Yes, we in the tourism office know today is Halloween. We also know that tomorrow is Nov. 1. Christmas music will begin playing on XM radio. The stores sell ornaments, trees, and gifts galore now. Not even the appearance of The Grinch will steal our holiday spirit in Pender County! Pender County can match any activities that Whoville and Little Cindy Lou Who could imagine. Strike up the wuzztubas and snaptuccas...
Sea Turtle Hospital News With cooler weather and a major renovation project in Sea Turtle Bay rapidly approaching we needed to get our flippers in gear to make sure every patient cleared for take-off made it to the beach ASAP. On October 12th with a glorious Carolina blue sky and a friendly ocean, we bid a fond farewell to our last graduates for 2022. Three juvenile greens, Belle, Magenta and Jazzberry Jam were the...
BURGAW- For decades, tourism has trailed agriculture as the second leading industry in Pender County. The friendly rivalry between the Pender County Extension Office and the Pender County Tourism Office has been good-natured. The county extension director, Mark Seitz, serves as an ex-officio on the Pender County Tourism Development Authority Board. “When I reviewed the figures of our agriculture and timber...
The Public is Invited from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. In the early 1900s, when schools were segregated the community of Canetuck petitioned the county school board three times for a school building. The families, mostly sharecroppers, and laborers raised $1,226 toward a school building. Benjamin Franklin Keith and his wife, Lily, donated four acres to the school. Philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, of the Sears and...
CURRIE – The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, the first victory for the Patriots over Loyalists to England’s King, happened in the darkness of February 1776. On Nov. 19 visitors can journey back to that dark morning of the Revolutionary War as the staff of Moores Creek National Battlefield presents its annual Candlelight Tour. “Hear the history from John Grady, Colonel Caswell, Flora McDonald, and...
