Development projects, early voting, fatal collisions, business closings and more are pushing Brunswick County residents to the brink as October winds down.
While the end of year is slowly approaching, there's still plenty happening across Brunswick as the area continues to rise in development and housing costs.
Housing and residential property are not the only costs rising. Southport's historic downtown is changing as buildings change hands and lease rates climb. With local artisan souvenir shop, Duck, Duck, Goose, departing, area business owners are getting anxious.
County planning board members are navigating some changes after three board members stepped away, county officials
dispute in court over a denied Green Hill development and a new state law shifts final decisions.
In nature news, Environmental Reporter Gareth McGrath dove into a new study finding coastal forest loss along parts of the North Carolina coast are accelerating.
Though tourist season has come to an end, some of the county will continue to see visitors. A Brunswick beach has been listed in Southern Living's list of North Carolina’s 10 most beautiful beaches for the fall time. See which Brunswick beach made the list.
Here we grow again
Brunswick's first and only Harris Teeter is planning an expansion. The town of Leland received a sketch plan showing a proposed expansion of the existing Harris Teeter grocery store and increasing the building's footprint by more than 6,500 square feet.
After sitting vacant and deteriorated for years, a large southern Brunswick residential development is making way for its second phase and a third roundabout along Ocean Isle Beach Road. Take a look at what's popping in the Ocean Isle Palms project here.
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The agenda
Though a majority of municipal boards are done meeting for the month, election season is here.
Early voting remains well underway ahead of the Nov. 3 general election and the Brunswick County Board of Elections meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, to handle absentee ballot business as election activity intensifies.
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Savanna Tenenoff covers Brunswick County for the StarNews. Reach her at stenenoff@usatodayco.com.
This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Development battles, business worries and election season in Brunswick
