He’s here – our first local cold stun of this season. And as usual it’s a little green who didn’t get the memo that he should have started heading out of Dodge and into warmer waters. On Nov. 14, the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation received a call from some very alert folks in Surf City who noticed a little turtle struggling in the canal on 9th Street. We’ve been passing...
The Hampstead Women's Club is returning with their biggest holiday sale of the year on Dec. 5, 12 - 6 p.m., Dec. 6, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Throughout the year, as the club receives holiday-themed donations, they save those speciality buys for this big event. The Christmas Bazaar is such an area favorite, known for great buys, shoppers line up at the doors on Thursday. Throughout...
PENDER COUNTY – Dust off the sleigh and get ready to mark your calendars for holiday events. There’s a tremendous amount of Christmas Spirit right here in Pender County. We’re going to list the events in chronological order. Several events kick off before Thanksgiving. There’s a reason for that! This year Thanksgiving is late, leaving only two weekends in December for holiday events –...
Sea Turtle Hospital News We’re all enjoying our spectacular North Carolina October weather, but Mother Nature will undoubtedly surprise us with a cold snap or two soon. And that means we’ll start to see our first influx of cold-stunned turtles. Hopefully most of these critters have started migrating either farther out to the Gulf Stream or headed south toward the Gulf Coast. But there are always stragglers...
