🌱 How new drought rules could affect your Boiling Spring Lakes water use
Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min readCoffee in hand, Boiling Spring Lakes? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How new drought rules could affect your Boiling Spring Lakes water use
- See which June incidents deputies recorded near Boiling Spring Lakes
Today's riddle: What has more lives than a cat? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Sunny, with a high of 95 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 96, low: 77.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 94 and low of 78 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Brunswick County under mandatory water conservation alert as drought worsens (newsargus.com) — Boiling Spring Lakes residents are now under a Stage 2 mandatory water conservation alert, with possible fees and shutoffs for ignoring irrigation limits. Brunswick County is in Extreme Drought, and demand has topped 90% of system capacity, so officials are tightly restricting outdoor watering and other non-essential uses through Independence Day weekend and beyond. 
• Brunswick County Sheriff's Office reports: June 8-21 (newsargus.com) — Brunswick County deputies logged a long list of incidents in mid-June, including an injury to personal property case on Antenna Farm Road and West Boiling Spring Road in Boiling Spring Lakes. The report also details assaults, thefts, fraud, and domestic violence cases scattered across nearby towns like Shallotte, Leland, Southport, and Bolivia.
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Board of Education Meeting
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🗞 Nearby News
Bolivia
- Brunswick County increases recommended actions for Stage 1 Water Conservation Alert as drought conditions worsen (newsargus.com)
Southport
- Southport ready for thousands as North Carolina Fourth of July Festival begin (wwaytv3.com)
- Throwback Thursday: Fourth of July celebrations through the years in the Cape Fear (wwaytv3.com)
- Chamber presents 38 businesses Golden Pineapples (tncontentexchange.com)
Oak Island
- Mullen joins Trojans as new volleyball coach (newsargus.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A frog. Its croaks all day (Thank you Janice W. for sending it in!)
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