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During week four of the Brunswick Sheriff’s Citizens Academy, we learned about Animal Protective Services and the Crime Prevention Unit. Animal Protective Services According to the Sheriff’s Office website, the goals of the Animal Protective Services division (in addition to the obvious goals of protecting citizens from rabid or otherwise dangerous animals) are to create community partnerships to promote responsible pet ownership, decrease the overpopulation of domestic pets through spay-neuter programs and education, and to…
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Last week, I joined several others from Brunswick County at the annual N.C. Association of County Commissioners conference in Greensboro. Those of us who made the trip attended numerous educational workshops and networked and shared ideas with commissioners from other counties. Some of those in attendance also completed the ethics training required of commissioners (Commissioner Pat Sykes and I completed the ethics training in February). Additionally, voting delegates at the conference selected future NCACC leaders…
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Week three of the Brunswick Sheriff’s Citizens Academy started off with a visit to the Brunswick County 911 Center. This is the facility where both emergency calls to 911 and non-emergency calls to the 911 Center’s administrative lines are received, processed, and dispatched. First, Stacy Stevens with the Brunswick County 911 Center gave us an overview of the history and structure of 911 emergency systems in the United States, North Carolina and Brunswick County. According…
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RALEIGH – Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointment today: N.C. Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service Frank Williams (Brunswick County): Frank Williams is a member of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners. He is a past president and charter member of the Leland Area Rotary Club and also served on the boards of directors of Communities in Schools of Brunswick County, Inc. and the North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he served on the…
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Several media outlets have reported recently on joint economic development and branding activities being considered or conducted by the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County. A reporter from one of our local media outlets asked if Brunswick County had an opinion on these initiatives. We have not discussed these as a board, but I provided the reporter with the following statement that reflects my personal opinion: “I am generally supportive of any reasonable activity…
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