Burgaw Coffeehouse Brown Dog Coffee Company, a popular Burgaw coffeehouse and meeting spot, is featured in this week’s shop local page. Read about it on page 1B.
Volume 44, No. 43
POST Voice
The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider a resolution at the July 27 meeting authorizing the advance of $2.95 million to pay for design services and land acquisition for school bond projects. The breakdown would be $2 million for Architect and Design services and $950,000 to acquire land and access easements. “This action will free up the funds so that multiple projects can move forward. Just as we did when we advanced the $135,000 to the schools this spring so they could perform due diligence on a proposed
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Pender County volleyball has finished for the summer, but the fall season is just a few weeks off. Read about it and more in sports beginning on page 9A
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new school site, the Commissioners want this process to move forward,” said Pender County Board of Commissioners Chairman David Williams. The advance would come from the county’s fund balance. County officials say they wanted to know what budget would be adopted before determining the amount and timing of an advance of money from fund balance and subsequent sale of the bonds. County officials consulted the Local Government Commission and received approval to advance the funds out of fund balance. The funds ad-
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Municipal Elections 2015
Challengers in town races By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher There will be at least one new face on the Burgaw town board this fall. Incumbent commissioner Charles Rooks did not file for reelection, which will open his seat to a new commissioner. A total of seven candidates will vie for the three open seats on the board, including commissioners Red Robbins and Elaine Tyson seeking reelection. Former Burgaw
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The Burgaw Dixie Youth Softball Sweeties receive medals for their second-place performance in their tournament. Burgaw hosted the state tournament for the older girls, which began Saturday. See photos of the opening ceremony on page 14A.
fire chief William E. “Bill” George has filed for election to the town board. Also filing for the election in Burgaw are Vernon Harrell, Deborah L. Walker McAlister, Sheree Evonne Shepard, and Johnnie Tyrone Stringfield. By Jefferson Weaver Surf City Contributing Writer Long-time mayor Zander Guy will serve again as Surf The heat wave doesn’t necCity mayor. Guy will run un- essarily mean an unusual opposed this fall. crime wave, according to the Pender county sheriff ’s Office. Continued on page 13A
More car breakins in Hampstead, official says
Rising temperatures bring increase in crime “Property crimes always go up in the summer,” said Captain Jamie Ezzell. “We have had some spells where there was a little more, but this year hasn’t been out of the ordinary.” While some of the victims
have been out of the ordinary, Ezzell said, there hasn’t been a major increase in thefts and break-ins this summer. “All across the county, we’ve been about like normal,” he said. “There are always thieves out there.”
Barge damages Surf City bridge
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Burgaw Taco Bell on schedule; interest in Incubator Kitchen up
By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher A wayward barge did considerable damage to the fenders under the Surf City swing bridge Sunday afternoon. A barge pulled by the tug Royal Engineer sustained damage on its right side in the collision, which damaged the wood structures under the bridge which guide boats into the channel. The bridge itself was undamaged and remains open to vehicular traffic, and boats along the Intracoastal Waterway. The N.C. Department of Transportation had crews at the site Monday morning, as well as divers to inspect the remaining fender system. The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the incident. “Vehicles can safely come
Detectives are working with New Hanover and Brunswick authorities to determine if several suspects now in custody were involved in any Pender thefts, Ezzell said.
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A DOT crew arrives at the Surf City swing bridge Monday morning to begin repair on the fender system damaged by a barge Sunday afternoon.
A Taco Bell in Burgaw is moving closer to reality. Town planner Rebekah Roth says the town will have the public hearing on the plans for the restaurant in September. “They had originally planned for August, but they have gotten comments back from NCDOT about their entrance and they want to postpone their hearing until September,” Roth says. “They have turned in their application and in order to incorporate the DOT changes in their driveway, they are holding off until September. But they are moving ahead with their plans.” The Taco Bell will be located between McDonalds and the new Bojangles.
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Burgaw Incubator Kitchen Policy changes made by the town of Burgaw regarding the Incubator Kitchen have spurred interest in the facility. “We no longer require the kitchen management certification and we have had several calls from people. In the past week we have done two kitchen interviews and I have an orientation scheduled. Hopefully we should have a new tenant in there within the next month,” Roth said. Roth says the new tenant, which is a meal delivery business, is planning to use the kitchen several days each week to begin with, with a hope to move to five days a week. Since the kitchen’s full-
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