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Kure Beach leaders satisfied with first look of budget

Submitted by Craig Reck, Reporter
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 11:37am

KURE BEACH, NC (WECT) – Leaders in Kure Beach approved their first draft of the budget for next year during their meeting Tuesday night.

Town Council approved the budget by a vote of 4-1, Mayor Dean Lambeth being the only one to vote against it.

The budget includes a two-cent property tax increase over revenue neutral. Town employees will receive a boost to their salary for cost of living with the new budget.

Residents can voice their opinions about the budget during a public hearing June 5. Council will vote to finalize the budget two weeks after that.

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Students compete in state-wide Science Olympiad in Raleigh

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 3:32pm
Students compete in state-wide Science Olympiad in Raleigh

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – New Hanover County students participated in the 2012 N.C. State Science Olympiad competition on the campus of N.C. State University on April 27-28.

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Folks get their twang on for first-of-its-kind festival

Submitted by Will Tapper, Reporter
Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 8:57pm

KURE BEACH, NC (WECT) – Folks from all over the area, even from as far away as Georgia, helped kick off the first annual Bluegrass by the River Festival.

The Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce organized the festival. The chamber puts on several festivals, celebrating different genres of music. But this is the first time for a bluegrass festival.

"Judging it right now we're going to make it a yearly thing. So we're excited about that," said Chamber chairman Mike Worley.

He said the weather helped to bring out a big crowd and he expects about 1,000 people attended throughout the day.

People could buy food and other items from vendors while listening and dancing to some bluegrass music.

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Olympic news already buzzing on WECT.com

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 3:34pm
Olympic news already buzzing on WECT.com

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The 2012 Olympic Games don’t begin until July 27, but there is already plenty of London news over at WECT’s 2012 Olympics page.

Our Olympic Zone page highlights athletes with connections to North Carolina and features exclusive video and slideshows.

You can also relive the 2008 summer games that Michael Phelps dominated, read about the top five U.S. newcomers, meet the Olympic pets and find out what happened to legends after their big games.

WECT’s 2012 Olympics page will be buzzing throughout the games, so make sure you check it out!

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Kure Beach is going green, receives $1,000 grant

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 10:58am
Kure Beach is going green, receives $1,000 grant

KURE BEACH, NC (WECT) – The Town of Kure Beach has received a grant to help with its efforts to go green.

Kure Beach received $1,000 with a $200 cash match. The money will be used to design and print 5,000 copies of a recycling brochure. The pamphlets will be distributed by various organizations and committees.

The 2012 Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant is sponsored by the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach.

According to town leaders, Kure Beach is fast becoming a green community through the efforts of its committees. Recycling containers will be provided at all beach accesses this tourist season.

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New Hanover Co. split on marriage amendment

Submitted by Justin West, Assignment Manager
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 12:16pm
New Hanover Co. split on marriage amendment

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The North Carolina constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman passed with 61% of voters being in favor of the amendment. In all, only seven counties in the state voted to oppose the amendment. Those were: Wake, Orange, Durham, Chatham, Mecklenburg, Buncombe and Watauga.

In New Hanover County, the amendment passed by only 198 votes. A total of 21 precincts in the county voted against the amendment, and most of them came from the downtown and beach areas in the county.

The constitutional amendment reads, "Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This section does not prohibit a private party from entering into contracts with another private party; nor does this section prohibit courts from adjudicating the rights of private parties pursuant to such contracts."

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Residents can soon read emails from elected officials in Carolina Beach

Submitted by Colin Hackman, First Alert Meteorologist, Reporter
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 11:07am

CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WECT) – Council members in Carolina Beach voted Tuesday night to install an email terminal inside Town Hall to be more translucent to residents.

Anyone in the general public can use the email terminal to search through emails of elected public officials and department heads.

While the ability to search emails is not new, the ease of not having to file a formal request is.

Other agencies like the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County offer similar terminals.

Carolina Beach hopes to have the system up and running in the next two months.

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