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Shelley Allen
Aug 29
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot, Brunswick Beacon
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...
Shelley Allen
Aug 29
In our opinion: Platform for growth
Our candidates for Brunswick County Commissioners Everyone knows Brunswick County is growing at a record-setting pace. Everyone, it...
Shelley Allen
Aug 20
Letter to the editor: Clean water leadership, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 07.25.24 For over 10 years, I worked for an organization with a main objective to bring clean water to developing...
Shelley Allen
Jul 22
Still bananas, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon, 07.18.24 An earlier letter from Philip Krumm falsely claimed that the climate has cooled since 2015. In fact, the years...
Shelley Allen
May 31
Letter to the editor: Connect the dots, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon, 05.23.24 Overdevelopment in Brunswick County is a problem regularly called out in this forum. Many residents have...
BrunswickDems
Dec 21, 2023
Bananas, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon, 12.21.23 Japanese Private Teruo Nakamura, the last holdout from WWII, was apprehended in 1974 on a tropical jungle...
BrunswickDems
Oct 31, 2023
In our opinion: The time to start is now!
Voting for candidates running for office in Brunswick County’s cities and towns is a moral and personal imperative. Municipal elections...
BrunswickDems
Sep 25, 2023
BCDP launches political meme campaign
Memes* have proven effective at reaching voters, particularly younger ones (ages 18-35). In the 2022 election cycle, voters in the 18-35...
BrunswickDems
Sep 25, 2023
BCDP Community Heroes EXPO a big success
Tropical Storm Ophelia didn’t dampen the spirits of our heroes or guests on Saturday at Brunswick County Democratic Party headquarters in...
BrunswickDems
Sep 17, 2023
Letter to the editor: Climate change costs billions, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon, 09.14.23 Most of Brunswick County escaped serious damage from Tropical Storm Idalia. But the storm’s financial impacts...
BrunswickDems
Sep 15, 2023
Letter to the editor: Climate changes, Republicans deny, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon, 09.07.23 For the 10.5 million folks living in North Carolina, climate change is undeniable. Once considered by some to...
BrunswickDems
Jun 1, 2023
Republican attacks on personal freedoms, Brunswick Beacon
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...
BrunswickDems
May 16, 2023
Biden flushes Rouzer's Dirty Water Act, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon, 05.11.23 Belville Elementary is the largest elementary school in southeastern North Carolina. It’s on the Cape Fear...
BrunswickDems
May 15, 2023
Toll on our land, State Port Pilot
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...
BrunswickDems
May 7, 2023
We must act now, State Port Pilot
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,...
BrunswickDems
Apr 9, 2023
NC zoning bill, Brunswick Beacon
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...
BrunswickDems
Apr 9, 2023
Stand with us, State Port Pilot
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...
BrunswickDems
Mar 31, 2023
Trump's reign of error, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon, 03.23.23 For the third time in six weeks, Donald Trump’s childish impulse to smash everything President Obama built...
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