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If you think Republican elected officials don’t listen, you’re right. The good news is, Democrats do. “Shut the hell up!” he explained....

08.22.24, Brunswick Beacon I used to think Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” was just a catchy song. I didn’t know Brunswick County would...

Our candidates for Brunswick County Commissioners Everyone knows Brunswick County is growing at a record-setting pace. Everyone, it...

Brunswick Beacon , 07.25.24 For over 10 years, I worked for an organization with a main objective to bring clean water to developing...

Brunswick Beacon, 07.18.24 An earlier letter from Philip Krumm falsely claimed that the climate has cooled since 2015. In fact, the years...

Brunswick Beacon, 05.23.24 Overdevelopment in Brunswick County is a problem regularly called out in this forum. Many residents have...

Brunswick Beacon, 12.21.23 Japanese Private Teruo Nakamura, the last holdout from WWII, was apprehended in 1974 on a tropical jungle...

Voting for candidates running for office in Brunswick County’s cities and towns is a moral and personal imperative. Municipal elections...

Memes* have proven effective at reaching voters, particularly younger ones (ages 18-35). In the 2022 election cycle, voters in the 18-35...

Tropical Storm Ophelia didn’t dampen the spirits of our heroes or guests on Saturday at Brunswick County Democratic Party headquarters in...

Brunswick Beacon, 09.14.23 Most of Brunswick County escaped serious damage from Tropical Storm Idalia. But the storm’s financial impacts...

Brunswick Beacon, 09.07.23 For the 10.5 million folks living in North Carolina, climate change is undeniable. Once considered by some to...

Brunswick Beacon, 05.25.23 I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to live under an authoritarian Republican Taliban rule. The...

Brunswick Beacon, 05.11.23 Belville Elementary is the largest elementary school in southeastern North Carolina. It’s on the Cape Fear...

State Port Pilot, 05.10.23 Want to start an argument in a hurry? Mention a local development project in Brunswick County. You’ll open a...

State Port Pilot, 05.03.23 The forces of Big Development are once again making a power grab via a bill in the N.C. legislature. Recently,...

Brunswick Beacon, 04.06.23 A set of bills put forward in the NC legislature would take away NC towns’ traditional rights to control local...

State Port Pilot, 04.05.23 This newspaper recently reported on a set of bills put forward in the N.C. legislature which would take away...

Brunswick Beacon, 03.23.23 For the third time in six weeks, Donald Trump’s childish impulse to smash everything President Obama built...