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BOLIVIA, N.C. — Brunswick County Health Services will host its annual health fair on June 18. New to the fair this year will be a 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 the Water Fun Run from 10 a.m.…
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Brunswick County’s strategic vision and planning process, which kicked off last September, took another step forward Monday when commissioners appointed four citizen action teams. Each team will help focus on a specific set of issues and will formulate mission and vision statements and develop potential goals for consideration by commissioners. The planning and visioning process, dubbed Brunswick Vision, has included extensive public input, both in the form of nine public meetings and an online citizen…
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WILMINGTON, N.C. – Several Brunswick County residents and industry representatives were recently appointed to the Cape Fear Workforce Development Board on the recommendation of County Commissioner Frank Williams, who represents Brunswick County on the smaller Cape Fear Workforce Development Consortium board. The appointees are: Gordon Corlew, Vice President of Lee Linear Russell Green, Vice President of Human Resources for Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. (ATMC) Jonathan Hicks, Manager of Training Programs for the Duke Energy Nuclear…
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WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization (RPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) elected officers for 2016 at its March 11 meeting. Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams was unanimously re-elected Chair and Whiteville Mayor Terry Mann was unanimously re-elected Vice Chair. The Cape Fear Area RPO covers Brunswick, Columbus and Pender Counties and serves as the intergovernmental organization for local elected officials, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and residents of the region…
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WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) recently elected its officers for 2016. Carolina Beach Town Councilman Gary Doetsch was elected chair and Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams is vice chair. “Former WMPO Chair Laura Padgett and Vice Chair Pat Batleman leave big shoes to fill, and we are grateful for their leadership over the past few years,” said Doetsch. “My only agenda as chair is to…
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