November.

The Historical Society of Topsail Island will host The Fort Fisher Aquarium Outreach Program Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays beginning July 8 at the Assembly Building located at Topsail Beach.

It's not going to break the Guinness World Record - it may even be fairly common - but Bill Riley thinks his recent find is pretty special.

The community is invited to participate in the Keep Onslow Beautiful Earth & Surf Festival July 4th, an environmental awareness event aimed at keeping Onslow County beaches clean and litter free.

The North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen will revisit proposed amendments to the town code regarding vendors at its meeting this week.

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Approximately 350 residents and town officials met with N.C. Department of Transportation officials Thursday to voice their opinions about the upcoming replacement of the Surf City bridge.

At the beach, there are rules - and then there's common sense. But not following the former can get you fined.

Residents in the Holly Ridge, North Topsail Beach and Verona area may experience water pressure issues for the remainder of the weekend.

There are four types of bridges under consideration to replace the Surf City Swing Bridge.

Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald, the doctor who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic 1999 rescue from the South, has died, the Associated Press reported Wednesday .

J.T. KERR BAPTIST CHURCH presents "Back in the Day," the story of Georgetown High School at 8 p.m. June 25 at Northside High School.

Bingo has begun and continues through the first Thursday in September at the Assembly Building, 720 Channel Blvd.

A former Onslow County manager has started a new job. Frank Clifton started serving as the interim county manager for Orange County on Monday.

Dixon Elementary School teacher Beth Howard and Maddie Brannan, 10, both center, and other sea turtle rescue volunteers release daisies into the Atlantic Ocean at Topsail Beach in memory of Mike Helwig.

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. Topsail Beach Topsail Beach won't need another town budget meeting after all.

Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. A public hearing Wednesday on Topsail Beach's town budget quickly turned into a debate about beach nourishment, drawing heated words and questions about the legality of board procedure.