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


Teresa Batts, The Newly Appointed Surf City Mayor
In a decision that seemed to catch some people off guard, Mayor Doug Medlin announced his resignation as Surf City mayor at the December...

Topsail Times
Jan 6, 20232 min read


The IAAPA Trade Show
The IAAPA trade show in Orlando, Florida is a yearly event geared toward Amusement parks, water parks, bowling alleys and arcades....

Dorothy Royal
Jan 6, 20232 min read


Front Page: With 2023 Comes Change
On January 1st, 2023, 21 States and the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) will have legalized medical and recreational marijuana....

Topsail Times
Jan 6, 20232 min read


Volume III, Issue 1
Volume III, Issue 1 is now released! Click on "Click to View" to enlarge the e-newspaper copy or Click Here. If the above two links do...

Topsail Times
Jan 6, 20232 min read


Volume II, Issue 25
Features articles by Dorothy R., Carol A. Ross, Kim McGahey, Jessica Blackburn, Karen Sota, Becky Borneman, Marian Taylor & Dotty Harding.

Topsail Times
Dec 16, 20222 min read


Holiday Pet Hazards
The Holidays are a wonderful season to enjoy so many things with family and friends, and our pets usually enjoy it with us.

Dotty Ann Harding
Dec 7, 20223 min read


Coastal Common Sense: Christmas Special
Once upon a time in a tiny town down by the ocean, there lived a humble little girl.

Kim McGahey
Dec 7, 20223 min read


Uncle John’s Christmas Gift
If Gladys could have anything she wanted for Christmas it would be that her Uncle John take her fishing in the Gulf Stream on his boat,...

Carol Ann Ross
Dec 7, 202212 min read


He, She Or It
He, she or it and they – the non-binary category needs to go! Anderson Lee Aldrich, a 22-year-old man with a beard, mustache and scruffy...

Topsail Times
Dec 7, 20222 min read


Strange Radar Readings Lead To Discovery Of Chaff In Our Local Air - But What Is It?
Credit to US National Weather Service Wilmington NC At first glance of radar, it might look like we had light showers off our coast over...

Topsail Times
Dec 7, 20221 min read


A Reason to Believe
Solace can be found in unexpected places with mundane objects, or unexplained signs.

Linda Merlino
Dec 7, 20223 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Because we live in a free country, we have a choice.

Kim McGahey
Dec 7, 20223 min read
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