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


Paddle 4 Troops
Love the Vets, the ones who give their lives to our country. They are the best and I keep finding people who feel the same way I do. This...
Carol Ann Ross
Oct 6, 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


Sea Turtle Hospital News
We love every turtle that comes to us for care and hopefully a second chance. But right now a sizable adult loggerhead lady has stolen...
Star Sota
Oct 6, 20234 min read


Ghost Walk Tickets On Sale Now
Tickets are on sale now for the award-winning Ghost Walk, Ghost Walk of Pender’s Past, a haunting tour around Burgaw’s historic cemetery....
Topsail Times
Oct 6, 20232 min read


Bird Hunting With Dogs In NC
By Dotty Harding President & CEO of Onslow County Partners for Animal Welfare The air is crisp and cool and the leaves crunch underfoot...
Dotty Ann Harding
Oct 6, 20234 min read


A Halloween Tale - Serenade Of The Cattails: Part 1
Excerpt. Late 1960s. “Oh, lovely, lovely. My lovely child, poor dead child, rest in heaven’s arms. Forgive her sins... my sins. Forgive...
Carol Ann Ross
Oct 6, 202311 min read


April S. Carroza Obituary
By Paul Carroza April (Blevins) Carroza, 64, of Middlebury, passed away unexpectedly on September 2 while on vacation in Topsail Island,...
Topsail Times
Oct 6, 20232 min read


Watch Your Fingers, They Could Cost You!
President Trump wants to buy a firearm with his name on it (wouldn’t you if your name was engraved on it?). While visiting a gun shop in...
Dorothy Royal
Oct 6, 20233 min read

Mary Ann Lane Obituary
By Rachel Lane Mary Ann Lane (neé Creech), age 83, went to be with her Lord on September 23, 2023. She passed away unexpectedly at Novant...
Topsail Times
Oct 6, 20233 min read


The Distinctive Geography Of North Carolina's Tidewater Region
The Tidewater region of North Carolina is a captivating landscape defined by its unique and distinctive geographic features. Located on...
Tyler Andrews
Oct 6, 20231 min read

The HUMC Pumpkin Patch Is Back
Clear off the hearth, sweep the stoop, and sharpen the carving knives: the annual “Pumpkin Patch” at Hampstead United Methodist Church...
Topsail Times
Oct 6, 20233 min read

Surfer Bill
By Jeanne Mangus Anyone who has ever walked down the ramp at Access #5 to the beach has seen Mr. Bill Makey, known as Surfer Bill,...
Topsail Times
Oct 6, 20231 min read

Volume II, Issue 17
Features articles from various writers!
Topsail Times
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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