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


Coastal Common Sense
We live in a time that is filled more with leisure than with work. But what are we doing with our spare time? In past centuries, there...
Kim McGahey
Oct 20, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
The complicit liberal media is full of daily cover-ups maintaining that there is no evidence that the Biden crime family ran an...
Kim McGahey
Oct 6, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
It's finally here. The end of the summer tourist season is officially upon us. All the kids are back in school, all the parents are back...
Kim McGahey
Sep 22, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and its pitbulls in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are acting like the Orwellian military...
Kim McGahey
Aug 11, 20232 min read


Coastal Common Sense II
Topsail Island is one of the few remaining unspoiled beaches on the southeast coast. We have to work hard to keep it that way by making...
Kim McGahey
Aug 11, 20232 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


Coastal Common Sense
The whole purpose for the Founding Fathers writing the Declaration of Independence in 1776 was to escape dependency on the British crown...
Kim McGahey
Jun 2, 20232 min read


Coastal Common Sense
When Clark Kent emerged from the phone booth, he promised to serve truth, justice and the American way. When my grandmother promised me...
Kim McGahey
May 19, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
When someone accuses you of what they are guilty of, they suffer from a psychological disorder known as Projection. By definition, they...
Kim McGahey
May 5, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Our liberal federal government in Washington, D.C. is a mess. Polls show approval for the current administration and the U.S. Congress...
Kim McGahey
Apr 21, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Why is there such a pronounced cultural divide in America? Why is the void between the Left and the Right so wide? What caused people to...
Kim McGahey
Apr 7, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
A civil war, a depression and a world war all loom on the near horizon and are real possibilities under this administration.
Kim McGahey
Mar 24, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
What would happen to our beloved Topsail Island if a major disaster struck, like a CAT-5 hurricane, and there was no response from the...
Kim McGahey
Mar 10, 20232 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Social media has become a war zone for personal vendetta and unaccountable verbal abuse. What started out a few years ago as a novel and...
Kim McGahey
Feb 24, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Social media has become a war zone for personal vendetta and unaccountable verbal abuse.
Kim McGahey
Feb 10, 20233 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Government is the problem, not the answer.
Kim McGahey
Jan 27, 20233 min read
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