

A JAM Session
By: Jan Morgan-Swegle One of my favorite quotes comes from Michelle Obama when she was addressing the audience at the “Let Girls Learn”...


Belville Riverwalk; The Dragonfly Project
By Jan Morgan-Swegle Whether it’s the ocean, Cape Fear River, or various inlets in the area, there is always a calming peace when it...


Communities In Schools Thrift Store Open In BSL
Head into Boiling Spring Lakes on George II Highway and you will see a series of small businesses dotting the landscape. These are the...


KC's Precision Auto
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOE JANCSURAK As a teen-age youth in Vermont, Casey Northrup drew and designed cars, and car logos. He even made up a...

Creek Week
By: Jan Morgan-Swegle Creek Week is a statewide initiative developed by the Clean Water Education Partnership (CWEP) and is designed to...

Art Around Town
By: Jan Morgan-Swegle Last year, I wrote about what a great time I had learning how to sketch through the “Art In The Park” program,...


Cooperative Extension Offers Pant Sale, Classes
DAY IN THE YARD CLASS A seven-session Day-in-the-Yard program will be offered by the North Carolina Extension Brunswick County Master...


Free Nutrition Classes Offered
Are you an adult with school-age children? Do you or your family currently participate in Head Start, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...


Tropical Smoothie Cafe
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOE JANCSURAK Twelve years ago, Brandon Korman and his business partner and wife of 15 years, Deena, were unfamiliar...


Be Sweet Bakery
We met Tria Brown last year at an event for all the Chambers of Commerce in Brunswick County. I started talking to her after I saw her...