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BOLIVIA, NC – Brunswick County will begin accepting applications for LIEAP, the annual energy assistance program, from adults who are at least 60 years old or disabled on Dec. 1. The LIEAP, or Low Income Energy Assistance Program, provides a one-time annual vendor payment to help eligible families offset winter heating expenses. The household’s total countable income for the base period must be equal to or less than 130 percent of the current poverty level,…
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FEMA has set up a mobile disaster recovery center located at the Brunswick County Emergency Services Center at 3325 Old Ocean Highway, Bolivia NC 28422. The center will assist residents with registrations for assistance from Hurricane Matthew as well as Small Business Administration and FEMA Mitigation issues for individuals. The center is currently scheduled to be open the following dates and times: Wednesday Nov. 9 till 6 p.m. Thursday Nov. 10th from 9 a.m. –…
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BOLIVIA, NC – Brunswick County has been added to FEMA’s Hurricane Matthew disaster declaration as an Individual Assistance County. This declaration allows individuals and households with damage from Hurricane Matthew to apply to FEMA and potentially receive assistance. Those in Brunswick County can register and apply for assistance by contacting FEMA directly online at www.disasterassistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-3362. TTY calls can be made to 1-800-462-7585 and 711 or Video Relay Service calls can be…
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BOLIVIA, N.C. — The bypass around the break in the water main that carries water from the Kings Bluff Pump Station to several water treatment plants, including Brunswick County’s Northwest Water Treatment Plant, is operational. The bypass will ensure that a greater volume of water is transported to water treatment plants than was being transported by the water main while water was being lost through the break. However, the bypass cannot carry as much as…
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The Southport-Fort Fisher ferry route will be on a one-boat schedule on Saturday, Oct. 29, to accommodate a vessel change out. The schedule times for the day have departures from Southport at 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m., as well as 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Trips leaving Fort Fisher will be at 7:45, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m., and 12:15, 1:45, 3:15 and 4:45 p.m. The schedule will return to normal times on Sunday, Oct.…
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