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Providing local, honest news to the Surf City, Holly Ridge, Sneads Ferry, Topsail Island and Hampstead areas of North Carolina


Fashion Statements: Friendships
I feel like I was the last person in America to watch this, but I finally caved and binge watched Firefly Lane. It happened about a month...
Becky Borneman
Jul 1, 20232 min read


Sea Turtle Hospital News
If you’re a regular reader of our hospital news you’ll remember that nesting mom “Madame X” gave us her thoughts on the struggles of...
Star Sota
Jul 1, 20233 min read


Topsail Gun Gal: Confusing Times And Traffic Circles
During the summer season, the Topsail Area receives an influx of thousands of visitors from all over the country. Driving has become an...
Dorothy Royal
Jul 1, 20233 min read


Bring More Good Stuff Into Your Life
The current wildfire smoke from Canada has me feeling a little nervous, irritable, and worried for us and for them. Please take a moment...
Jennifer Baker
Jul 1, 20234 min read


July 2023 Area Events
June 30 – July 2nd Ocean City Jazz Festival, 5-8pm Island Drive, North Topsail Beach June 30 – July 31st Pet Food Drive for Pender County...
Topsail Times
Jul 1, 20232 min read

Own Your Own Restaurant Competition Announces Competition Updates and “Burgaw Now” Documentary
By Jessica Maurer On Oct. 21, 2023 the final 24 Own Your Own (OYO) competitors will face off in Burgaw, NC. On the line is a restaurant...
Topsail Times
Jun 16, 20232 min read

Front Page: Canada Is On Fire
Canada is on fire. Images representing numerous fires can be seen from the Pacific coast all the way to the Atlantic coast. On Wednesday,...
Topsail Times
Jun 16, 20232 min read


A Story About A Dog Named Tank
So, in writing this article, I remembered what Memorial Day was like as a child and thought of ways I could help a military person and...
Dotty Ann Harding
Jun 16, 20237 min read


Topsail Gun Gal: Things To Ponder
If NFL players were dying at the rate that racehorses are, there wouldn’t be an agent on the planet that would let their player get on...
Dorothy Royal
Jun 16, 20232 min read


Trapped In My Car
Sunday afternoon I was driving home from work and got a call from Jeff. He asked me to pick up some minute rice on the way home and he...
Becky Borneman
Jun 16, 20232 min read

Change The World Today By Being A Better You
By Jennifer Baker LPC RPT ACS I listened to Ed Mylett the other day; wow, he inspires me to be a better version of myself. For some, he...
Jennifer Baker
Jun 16, 20234 min read


Sea Turtle Hospital News
Sometimes you’re at the right place at the right time, especially during nesting season here on Topsail. As luck would have it, after my...
Star Sota
Jun 16, 20235 min read


Coastal Common Sense
There's an undeveloped parcel of land at the very southern tip of Topsail Island. We affectionately refer to it as the Hundred Acre Wood,...
Kim McGahey
Jun 16, 20233 min read


Sea Turtle Hospital News
May continues to be a busy month at our hospital with turtles being admitted with hooks, boat impact injuries and because they are just...
Star Sota
Jun 2, 20232 min read


Topsail Gun Gal: Road Rage Incidents Are Rapidly On The Rise Locally, But Why?
Last Saturday, I witnessed a terrifying event of road rage. A man in a white pick up was driving past me when a man in a red smaller...
Dorothy Royal
Jun 2, 20233 min read


Coastal Folks
If you were born and raised on the Carolina coast, fished, swam and spent most of your life outdoors in the Carolina sun, then you...
Carol Ann Ross
Jun 2, 20232 min read
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