Wrightsville

The Wrightsville Beach Foundation and Wrightsville Beach Volunteer Fire Department (WBVFD) are teaming up to set up a Town of Wrightsville Beach Assistance Fund.

At least one other car broken into was from Wrightsville Beach; this was confirmed by Wrightsville PD.

The ABC Spirits Store currently located on Wrightsville Avenue is one a few properties over the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge that are part of the town’s tax base.

Montpelier Town Manager Bill Fraser warned that the Wrightsville Dam several miles to the north could exceed capacity for the first time.

The water line at the Wrightsville Dam was about 2 feet below the spillway Thursday morning and dropping slowly, according to Eric Blatt, engineering director for the state’s dams program.

Duke Energy reported hundreds of thousands of power outages as heavy rains and winds battered areas including Wrightsville, Kure, and Carolina beaches in Wilmington.

Monday marks the two-year anniversary when Hurricane Florence came ashore near Wrightsville Beach.

Petty Officer Mark Ward with Station Wrightsville Beach said they held off on finding a new canine first mate while the station went through a leadership change.

While being pursued down Wrightsville Avenue, the suspect ran two red lights before crashing into another vehicle, according to Brewer.

Wrightsville Beach Museum of History will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Jan.

After reaching a terrifying Category 4 peak of 140 mph earlier in the week, Florence made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane at 7:15 a.m. at Wrightsville Beach, a few miles east of Wilmington and not far from the South Carolina line.

He said landfall is expected around 8 a.m. Friday in the Wrightsville Beach area, and that the area could see 20 to 30 inches of rain and beaches could get 9 to 10 to feet of storm surge.

He said Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue director Dave Baker and Owens were both on scene to supervise the rescue.

House said that fuel for vehicles had become a concern for Wrightsville Beach police.

In the time since the previous meeting, the town’s board of aldermen received about a dozen emails from Wrightsville Beach homeowners and residents raising similar concerns.

Wrightsville Beach resident Nancy Faye Craig dons a turkey outfit to help promote the Street Turkeys of Wilmington food drive.

YORK COUNTY -- Brennan Lehman, a 5th grade student at Wrightsville Elementary School, had no idea why everyone was gathering outside Wednesday until he saw this: his very own drawing on the face of a pace car.