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Brunswick County Health Services will host its second annual Health Fair and Water Fun Run on June 17. After the success of last year’s event, the Health Fair will again host the Water Fun Run, which will include stations throughout the government complex where participants will be sprayed with water. This event will be free and open to the community. Registration for the Water Fun Run will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. with…
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation will close the bridge on SR 1349 (Bridgers Road) over Mulberry Branch in Shallotte beginning Monday Apr. 10, 2017 at 7 a.m. through Saturday Sept. 30, 2017 at 5 p.m. for a bridge replacement. Traffic will be detoured west on NC 130 then right onto the ramp to Hwy 17 North, then East on SR 1357 (Smith Avenue), then right on SR 1349 (White Road) The new bridge will…
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A formal agreement between Brunswick County and Wilmington Business Development will improve the coordination of economic development services across county and municipal lines. Leaders of both entities recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which outlines collaboration and joint initiatives. “Job creation opportunities don’t stop at county boundaries, and neither should economic development efforts whose benefits are spread across multiple counties,” says Dickson McLean, chairman of Wilmington Business Development, which leads economic development programs for…
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SUPPLY, N.C. – Officials, citizens and community leaders gathered Monday afternoon, Mar. 20 to celebrate the opening of the new senior center, Brunswick Center at Supply, housed in 101 Stone Chimney. After Brunswick County purchased the 14,721-square-foot building from the Brunswick County Association of Realtors December of 2016, work began to get it open as a senior center. It joins three other senior centers, in Leland, Southport and Shallotte; with the completion of the senior…
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BOLIVIA – On Tuesday, March 14, Brunswick Community College (BCC) and Brunswick County government jointly announced Brunswick Guarantee, a new scholarship program that provides free tuition and fees for qualified students to attend BCC. Details of the Brunswick Guarantee scholarship program, which is funded by Brunswick County government, were shared during a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) signing event inside BCC’s Student Services and Enrollment Management office. The idea for Brunswick Guarantee was first offered by…
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