If you’re feeling like nothing good has happened this year let us offer you a little ray of sunshine. There were one-hundred-seven sea turtle nests on Topsail beaches over the summer, and almost all of them hatched. We lost only one to a hurricane, and the fate of the three nests laid very late in the season will depend on how cold it gets over the next few weeks. But by and large those ambitious turtle mamas...
Pender County Tourism and Pender County Parks and Recreation created a 2021 wall calendar featuring favorite photos from the Nature Photo Contest conducted last March. “We highlighted some of the winning photographs as well as photos that were judges’ favorites,” said Tammy Proctor, Pender County Tourism Director. “We also included important community events, such as the Anniversary of the...
It’s been a frustrating year for everybody, but especially for hospital staff. Normally at this point we would have welcomed about 50,000-to-60,000 visitors to our hospital through our public tours, and we’d be continuing those tours through mid-December. But this year: zip. Covid has kept us locked inside, but thankfully, by being vigilant with masking we’ve managed to keep Covid totally out of the...
It Matters Where You Shop! We are encouraging residents to shop virtually and online with our local businesses to give unique and beautiful gifts this holiday season. Pender County loses sales tax money to our surrounding counties when we shop outside our home county. This year, more than any other year, we need to support our local businesses. These are the businesses that support our community throughout the year....
Did you miss the Ghosts of Pender's Past Drive-In Movie Theater? Done differently this year, our talented local actors created scenes for a Ghost Walk Movie, hear tales of mystery about Pender County. Well, never fret we may not be able to publish Stephen King's Silver Bullet but below is where you can watch Ghost Walk: The Movie! Watch your favorite local actors and actresses in tales from Pender County. Just...
