Wrightsville Beach News

Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 1:19 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 1:19 p.m. The 2009 Wilmington Magazine and StarNews Top Chef competition narrowed a field of 50 reader-nominated chefs down to your Top 10.

The Wrightsville Beach Police Department reported 10 arrests on Friday, July 3, the highest number of any single weekend day so far this year.

It was crunch time for the hospitality industry last week heading into the holiday weekend.

Cignotti was the first of three local politicians up for reelection to announce his bid.

Following a deluge that dumped more than six inches of rain over the course of a five-hour period producing massive amounts of stormwater runoff, an advisory against swimming was posted today at four Banks Channel sites The advisory affects the following areas in Banks Channel off of Waynick Boulevard - between Snyder and Seashore streets; between ...

July 3: Two 14-year-old juveniles were arrested for breaking and entering and larceny in reference to an incident that occurred at 58 Pelican Drive .

Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 7:06 a.m. If you want to watch someone squirm, ask them how much money they earn.

Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. Here comes a stampede of prospective politicians.

Since 2003, crime has paid for Ellen Elizabeth Hunter, the Greensboro-based author who sets her "Magnolia Mysteries" around locations in the Wilmington.

It could be difficult for people to find a place to stay at the beach this holiday weekend if they haven't made reservations yet.

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. Beach town residents say they don't mind if local businesses make money by charging parking-space fees.

Rick Catlin, president of Catlin Engineers and Scientists, of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach has been recently appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue to the North Carolina State Commission for Public Health.

Wilmington has had its own U.S. Coast Guard cutter for as long as anyone can remember.

The Wrightsville Beach Merchants Association is one step closer to beautifying the downtown commercial district following a board of aldermen meeting on Thursday, June.

Wrightsville Beach is covered by 18 feet of water after Hurricane Victor made landfall and swept across New Hanover County, or so that was the premise of a hurricane drill that was staged on Tuesday, June 23, when more than 50 different disaster center officials and other personnel holed up at the county's Department of Emergency Management.

Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 3:47 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 3:47 p.m. A new outdoor eating area is coming to this New Hanover County beach town's business district.

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

Meetings on Thursday, June 25, and one planned for Tuesday, June 30, will wrap up end-of-the-fiscal year business for the town of Wrightsville Beach.

Crisp white tents mushroomed Monday morning on Old Causeway Drive. Visible from the crest of the Heide Trask drawbridge Wrightsville's first open air market attracted traffickers to a handful of cheerful vendors: the herbalist, the spice man, the flower lady, the farm family, visionaries all, harkening back to that bygone era when the delivery of ...

Before approaching the individual, Mobley said a citizen informed him that the subject could not walk and was very drunk.