💉 Flu shot time: Brunswick County’s walk-in flu clinics start Monday at the Government Center in Bolivia — weekdays 9–11:45 AM and 1–4 PM, no appointment needed, and high-dose shots for 65+ too. Pop-ups hit Sandy Creek Town Hall Wednesday and Sharon Methodist in Supply Thursday.
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Commissioners Approve 13-Acre Commercial Rezone at OIB Road and U.S. 17
🏗️ Heads up, OIB corridor: Brunswick County commissioners voted 4-1 to rezone 13 acres at Ocean Isle Beach Road and U.S. 17 for a new commercial development. The neighboring landowner dropped his opposition after a deal for a 100-foot buffer and a fence. What would you like to see go in there?
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America250: Fort Johnston Snipers — May 1776
May 1776 — Southport. 🇺🇸
The British came back for Fort Johnston. Big mistake.
Patriot riflemen hiding in the fort’s ruins sniped the British fleet for DAYS. Their shots struck the armed transport Sovereign — and flew clean through to the Glasgow Packet behind her, killing two British sailors and wounding two more.
General Clinton was furious. He landed ten companies of redcoats to hunt the snipers down. They found nothing but horse tracks.
So Clinton did the only thing he could: he ordered Fort Johnston demolished.
Southport’s first fort died twice — and the Patriots made the British pay both times.
#America250 #RevolutionaryWar #SouthportNC #BrunswickCounty #NCHistory #CarolinaAfterDeadline
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N.C. Oyster Festival Returns to Ocean Isle Beach Oct. 17–18
🦪 Save the date, OIB! The N.C. Oyster Festival returns to Ocean Isle Beach Town Center Park Oct. 17–18 — oyster shucking, oyster eating, and oyster cooking contests, plus live music all weekend. A coast tradition since 1978. Admission is just $5 (cash only), kids 12 and under free.
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Zach Top Named Third CCMF 2027 Headliner
🎸 They just keep stacking the deck! Zach Top is the THIRD headliner announced for Carolina Country Music Fest 2027 in Myrtle Beach (June 10–13) — joining Cody Johnson and Florida Georgia Line. The Grammy winner’s bringing that ’90s traditional country sound to the beach. Who’s going?
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Breaking: Shallotte Middle School Dismissed Early as Wildfire Smoke Fills Building
BREAKING 🔥 Wildfire update: Shallotte Middle School sent students home early this morning — a noticeable smoke odor inside the building from the Bricklanding Road / Old Georgetown Road wildfire prompted the early dismissal, per Brunswick County Schools. Car riders were released at 9:45, buses at 10.
The district says West Brunswick High and Union Elementary are running normal schedules (no smoke issues there), and there’s no public air-quality alert at this time.
That ~50-acre fire is still active, with heavy smoke in the area. No injuries or structural damage reported.
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21st Annual Little River ShrimpFest — Oct 10–11 on the historic waterfront
🦐 Next weekend, Little River’s waterfront turns into shrimp central. The 21st Annual Little River ShrimpFest runs Oct 10–11, 9 to 5, with two stages of live music, 100+ vendors, and fresh shrimp cooked every way you can imagine by the waterfront restaurants. $10 admission, kids 12 and under get in free. Put it on the calendar. 🍤
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TONIGHT: Pedal in the Park — free family glow bike ride in North Myrtle Beach
🚲 Tonight! Grab the bikes and light ’em up — North Myrtle Beach Parks & Rec’s “Pedal in the Park: Let’s Glow Crazy” rolls out at 7 PM at the NMB Park & Sports Complex. Deck your bikes with glow sticks, wear helmets, and ride with NMB Fire Rescue and police. Free for the whole family. See you at the Shark Wake parking lot. 💡
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Fall Rally weekend: free biker breakfast this morning in North Myrtle Beach
🏍️ It’s Fall Rally weekend on the Grand Strand — expect plenty of bikes rolling through North Myrtle Beach, and give them room on 17. If you’re up early: Grumpy’s Biker Breakfast Round 2 is serving a FREE hot breakfast this morning, 9 to 11, at The Harley Shop at the Beach, courtesy of Eggs Up Grill. Eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, plus door prizes. Ride safe out there. 🤙
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America250: Attack on Fort Johnston — July 1775
July 18–21, 1775 — Southport. 🇺🇸
Before the Declaration was even signed, North Carolina’s Revolution started HERE.
Patriots led by Robert Howe, Cornelius Harnett, and John Ashe stormed Fort Johnston at the mouth of the Cape Fear while Royal Governor Josiah Martin watched from a British warship offshore.
The fort was largely destroyed. The governor fled to the ship. The Crown’s grip on our coast broke that week — and never came back.
Historians call it the first active violence against the British in North Carolina.
It happened on our shoreline, 251 years ago this summer.
#America250 #RevolutionaryWar #SouthportNC #BrunswickCounty #NCHistory #CarolinaAfterDeadline
